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Russian
16 Sep 2004, 21:23
Lee out, Watson in
Harvey and Hogg also miss out
Ponting sent the Kiwis in
Astle 1/30
Marshall 2/36
Styris 3/49
Fleming 4/49
Oram 5/79
Cairns 6/79
McMillan 7/89
Kasper (7 overs, 16 runs) and Pigeon (8, 29) have 3 each, McMillan run out by Symonds
Harris and McCullum batting, Vettori and Mills (who can both bat) to come
7/102
NZ end up 9-198 after the 50. Kaspa gets 3-32, McCullum top scores with 47.
punter257
17 Sep 2004, 02:19
what a knock by symonds! ******** he smashed em all over the place. great knock by marto as well, the aussies look switched on alright to get the silverware
Superpom
17 Sep 2004, 08:15
After McGrath's first three overs:
Kiwi wit in crowd: " 3 overs, no wickets, 18 runs thank you Glenn"
McGrath "I could almost be a Kiwi"
:D
Certainly fired him up as he took a wicket in his next 3 overs!
Finally a decent gate at an ICC Trophy match, although with so many Aussies and Kiwi's in the Oval, there was absolutely no-one left to serve the beers in pubs right across the capital... ;)
Ponting reckoned that the Aussies were nearly at 100% with that performance, and certainly NZ were a good 80 runs short as it turned out - oh the difference Brett Lee would have made!!
red+black
17 Sep 2004, 09:26
That was Brett Lee's best performance for Australia for some time.
What? He didn't play?
Well, my argument still stands :D
Karbassiyoon
17 Sep 2004, 10:29
i thought the minnows were out. seems i was wrong.
That was Brett Lee's best performance for Australia for some time.
What? He didn't play?
Well, my argument still stands :D
Yeah, but the selectors will do their best to get rid of Shane Watson after he "failed" to take three or four wickets, and get Brett back in that way...
Bombers_Forever
17 Sep 2004, 11:39
Good to selectors actually picked the best 11 to play.
Lee should not be back in the side. Watson deserves his chance.
And the boys put in a great effort, well done to Kaspa again. Champ!
red+black
17 Sep 2004, 13:19
was a bit annoyed with Shane for misfielding off Dizzy and turning a dot ball into 4. but that's being picky.
and how damn good is kaspa? as i said the other day, for me, he is first pick.
Woo i picked Kaspa in my fantasy team. Who woulda thought it would pay off so well.
Milenko
18 Sep 2004, 21:31
Well done Marto another fine performance with 60 off 71 balls. :cool:
Regardless, the knockers will be back soon enough. :mad:
red+black
19 Sep 2004, 12:53
Fact remains that he deserved to be dropped at some stage. I see you're from WA.
Milenko
20 Sep 2004, 00:50
Fact remains that he deserved to be dropped at some stage. I see you're from WA.
I see you're from Victoria.
Still pushing that broken down Elliott bandwagon are we?
red+black
20 Sep 2004, 09:04
Aah, no. I'm not as parochial as you. Elliott sent his career backwards somewhat by actually being picked in that test, and no, doesn't deserve a spot at this time.
Martyn does deserve his spot, but again, I reiterate, he should have been dropped at some point. Just as Brett Lee has been justifiably dropped. Yet he may make it back as a regular contributor one day.
ViperV10
20 Sep 2004, 11:38
Well done Marto another fine performance with 60 off 71 balls. :cool:
Regardless, the knockers will be back soon enough. :mad:
He is going very well at the moment, deserves his spot in the team if he keeps playing like that.
But I agree with red+black, there was a time when he most certainly should have been dropped.