5 Match ODI Series: England v Australia

[Cousin Jed]

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Game 1: Tuesday 22nd June, 11:30pm at The Rose Bowl
Game 2: Thursday 24th June, 11:30pm at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Game 3: Sunday 27th June, 7:45pm at Old Trafford
Game 4: Wednesday 30th June, 10pm at The Oval
Game 5: Saturday July 3rd, 7:45pm at Lords
(All times AEST)

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The ODI entree to the Ashes, with a 5 match ODI series 5 months before it starts. Australia have Johnson and Haddin out with various ailments so Tim Paine and Clint McKay get a chance to stake their claims.

England Squad of 14

*Andrew Strauss
+Craig Kieswetter
Kevin Pietersen
Paul Collingwood
Eoin Morgan
Luke Wright
Tim Bresnan
Graeme Swann
Stuart Broad
Ajmal Shahzad
James Anderson.
Ian Bell
Michael Yardy
Ryan Sidebottom

Australian Squad of 14

Shane Watson
+Tim Paine
*Ricky Ponting
Michael Clarke
Cameron White
Michael Hussey
James Hopes
Nathan Hauritz
Ryan Harris
Clint McKay
Doug Bollinger
Josh Hazelwood
Steve Smith
Shaun Marsh

Coverage

Cricinfo Scorecards:
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5

Fox Sports
Games 1, 3 & 4 on Fox Sports 1
Game 2 on Fox Sports 2
Game 5 on Fox Sports 3

15-30 minutes pregames before all of them

Umpires:

Aleem Dar and a local appointment (Ian Gould for game 1)

 

[Phone]

Very important series this one.............................


Can't say I care about the results, hope Haze gets a game.

 

[beez]

Channel 9 are showing it from 1am - 5:30am Either show the whole thing or not at all. Can't wait til we've got Lleyton or Sammy playing and they have to leave the Wimbledon coverage to watch a mickey mouse game.

 

[OzBomber]

I actually feel like watching cricket atm, but it's just the time zone that's an issue.

 

[Zarrix]

Bizarre that Nine are showing half a game. In fact, it is stupid as well.

 

[damochandler]

australia are clearly the no.1 team in the world at this form of the game and they should win this series

 

[OzBomber]

The final ODI is the same night as the women's final in Wimbledon. Which one will they ditch?

 

[whats_at_stake]

The final ODI is the same night as the women's final in Wimbledon. Which one will they ditch?

Depends on whether an Australian makes it to the final. I remember them delaying a midninght Twenty20 match not involving Australian teams for a movie. At midnight??? Really do not like them as broadcasters.

Add what to what they did to SBS with the French Open (SBS wanted the rights but Channel Nine co-bid with Foxtel and then ended up showing a 1 hour highlights package from midnight).

 

[Doodlesweaver]

Our batting is solid, but our bowling looks fragile.

The English team is very confident at the moment and they have KP back who is a very attacking player.

We can't afford slow-coaches doing too much consolidation in the middle overs in this series as I don't believe that we have the bowlers to defend low totals as we did last time.

 

[Phone]

I feel the other way, Clarke and Ponting have been very inconsistent lately and Hussey has been too a bit. Ryan Harris, McKay and Dougeh have all been good and Hauritz hasn't been shocking. Plus Hopes is decent

 

[amer]

Of all the emerging players we've had in the frame in recent times, Hazlewood is the one I want to see debut nice and early. Every tall young fast bowler is compared to McGrath, but of all of them, this is the kid that I think actually has what it takes to be worthy of the comparison. High hopes for him, I wouldn't blink twice if we decided to give him the nod over McKay.

 

[Firewalker]

Bizarre that Nine are showing half a game. In fact, it is stupid as well.

I find it weird they're covering it at all, will be the first overseas game to be broadcast on Nine (that wasn't an International tournament match) since 1997.

 

[Phone]

Any test or OD match played in either Australia or England is on the anti-siphoning list I think.

 

[jonesy86]

Ponting won the toss and we are batting

 

[wavefall21]

Looking forward to this game, Punter and Pup's form are worries, obviously the team was rusty against Ireland and Middlesex but we can't just rely on White and Hussey to get us out of trouble like we have for the last year, England are an improved side since we played them last in an ODI, will be a close series

 

[jonesy86]

McKay given the ass after 2 crap lead in games.

Hazlewood becomes the youngest Aussie to debut in ODIs.

 

[beez]

Aus $1.76 v $2.30 England

 

[Phone]

McKay given the ass after 2 crap lead in games.

Hazlewood becomes the youngest Aussie to debut in ODIs.

This is one case when if a Victorian comes in and calls "nsw bias; victorian hatred!" I might believe it. This makes no sense at all. Haze didn't play in either of the lead up games ffs!

Unless McKay is injured

 

[sherb]

According to Cricinfo, this is the 3000th One-Day International.

I still remember the first one, in 70-71, played at the MCG when the test match was completely washed out.

Australia won by 5 wickets IIRC, with Stacky taking 3-40.

 

[jonesy86]

I reckon we need 325+ to be competitive... our bowling attack is sub-standard and England bat down to #10 with Broad. James Anderson at #11 isn't that bad eithr.

 

[Phone]

This kid is a special case. Best bowling talent in the country, they'd be stupid not to be super-keen to get a look at him on the world stage and frankly I bloody welcome it. If he's a potential elite, blood him!

While I don't disagree he has massive potential, they should have played him in the warm-ups. This will be his first competitive match for a while and will, most likely, be rusty.

 

[Ron]

HAZE!!!!

Destroy em kid.

 

[eddiesmith]

This is one case when if a Victorian comes in and calls "nsw bias; victorian hatred!" I might believe it. This makes no sense at all. Haze didn't play in either of the lead up games ffs!

Unless McKay is injured

Only possible explanation, although after the test side announced today, maybe Pistol was right

 

[TheStinger]

Is that new Muslim lad in this side or did he just get selected for the tests?

Edit: Guess not according to the squad list. Why not give him a run in one of these "meaningless" matches?

 

[Notorious_29]

Good solid start here. Both batsmen looking pretty comfortable.