7th ODI: England v Australia at Chester-le-Street, Sept 20 2009

[TheParraboy]

Big footy weekend coming up, and this ODI series concludes on Sunday

Its a day game so starts 7.15pm AEST

The ICC Champions trophy starts later in the week, Not sure we have had the best preparation for that torunament by smacking the poms. Though we should smack the 2nd string WI side on the 26th first up

I wonder if we play our top XI in this game as a final hitout before the ICC tournament :-k


Cheers

 

[aussies1st]

Ponting said we are playing our best 11 in this game.

 

[Didgi]

As we should, get them ironing out the bumps in the team the match before, I think on confidence and the form of some of our players in England we can go a long way in this tournament.

 

[Ridders]

Time to bring out the brooms

 

[hineyrulz]

Wonder what odds we would have been for a cleansweep before the series???? You'd have at least thought the Poms could have stolen one game.

 

[Collingwood Storm]

James Anderson is delusional saying the 6-0 scoreline flatters Australia.

England have been nothing short of pathetic with the bat.

 

[ElectricEelMan]

James Anderson is delusional saying the 6-0 scoreline flatters Australia.

England have been nothing short of pathetic with the bat.

“The vast majority of us in the dressing room still believe we can beat Australia and think that 6-0 flatters them a bit.”

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,26099408-5018870,00.html

Not only is Anderson delusional the 'vast majority' of the rest of them are too ... this has been as comprehensive a 6-0 drubbing as I can remember. England haven't looked like winning a game.

 

[Collingwood Storm]

If anything England could argue they screwed up good chances of winning in the first 2 games but even then it has been very comprehensive with one of the worst middle/lower orders ever seen in ODIs.

 

[aussies1st]

Ferguson rested hopefully, better not be dropped. Hilfy finally gets a run.

 

[TheParraboy]

Guess what? Poms win the toss

they decide to field


England team
AJ Strauss*, JL Denly, RS Bopara, MJ Prior†, OA Shah, PD Collingwood, EJG Morgan, TT Bresnan, GP Swann, JM Anderson, G Onions

Australia team
SR Watson, TD Paine†, RT Ponting*, MEK Hussey, MJ Clarke, CL White, JR Hopes, NM Hauritz, B Lee, BW Hilfenhaus, MG Johnson

 

[aussies1st]

Guess what? Watson wasn't out LBW!

 

[TheParraboy]

2/21 6 overs

sunshine 0 paine 4

no ferguson to the rescue in this game

 

[Didgi]

Not looking spectacular early on, but now Ponting and Clarke are going to make 100 each. Bank on it.

 

[aussies1st]

Ponting going well on this pitch, scoring close to a run a ball.

 

[Collingwood Storm]

The best XI for Champions Trophy needs Ferguson in for Clarke and Bracken for Hilfy.

 

[TheParraboy]

Clarke playing an anchor role here, Hopefully he isnt attached to the Titanic

 

[beads6]

Clarke has been painful to watch in ODI's of late. What happened to him he used to be a real flashy type. Hussey still has had no rest. are the Aussie selectors kidding themself.

 

[TheParraboy]

Clarke picking up the pace 21 from 61, lol

Aust 2/73 - in the 21st over

 

[TheParraboy]

Punter heading towards another ton here

 

[simmo1]

lol at the Clarke bashing. In ODIs:

Clarke Ave 42.94, SR 78.03.
Ponting Ave 42.90 SR 80.67

Scores a whopping two and a half runs less per hundred balls than arguably Australia's best ever ODI batsman.