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Topic Started: Nov 10 2006, 01:56 PM (4,470 Views)
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Can you do a Global World Sport report for us then?

if i go, then i will report.
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Australia v England :: Twenty20 :: Sydney

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Australia win by 77 runs

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England conceded a record 221-5 before losing the Twenty20 international to Australia by a margin of 77 runs.

Adam Gilchrist (48) and Ricky Ponting (47) put on 69 from 29 balls before Andrew Symonds and Cameron White accelerated in the latter stages.

Australia plundered 14 sixes in all, another record in this format.

England collapsed to 78-6 before Jamie Dalrymple (32) and debutant wicket-keeper Paul Nixon (31) took them up to a total of 144-9.

Ponting won the toss for the floodlit match at the Sydney Cricket Ground, where Australia had completed their 5-0 Ashes whitewash, and had no hesitation in opting to bat first.

His reasoning was that sides batting first had won the bulk of matches in the domestic Twenty20 competition.

Australia were well and truly under way as early as the second over, Anderson being hit for three boundaries by Matthew Hayden.

Anderson did remove Hayden in his following over, but the fast-scoring mantle was picked up by Ponting and Gilchrist.

Sixes rained onto the stands - Gilchrist hit five on his own - and it did not help when Ponting, on 16, was dropped by Jon Lewis off Andrew Flintoff.

Finally, Panesar bowled Gilchrist off the inside edge and had Michael Hussey stumped.

Ponting was caught at fine leg off Paul Collingwood, Lewis making amends for his earlier miss, and Michael Clarke was run out cheaply.

There was a momentary lull before White and Symonds joined in the fun. Leg-spinning all-rounder White struck 40 from 20 balls and hit four sixes while Symonds smashed 39 from 22 balls.

England even had time to drop another catch in the final over, Kevin Pietersen shelling White at mid-wicket.

The difference in quality between England and Australia's fielding was highlighted when Pietersen was run out by a direct hit from third man by debutant Shane Harwood.

That came after Ed Joyce had fallen in the first over, and Flintoff in the second, both caught trying big shots before they had had a chance to settle.

And it was soon 54-4 when Michael Vaughan was lbw attempting a reverse sweep against Symonds.

Vaughan, in his first game for England since December 2005, had at least stroked four pleasing boundaries, including an eye-catching cover drive and a trademark swivel pull.

Nor did his troublesome knee appear to bother him unduly.

Ben Hilfenhaus, a 23-year-old Tasmanian and the other Aussie on debut, bowled some intelligent outswing in the middle overs, and finished with excellent figures of 2-16.

He had Collingwood caught at deep square leg and bowled Ian Bell with a low full toss.

With England long having effectively lost the match, a partnership of 49 between Nixon and Dalrymple averted the heaviest loss in Twenty20 internationals.

Leicestershire's Nixon, aged 36, finished not out and looks likely to secure the wicket-keeping berth for the one-day internationals.


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Look at this: I agree totally...

Just been watching the highlights (on BBC Sport and on Sky) and I think Nixon did well, and Panesar didn't do that bad.
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that article you linked is a bit stupid, i think. England have running the Twenty20 format since 2003, much longer than any other nation, so therefore the English players would be the most experienced out of anyone in the world. So saying that England is inexperienced at that form of the game...an excuse maybe?
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But England's international players aren't that experienced, because they spend more time with the England team than they do playing Twenty20 matches with their counties...
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It's depressing. We haven't got a hope in the Tri Series. We haven't got a hope in the World Cup. We haven't got a hope in the 20/20 Championships. We're rubbish at ODIs. Fletcher out. Now.
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Australia v England :: CB Series :: Melbourne

England: 242-8
Australia: 246-2

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England's Ashes tour took another turn for the worse when they were crushed in the opening one-dayer by Australia and Kevin Pietersen suffered a rib injury.

Pietersen hit three sixes in his 82, Paul Collingwood made 43 and Andrew Flintoff 47 not out in England's 242-8.

It never looked adequate once Adam Gilchrist blasted 60 and put on 101 with Matthew Hayden (28) in 93 balls.

Ricky Ponting (82no) and Michael Clarke (57no) then took over to seal victory by eight wickets with 4.4 overs left.

It was another chastening experience for the beleagured tourists after their Test whitewash and humbling in Tuesday's Twenty20 game.

Captain Michael Vaughan provided some early cheer in his first one-day international in 18 months with some beautiful backfoot drives.

But, as so often has been the case on this tour, England were soon subdued by some tight bowling and sharp fielding.

Andrew Strauss and Vaughan edged Nathan Bracken (3-46) to Hayden at first slip, while Ian Bell was dropped first ball by Gilchrist before lofting Mitchell Johnson (2-34) to mid-off.

Collingwood could have been run out by yards by Hayden and Ponting, and took 46 balls to score his first boundary as England plodded to 100 at the end of the 24th over.

Pietersen finally launched an assault to blast three huge sixes off leg-spinner Cameron White.

But his progress was checked when a short ball from Glenn McGrath thudded into his right ribs, and he and Collingwood holed out in the deep to spark another clatter of wickets.

