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well there is a 20/20 today Aus/SA
should be fast and furious

Lots of new and used names in the Aus side..

Aus won the toss and elected to bat
DA Warner, what a start.
Anybody know anything about him other than he uses a double faced bat?

^ 2nd fastest international 20/20 50

I dont think he used that bat last night...some blokes think it gives the batsman an unfair advantage...He's some fucking slogger though..

the end of a great.

EXCLUSIVE: IT'S over. Australian opening batsman Matthew Hayden has decided to draw the curtain on his outstanding international career.
The Herald Sun can reveal Hayden has decided to quit cricket and it is likely he will be given a rousing farewell with a lap of the ground at tonight's Twenty20 match between South Africa and Australia at the Gabba.

Hayden is expected to make the announcement official at a press conference at the Gabba at 12.30pm.

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Hayden, 37, who played 103 Tests, has been mulling over his decision for several days after being omitted from the Australia Twenty20 and one-day sides.
Hayden's exit comes after a rugged summer in which he failed to pass 50 in five home Tests.
But he will leave the game as arguably Australia's greatest opener with a record (8624 runs at 50.74) that seemed a moon ride away when he played just seven Tests in his first five years as a Test player.
Australia is understood to be undecided who will replace Hayden in the Test team though Phil Jaques, a century-maker in his last Test against the West Indies, must be given another chance if he can fully recover from a back injury.
Hayden's cricketing journey started on the family farm at Kingaroy where elder brother Gary gave him a robust working over on a home made pitch.
The road to greatness contained many testing potholes including people expressing reservations over his size (large), his footwork and his work off his pads.
But few players in the game have ever worked harder and each box was ticked and each bogey hacked down as he made a painstaking progression to the international ranks.
Allan Border once said of him: "People say he is not orthodox but all othodox really means is the way most people do things. It doesn't mean it is right.
"Every season he seems to work harder to come up with a shot that keeps him ahead of bowlers who were still planning from the season before."
After blazing like a comet through his breakthrough tour of India in 2001 Hayden dominated world attacks for the next three years.
His cavalier front-foot style terrorised rival attacks who were also chastened by his imposing body language.
His fierce will was evident even more in one-day cricket than Tests. He was dropped, seemingly never to return from the Australian one-day side in 2005, but fought his way back to be a star of the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies.

Shame that, good player Hayden. I saw him score two hundreds before he made his test debut, he'd have been 22. took him a long while to nail down the Aussie job full time, slater got it ahead of him.

He helped revolutionise the way Australians played modern day Test Cricket, keep the clock at 4 an over, put the opposition batsmen under real pressure when it is their turn. Great Stuff.

Sad to see you go Matt.

Bailed out before the spectre of heavy defeat in The Ashes...

let's hope.......

Originally Posted by bkkandrew

Bailed out before the spectre of heavy defeat in The Ashes...

whatevaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

bring it on!

Originally Posted by bkkandrew

Bailed out before the spectre of heavy defeat in The Ashes...

Don't you go spending our bet money just yet Andrew.

It is England we are still playing in the Ashes isn't it,,,,,,,,,,,?????????

Originally Posted by bkkandrew

Bailed out before the spectre of heavy defeat in The Ashes...

Do you really believe that? Let's wait and see what the Aussies can build...

well the first ODI SA v AUS starts in about 1.5 hours
Bring it on

Aus have never beaten SA at the MCG
Will it be a first
MEK Hussey .... gone 16/1

SA have been asked to get 272
178/3 with 14 overs remaining
Gettable

Well done Yarpies..great game!!




bastards...

^ Yep the game was a nail biting beauty and a shame that there had to be a loser.........again!

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

a shame that there had to be a loser.........again!

You'll get used to it.

fuck off mate...Its a bit new for us Aussies...
Not like you blokes...whose the captain? Maybe an Aussie coach? God forbid...

Aus set SA 250 to win in the 2nd ODI

half way mark
Singles are coming thick and fast. South Africa appear on course.

Another nailbiing game, but this time Australia held there nerve and won.
Great game! Bring on the next one!

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by Loy Toy a shame that there had to be a loser.........again!

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

You'll get used to it.

Not in my life time mate and probably never and when it comes to cricket.

Its amazing how all of the other nations supporters jump all over the aussies as soon as they have a short bad run.

Then again it is such a rare occurrence those that are normally just there to make up the numbers never seem to miss the opportunity!

Bring on the ashes!