Australia vs New Zealand [Super 8s/Match 21] - Updates

[Sean]

My 337 looks good.

 

[12thMan]

Aus 331-5 after 49 overs

 

[Straight Bat]

last over is being bowled by franklin btw

 

[Sean]

50 up for Watto. Very quick. 28 balls!

 

[Straight Bat]

watson hits 50 from 28 balls - great comeback

 

[Straight Bat]

hussey gone, caught by styris after a top edge

 

[Sean]

Out. The 3rd skied ball of the innings. And Hussey's innings is over. Only 2 fours in that innings. Really needed to bat quicker.
He goes for 37.
6/334
49.2 overs

 

[Sean]

6 runs to Watson. Down the ground and Australia move to 340.

 

[Straight Bat]

watson hits a six

 

[Sean]

2 more for Watson.

 

[12thMan]

Aus 348-6 after 50 overs

 

[Sean]

WHAT A SHOT! Shot of the day!
Watson, on the final ball, smashes a square drive for six!
Australia end up with 6/348. Watson ends up with 63 (32).
51 runs from the final 3 overs! Amazing stuff.

This will be an exciting chase. Nearly everyone made a contribution which is good.
No maidens for NZ. Only one bowler under 5po.
That was Patel.

 

[Easa]

349 to win; game good as done!!

 

[Sean]

3:26am here. Another 4 1/2 hours to go!

 

[sniper420]

wow watson combination of Ashraful , hayden & Silva

 

[inane]

Watson ..... Watson ...... Watson

 

[Straight Bat]

lets see if NZ can do the same thing they did in the past series vs Aus

 

[P4K1 #1]

should be a cracker of a game.. remember NZ love chasing 300+ like they did in the Chappel-Hadlee Series.. could it happen again?

 

[Milroastnescafe]

Kiwi's chase this sort of Total down for kicks.

 

[inane]

Kiwi's chase this sort of Total down for kicks.

Not with the bowlers in their current form.

 

[Milroastnescafe]

I think you underestimate how poor a bowler Watson is.

 

[12thMan]

NZ 5-0 after 2 overs - need 344 from 48 @ 7.2

 

[Straight Bat]

fleming gone 21/1

 

[Straight Bat]

contreversional decision because the ball hit his arm and not the bad when he was caught behind.

taylor new man in anyway

 

[Nauman]

What a beast

 

[Sean]

Bloody hell. My mums bfs housemate has come home drunk. He is pretty much blind drunk and is snoring so bloody loud!

 

[Straight Bat]

mcgrath gets his wicket first ball.

pulled to hussey by ross taylor

 

[Straight Bat]

Bloody hell. My mums bfs housemate has come home drunk. He is pretty much blind drunk and is snoring so bloody loud!

that wicket will cheer you up then

 

[12thMan]

McGrath strikes first ball. Styris out
29-2 after 5.1

 

[Sean]

Another wicket.
Pigeon breaks through with his first ball.
2/29

 

[Medic]

200 all out

 

[Sean]

that wicket will cheer you up then

No. Because I cant get the dick head to go to bed.

 

[OZGOD]

Decent knocks from Haydunce and Watto.

 

[Sean]

4 more to Styris.

 

[Sean]

Back to back fours for Styris. Brilliant batting!

 

[Easa]

Styris - great batting!

 

[Sean]

2/53
8 overs

 

[Sean]

Brilliant pull shot from Fulton.

 

[Straight Bat]

fulton one bounce for four - was a good shot

 

[Sean]

Four more! Styris moves on to 20.

 

[Straight Bat]

styris follows it up with another four

NZ giving this a go

 

[Straight Bat]

63/2 in the 9th over

 

[Sean]

Far out. It's so hard to watch the cricket when you have a fat, drunk, snoring guy right next to you!

 

[Sean]

I think tait has been no balled for chucking.

 

[the_game]

I think tait has been no balled for chucking.

Exactly what I thought! Wow, Asad Rauf wants to create some controversy here.

 

[Sean]

Nope. It was because the back of his foot was on the side lines.

 

[Taurus]

Mark Nicholas going on about the no-ball that wasn't, but hasn't yet made the point that it would have been called a wide anyway.

 

[Sean]

That was close. Very close.
Did that hit the toe first?

 

[Straight Bat]

looks like taits getting it to nip in

 

[Straight Bat]

mcgrath takes scotty's scalp

 

[Sean]

OUT! Straight to Hayden to takes the catch. Pigeon gets his second.
Styris had a big heave at that and only succeeded in hitting it straight to Hayden.
Styris goes for 27.
3/77
11.1 overs

 

[Sean]

Great yorker from pidge.

 

[Sean]

Finally. I thought he wasn't gonna give that out. A very good ball.
McMillan goes for 1.

4/80
12.3 overs

 

[offcutter]

how is tait reverse swinging the ball so early? what the hell? is he that good?

 

[Sean]

It's his action. Like Waqar. The slingy action gets more swing.

 

[Sean]

Wow. Franklin trying to duck a shortish ball there. Why is Franklin in now? ***?

 

[Sean]

Hoggy! Finish it off.

 

[Sean]

Watson coming on to bowl. How will he bowl. Will he amazingly get swing today? He has had a good day.

 

[Sean]

Bowled im! Franklin, the "secret weapon" chops onto his stumps. He goes for 6.
5/89

Watto continues his dream day.

 

[Sean]

Pad first? It looked like it at first. Maybe just outside the line.

 

[Sean]

Yep. Just a tad outside the line.

 

[Jayed]

Sean lol...I know Aus are winning...but you're getting a bit tooooo high.......

 

[siddharth]

Did Aussies have the courage to play the final without Ponting and Hayden.Show some courage Aussies...... like Lankans and Kiwis

 

[Sean]

Mmmm. I'm trying to keep my mind off the drunk,fat guy snoring his head off right next to me. I tried waking him up and tell him to go to bed. But he says "Yeah, soon" then falls asleep in like 2 seconds before snoring again.

 

[Sean]

New record for this stadium. A record crowd attendance.

 

[Jayed]

Alllll right Sean-e-O! Damn, I'm beginning to wish Aus were 145 all out, so Sean wouldn't be so happy....LOL1

 

[Muyazzim Khan]

I love the way the Aussies are crushing the Kiwis.

 

[Sean]

Alllll right Sean-e-O! Damn, I'm beginning to wish Aus were 145 all out, so Sean wouldn't be so happy....LOL1

 

[Straight Bat]

109-5 after 19

 

[Sean]

2 and a half hours to go before I've lasted all night!

 

[Sean]

What the? Nice dive by Punter.

 

[Straight Bat]

mccullum hits it to hussey who catches the ball from hoggs over

 

[Sean]

There we go. McCullum is out trying to slog sweep Hogg for Sweep. Hussey takes a simple outfield catch and it's game over!
He goes for 7.
6/111
19.3 overs.

 

[Sean]

Vettori pulls Hogg through midwicket for four.

 

[Muyazzim Khan]

C'mon Aussies crush the Kiwis.

Amazing how the Aussies are the oldest team yet they have the finest athletes who out run younger opposition players and are far more hungry and athletic than them too.

The Aussies proffesionalsim is breath taking.

 

[Sean]

Only 3 NZ players have made double figures.

 

[Sean]

50 for Fulton. He is the lone soldier against a complete army.

 

[Straight Bat]

vettori caught by symo

117/7

 

[Sean]

7th wicket taken. Vettori out for 4. Hogg gets his 2nd wicket.
NZ 7/117
21.1 overs

 

[Rob H]

2 and a half hours to go before I've lasted all night!

Now do that for 3 months and you know how i felt in February.