Only T20 International Australia vs. New Zealand @ SCG - Sunday 15th

[lockyno1]

James Hopes screwed him over.

Hopes did what was best for the team- get himself on strike!

 

[Iafeta]

Really? Wouldn't even call it a great catch personally. That type of catch doesn't actually require that much skill, it is just that it is rare where the circumstances arise where a player can execute a catch like that. I would back every 'good' international fielder to be able to take a catch like that. In fact I have seen catches like it at international level on several occasions.

Duminy's catch on the other hand... that was special

Duminy's catch was clearly better. The difference for Voges catch though is the timing of it, and it ended up being a match winner. It's not so much an acrobatic effort, or anything overly spectacular although the trip on the boundary made it look more Hollywood than it was, it was though very good presence of mind. Once he had thrown the ball as high as he had from the position he was in he should have caught it, and did.

Peter Fulton and Grant Elliott both cost us sadly. Elliott could barely hit the ball. Such a shame for him given the series he's had and the start to his international ODI career thus far. I'm not sure he has the hitting talent to be a 20/20 batsman. Fulton shouldn't be considered for 20/20 stuff in the near future,I really hoped the Brisbane innings would give him some confidence. He has the power to be able to hit a big ball, but irrespective of the situation he won't push for singles for 4-5 balls to get in and then crunch it. Realistically Hussey and Hilfenhaus had to be belted for more than they were, and frankly to allow any bowler to go for 16 off 4 overs is criminal.

It's sort of a bit funny seeing Bracken and Vettori have such a hold on international batsmen in limited overs cricket. All one does is change the pace, and all the other does is bowl arm balls. I think both batting teams need to look at themselves against those bowlers and find a bit more adventure in their batsmanship.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Elliott was frustrating in the fact that he played the exact same shot, the swipe acroos the line, and missed it completely, about 10 times. Has had a great series over there, but i think 5 is a bit high for him in the 20/20, especially after the position we were in post Broom getting out.

Just back to the catch, also has me thinking of that Astle one a couple of years back where he jumped up, caught the ball, landed on 1 foot and somehow kept his balance inside the rope

 

[MSIH]

Dussey I think it was did it at the G in a state match a couple of years ago

Funny to see people bagging Dusseys innings, he was the highest scorer for Aus, sure wasnt the quickest but you often need a steadying innings in T20 especially on slow, sh*t pitches and with a long tail

Henriques, what a star :lol:

Getting 1 on debut as a 22 year old, or pottering around as a 32 year old. Hmm, I wonder who I'd rather be...

 

[eddiesmith]

Getting 1 on debut as a 22 year old, or pottering around as a 32 year old. Hmm, I wonder who I'd rather be...

Playing a match winning innings with the bat and bowling very well or standing around like an idiot whilst your partner is screaming at you to run and doing nothing in the field

Hmm, wonder who I would rather be...

 

[MSIH]

The chump who has 2 years max left in the Aussie side? Haha, you're a sap.

Match winning innings with the bat? Wish I played cricket in your side if 41 is considered match winning.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

lol henqirues will play test cricket ... dussey won't ... end of argument

oh, and didn't we win by 1 run? guess henriques' innings did alot more than you suggest ;-)

 

[scottyeel]

lol henqirues will play test cricket ... dussey won't ... end of argument

oh, and didn't we win by 1 run? guess henriques' innings did alot more than you suggest ;-)

:lol:

 

[eddiesmith]

The chump who has 2 years max left in the Aussie side? Haha, you're a sap.

Match winning innings with the bat? Wish I played cricket in your side if 41 is considered match winning.

Well Dussey plays like all the NSW players and Australia lose :roll:

He was the highest scorer

As for 2 years max, why? Or should Mike Hussey be retired now?

 

[scottyeel]

Well Dussey plays like all the NSW players and Australia lose :roll:

He was the highest scorer

As for 2 years max, why? Or should Mike Hussey be retired now?

Why would Mike retire? He can actually play the game not like his useless brother.
As for 2 years, I would be surprised if he is still in the team in 12 months time.

 

[MSIH]

As for 2 years max, why?

Because he is ordinary. Very, very ordinary.

 

[hineyrulz]

Dussey has been hyped up like he is the second coming of Viv Richards or something. In reality he is just another bully of average bowling attacks. And at 32 we should be looking past him.