Australia v Zimbabwe | T20 WC | Group A | Capetown | [12/9/09]

[Oxy]

Match starts at 1700 Hours [5PM] UK

Toss / Team Details to follow

 

[12thMan]

Australia has won the toss and will bat first. play should start in about 15-20 min

 

[Amjid Javed]

Aussies to get 300+ maybe in 20 overs?

 

[Medic]

teams??

 

[12thMan]

looks like covers are coming on to the field.
yep they have coverd the pitch

 

[12thMan]

gilchrist hayden ponting symonds hussey hodge haddin lee jhonson bracken Clark

Michael clarke and watson are injured. no specialist spinner in team

 

[asifp]

Yippie , Hayden and Gilchrist are in my fantasy team , I wish them 150 not out each

 

[12thMan]

weather forecast looks okay so there will be play and probably will not go to 5/5

 

[Osman]

god have mercy on Zimbabwe.

 

[Sean]

Edito.

 

[Sean]

It's been a long time coming, to silence all that drumming, shouting that it wasn't just a dream. They've been all thebest you know, proven they're the bestt you know, the greatest team to wear the baggygreen.

Cmon Aussie Cmon! First game since ApriL!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[12thMan]

players on the field

 

[Medic]

cmon hussey do me proud

 

[Sean]

That kit looks so ****....
Looks flippin terrible!

 

[12thMan]

Asad Rauf umpiring
2 runs by Gilchrist first ball

 

[Sean]

Haydos! BANG!!!!

 

[Oxy]

Hayden gone!!! 7-1

 

[Sean]

Gottim!!!!! Hayden goes! Massive wicket!
Caught by Taylor of ChigumbugurugurIdunnohowit'spronounced.
1/7

 

[PlanetPakistan]

Great start this! In comes the captain

 

[Sean]

It might just take us an over or so to get into the mood of things.

 

[Sheikh]

Should be interesting to see how much Australia stack up here. You'd expect them to get up to 200...

 

[PlanetPakistan]

Nice swing there for the bowler.

Gary Brent to bowl from the other end.

 

[Sean]

Wow, that was really a poor delivery. 2 wides in a row!

 

[Sheikh]

I miss the days of Brandes, Streak, and Alonga.

 

[PlanetPakistan]

AUS batsmen don't look very confident.

 

[12thMan]

stadium is pretty much empty even with tickets only costing couple of dollars

 

[jusarrived]

I miss the days of Brandes, Streak, and Alonga.

There are a few talented cricketers in current zim team...batsmen specifically !

 

[PlanetPakistan]

Good start by ZIM-11/1 after 2 overs

 

[Oxy]

Gilchrist GONE!

Damn - I had Gilly and Haydo in my Fantasy team

 

[Sean]

Gilchurch gone! And Australia in slight trouble!

Gilly just couldn't get to the swing of things and he's topped a ball on the air and is caught!
It's 2/12!!!

 

[12thMan]

Gilchrist out ct at deep midwicket
Aus 12-2

 

[PlanetPakistan]

Gilchrist GONE!

Damn - I had Gilly and Haydo in my Fantasy team

My Kiwi players didn't even bat

 

[sohaib17]

AUS vs ZIM [T20 match] 12 Sept

HI


AUSTRALIA STRUGGLING AGAINST ZIMBABWE


12-2 down australia



Gilcrist gone

 

[Islamabadi]

wat the hell are Australians wearing...gilly gone

 

[tmac4real]

aussies in trouble early. Well not in trouble, but zim are doing well. I predict a big partnership from symnds and ponting.

 

[PlanetPakistan]

Andrew Symonds in now...

 

[Sean]

stadium is pretty much empty even with tickets only costing couple of dollars

Maybe they should have done that for the World Cup....

 

[tmac4real]

My Kiwi players didn't even bat

i was going to take gilly but took mcculum instead. I do have ponting so hopefully he does well.

 

[sohaib17]

Ricky and symonds



playing 14-2

 

[PlanetPakistan]

14/2 after 3 overs

 

[jusarrived]

zim can chase down 150 against this bowling line up .......it wont be a one sided match IMO !

 

[Sean]

Punt Pontings picks his pickle and hits that through cover to the boundary.

 

[tmac4real]

clarke has been dropped?

