Thread: Cricket scores around the world

Originally Posted by Bobcock

Originally Posted by Wally Dorian Raffles

congratulations on the no. 1 test ranking you pommy bastards

They don't have it yet

Originally Posted by Wally Dorian Raffles

the question is now, how long can you hold onto the ranking??

They don't have it yet

sorry - i seem to have jumped the gun a little. i've been too busy to follow the series, but for some reason i thought they had already taken over the number one spot. that said, the rankings don't necessarily mean they are the best team, but i think the current england team are the best around on their day. i still fancy the aussies next time we meet though..

Trott out, replaced by Bhopara.

Finn on standby in case Tremlett's back flares up.

Squad: Andrew Strauss (captain), Jimmy Anderson, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Alastair Cook, Steven Finn, Eoin Morgan, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Graeme Swann, Chris Tremlett.

Australia in sri Lanka
T20I
Dilshan ton sets up a win for SL

Australia innings (target: 199 runs from 20 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR SR Watson b Kulasekara 10 10 9 0 1 111.11 DA Warner c Dilshan b Kulasekara 53 62 31 6 2 170.96 SE Marsh lbw b Perera 4 9 7 0 0 57.14 DJ Hussey b Perera 6 8 8 1 0 75.00 CL White* b Perera 7 8 7 1 0 100.00 SPD Smith st †Sangakkara b Herath 12 11 17 0 0 70.58 BJ Haddin† run out (Mathews/†Sangakkara) 7 7 9 0 0 77.77
MG Johnson not out 22 23 16 1 1 137.50 SNJ O'Keefe b Lakmal 22 14 12 3 1 183.33
JW Hastings not out 14 5 4 0 1 350.00
Extras (lb 1, w 5) 6











Total (8 wickets; 20 overs; 82 mins) 163 (8.15 runs per over) Did not bat B Lee

why didn't brett lee bat?

can't say that i know how handy o'keefe and hastings are with the blade, but surely lee is good for some big hitting in the final overs of a T20 match? i remember him hitting a 6 on the last ball of a one day game against india, which gave australia a win several years ago. he can hit the ball a mile when he tries.

congrats to the lankens. dilshan was just too good for us..

Originally Posted by Wally Dorian Raffles

why didn't brett lee bat?

It's not worth the effort him padding up for the length of time he'd be at the crease.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

It's not worth the effort him padding up for the length of time he'd be at the crease.

Showing your ignorance and I hate Aussies colours again mate>

He is an athletic fielder and useful lower-order batsman, with a batting average exceeding 20 in Test cricket. Together with Mike Hussey, he has held the record for highest 7th wicket partnership for Australia in ODIs since 2005–06 (123).

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Showing your ignorance and I hate Aussies colours again mate

No, I was just having a bit of banter with Wally about Lee as we've done so for the last 5 or 6 years until you poked your nose in again.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

No, I was just having a bit of banter with Wally about Lee as we've done so for the last 5 or 6 years until you poked your nose in again.

Well you should of added a suitable smiley so the rest of us can keep up.

Atleast brett lee takes baths marmite - unlike your smelly lot

Thanks LT.

Imagine what it will be like when/if they get the top ranking. The same poms that constantly argued that "rankings don't mean anything" for all of those years when australia were cemented into the no.1 spot, will throw a party in london in open double deckers buses, and call for MBE's for the team...

Another bad weekend for the Aussies

Originally Posted by Wally Dorian Raffles

Atleast brett lee takes baths marmite - unlike your smelly lot

I don't even have a bath tub!

Originally Posted by Wally Dorian Raffles

The same poms that constantly argued that "rankings don't mean anything" for all of those years when australia were cemented into the no.1 spot

That's new one. Go on, enlighten us.

^being a fairweather cricket fan, you prolly weren't taking notice at the time, but the old "rankings don't mean anything" claim by pommy fans was often heard in cricket circles in those days. to be fair, indian fans would say the same before they were on top aswell. the way teams are more evenly poised at present, rankings actually don't mean very much i suppose. it was just that australia was head and shoulders above every other team back then, and the rankings actually did mean something

will you be in bangers in early sept? be good to catch up. it's been a while!

Originally Posted by Wally Dorian Raffles

will you be in bangers in early sept? be good to catch up. it's been a while!

To bloody long.

Another 'one of us' is visiting Bangkok then, so I'm sorely tempted, but to be honest I doubt it. I do need to visit an Embassy/Consulate around that time and I was going to drive to Chiang Mai, but I may be swayed...

You know you have a free room if you want....

Bangkok involves babysitters & plane tickets.

Chiang Mai involves getting in a car and the little 'un coming too.

I also have a large outlay this month, so before the 15th is pretty much impossible.

have sent message with my dates in bkk marmers. hope you make it!

on with the cricket....

the 2nd T20 aus v SL is on tonite.

Australia need this one to stop too much momentum going SL's way.

The Australian team looks a very good team on paper - with a batting line up of David Warner, 2 Shane Watson, 3 Shaun Marsh, 4 David Hussey, 5 Cameron White (capt), 6 Steven Smith, 7 Brad Haddin (wk), 9 Mitchell Johnson, and dare i say Brett Lee at 11, australia appear to have a group of very hard hitting T20 'big bashers. i like this team so much more without micheal clarke, and punter was never really playing his natural game in T20's either.

our bowling appears good enough on paper, but a lot depends on johnson finding his mojo. which he seems to missplace quite often...

go australia!

Originally Posted by Wally Dorian Raffles

have sent message with my dates in bkk marmers. hope you make it!

If it was after the 15th, then I would've been able to, but you're too early for me.

Originally Posted by Wally Dorian Raffles

Cameron White (capt)

Cameron White, when he first joined the Aussie side was an aggressive, attacking, exciting player and then he got bogged down playing defensively.

Giving him the captaincy is a terrible decision as I feel he is lucky to still be in the side and the added responsibility will only hinder his natural style of batting.

Another bad move by the seemingly confused selectors.

^ he was captain of victoria when he played very well for australia, and came to the selectors attention LT - and given the aus T20 captaincy. agreed though, he has been average, at best, since then..

SL 2-73

fuck. we lost again

Should be getting used to it now .

^ I am

As posted on the World News forum, latest news from the ECB, after police advice, is that the test match will start tomorrow at 11am as scheduled.

^ good. I'm looking forward to this test, thoroughly enjoyed the others.

Over the years, I've changed from seeing cricket as batsman dominated game, to a bowling dominated game most of the time; that's where we currently have strength in depth while the Indians...