ICC World Twenty20, 3rd Match, Group C: Australia v WI at The Oval, Jun 6, 2009

[IanG]

Normally 169 is a reasonable score in a Twenty20 but Chris Gayle went out like a man posessed

 

[eddiesmith]

Furthermore, had things gone to plan, the Super 8 pools would have been:
Group E - SL, Pakistan, NZ, Bangladesh
Group F - SA, Aus, India, England

I wonder what pool I'd rather be in...

Imagine if Pakistan miss out :lol:

I asked the same thing during the match mate, and I still have no earthly idea why Clarke wasn't given a trundle earlier in the innings...

As was explained to you, he has a sh*t record, crap e/r and poor average and so far in T20Is, Dussey has been a more effective option

Normally 169 is a reasonable score in a Twenty20 but Chris Gayle went out like a man posessed

169 isnt that great actually, its really the par score, obviously depends on conditions as well, in South Africa its a good score, but on that pitch it was well below par

 

[TheParraboy]

20/20 cricket could also ruin their test career assuming there are potential test players

I reckon we should treat it like the Hong Kong 7s and just play young kids that suit that type of game and can be destined to just make a career out of 20/20 cricket, like Warner and Bracken

We should keep the test players out of this type of tourney, we have the depth to do it and still be competitive imo.

That applies to both batsmen and bowlers, I mean what good does any of this do for say Siddle and Hilfy who are trying to learn 2 or 3 trades (test cricket and 20/20 cricket) all at once.

Thats all well and good for us mate, but we will be playing test cricket all by ourselves in 15 years time. Maybe with the poms and SA if were lucky

Most of the other nations, to me looks like they dont give a stuff about tests, or dont have it as their no1 priority. I guess its the sign of the times, money talks

 

[Big_Bad_Shark_Fan]

Can someone tell me do we have to win the group or do the top two go through?

 

[eddiesmith]

Can someone tell me do we have to win the group or do the top two go through?

Top 2

Gives the minnows a couple of games then lets the top nations compete (Well thats the plan) although thankfully the next world cup they will give everyone 6 games