 

[PlanetPakistan]

well this is quality stuff from ZIM...Ian Chappell trying so hard to be funny.

Chappell: That was an aussie flag Nas
Nas:...and?

 

[sohaib17]

Ponting Goneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee


19-----3

 

[12thMan]

clarke has been dropped?

injured

 

[Sean]

Ponting gone too!!!!!

Australia in a hole. Could we have a boil over here!!!

 

[PlanetPakistan]

Gone...another one
this time its the captain

 

[asifp]

wow , three of the best ODI batsman in the world out !!!

very tricky wicket , 90 might be a winning score

 

[12thMan]

Ponting out ct at third man
Aus 19-3 after 4 overs

 

[12thMan]

This thread would have been a lot more fun to read if this was Pakistan playing

 

[Muhammad]

Good bowling from Brent there, still long way to go for Zim yet though.

 

[tmac4real]

wow upset on the cards? Symonds and hussey need to guide austrailia now. I'm sure onting is relieved, since he hates 20 20 so much.

 

[Islamabadi]

just imagine the chaos here if it was pakistan

 

[Medic]

Zimbabwe 4 the cup!!

 

[PlanetPakistan]

Maiden...Can you believe it!

 

[MIB]

T Mupariwa 1-1-0-0

 

[12thMan]

Aus 19-3 after 5 overs

 

[MIB]

what abt an upset for australia this time...

 

[tmac4real]

wow, who would have thought that 25% of the innings thru aus would be 3 down with a measly run rate of 3.8

 

[Sheikh]

Hussey all at sea!

 

[PlanetPakistan]

wow- Hussey is not looking good at all

 

[tmac4real]

symonds needs to unelash the dr agon.

 

[sohaib17]

22 for 3 after 6 overs

symond and hussey struggling

 

[Sheikh]

Puts our perfermance into perspective. Australia would do well to get to 170 odd from here.

 

[Waseem]

22/3 after 5.5 overs.

It feels better as we were struggling in first 5-8 overs and i was quite disappointed to see Pak performance as compared to WI and South Africa.

Hope Aussies can be restricted to less than 180

 

[Noman]

I really hope that Zim somehow beats the Australians..

 

[sohaib17]

they will be


they havn't played any cricket for 3 months and Aussie commentator is saying that Hussey and symond both are very rusty and are not timing the ball

 

[teflon_don]

damn fools.....3 aussies in my fantasy team

oh well....come on zimbabwe

aussie will still get to 150 somehow and bowl them out for less than 90

 

[asifp]

damn fools.....3 aussies in my fantasy team

oh well....come on zimbabwe

aussie will still get to 150 somehow and bowl them out for less than 90

I had Haydos an Gilly

 

[Sean]

Bang bang bang. 4 all the way!

 

[Islamabadi]

commentators making excuses for Aussies...

 

[Majestic_Inzi]

wow upset on the cards? Symonds and hussey need to guide austrailia now. I'm sure onting is relieved, since he hates 20 20 so much.

you have to move along with times. this is the new form or cricket, we will see more countries participating. i like it.

test match and odi is old fashioned. 20/20 is the futures.

sorry oldies...

 

[PlanetPakistan]

4 from Symo

 

[12thMan]

Aus 32-3 after 7 over

 

[tmac4real]

hussey seems to be really strugglng111!!!!!

 

[W63L35]

4.25pm Good afternoon and welcome to this afternoon's match between Australia, the world No.1, and Zimbabwe, the side which according to the rather addled thinking of ICC president Ray Mali could be No. 1 within three years. Cherie Blair could also win Miss World.

Remarkably, 15,000 tickets have been sold for this match already, so a near three-quarter full house is expected, which is great for the organisers. They will almost certainly be hoping that Australia bat first. The bookies are not expecting any upsets ... Australia are 50-1 on for the win. Will Mali put his money where his mouth is and back his neighbours at 10-1?

Above is what Crapinfo said just before the game.......you know, I hope Zim wins today...just for the sake of above comment!!! Wouldn't that be nice!

 

[12thMan]

5 run off the over
Aus 37-3 after 8

 

[tmac4real]

symonds warming up hopefully

 

[sohaib17]

Aussies looking good now

41-3 in 8.2 overs