The visitors were in danger of falling well short of a par-total on a good pitch until Flintoff chanced his arms with an entertaining 38-ball cameo.

The big all-rounder had a nightmare with the ball, however: 48 runs were leaked in his six overs, including a mammoth six over long-on from Gilchrist and a staggering 11 wides in his first over.

Flintoff and his fellow seamers proved fodder for the irresistible Gilchrist, who ruthlessly dispatched anything wide or over-pitched - and there was plenty of it - to all parts.

Vaughan cut an exasperated figure as the 100 came up in the 15th over but the introduction of spinners Jamie Dalrymple and Monty Panesar paid almost instant dividends.

Gilchrist edged behind trying to cut and Hayden was stumped after charging down the track to Panesar.

But Ponting crushed any hopes of a revival with a series of elegant and powerful drives.

He received able support from youngster Clarke and, with the boundaries coming at will, victory was achieved in a hurry to the delight of most of the crowd of more than 78,000 at the MCG.

It was England's eighth defeat in 11 matches in Australia and, with their best batsman ruled out of the rest of the series, qualification for the finals of this competition seems a long way off.


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Awful. Truely shocking. Mal Loye for England. Although, it depends if he's mates with Fletcher or not. If he isn't, there's no chance.
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Yeah, I'd call up Mal Loye.
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I dunno. We haven't got a team anymore. It's strength in unity everyone knows that, and no ones playing well..
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Australia v New Zealand :: CB Series :: Hobart

Australia: 289-8
New Zealand: 184

Australia win by 105 runs


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Australia thumped New Zealand by 105 runs in the second tri-series one-day international in Hobart.

Kiwi fast bowler Shane Bond (4-61) took a hat-trick in the final over of Australia's innings.

But the home side piled on 289-8 from their 50 overs, all-rounder Andrew Symonds top-scoring with 69 and wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist making 61.

New Zealand were then bowled out for 184 in the 39th over, Ross Taylor (84) the only player with a half century.

As Australia clinched victory with more than 10 overs to spare, they gained a bonus point to stretch their lead at the top of the table.

Gilchrist, who scored 60 in Australia's eight-wicket victory over England in Melbourne on Friday, got his side off to a blistering start, dominating opening bowlers James Franklin and Bond.

Gilchrist continued to throw the bat after the dismissal of opening partner Matthew Hayden (27) and registered his 48th one-day international half-century.

Spinner Jeetan Patel finally trapped Gilchrist lbw before Australia skipper Ricky Ponting (10) was dismissed cheaply by Mark Gillespie.

However, Michael Clarke and Symonds rebuilt before Clarke was eventually out for 33 after a rash stroke off Bond.

Mike Hussey suffered a rare failure, making just 20, but his dismissal only brought Cameron White to the crease.

The Victorian took an instant liking to Daniel Vettori, smashing the spinner over the leg-side boundary for successive sixes in the 45th over.

White and Symonds remained at the crease until the final over when Bond took centre stage.

His first wicket in the hat-trick over was that of White, the batsman holing out to Craig McMillan on the boundary after making 45 from 32 balls.

Symonds followed immediately, edging one behind, and Bracken completed the set after seeing his stumps shattered.

Bond's hat trick was the 23rd ever in limited-overs international cricket and he became only the second New Zealander - after Danny Morrison against India in 1994 - to achieve the feat.

But the celebrations were short-lived as New Zealand's reply started badly, openers Brendon McCullum and Nathan Astle returning to the pavilion with just seven on the board.

McCullum fell leg-before to the 12th ball of 23-year-old Ben Hilfenhaus's one-day international debut.

Captain Stephen Fleming contributed 29 but it was the partnership between Taylor and Peter Fulton (37) which gave New Zealand brief hope.

After 32 overs, shortly after Taylor edged a Mitchell Johnson delivery to Gilchrist, the Black Caps had reached 164-4 - the same as Australia at the same stage.

But Clarke removed McMillan with a stunning run out and thereafter wickets fell at regular intervals.

Johnson, Stuart Clark and Symonds each took two wickets in a well-balanced Australia attack.

New Zealand face England at the same venue on Tuesday.


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The next match in the Commonwealth Bank Series is England v New Zealand - on Tuesday.

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Essex's Ravi Bopara has been called up to the England squad to replace Kevin Pietersen, who broke a rib on Friday.
Bopara has also been named in England's provisional 30-man World Cup squad announced on Saturday.

The 21-year-old has been called up for his batting ability but is also a capable medium-pace bowler.

"Ravi has been brought in because he is a middle-order batsman who impressed with the academy this winter," said chairman of selectors David Graveney.  

"He has been a regular with Essex during their one-day successes of recent years and we decided that he was the best option available."

Ed Joyce is the favourite to take Pietersen's place in the England starting XI for the next match, against New Zealand in Hobart on Tuesday.

Pietersen will fly home early next week after his missed pull at Glenn McGrath left him with a broken rib.

The injury rules him out of the one-day Commonwealth Bank Series against Australia and New Zealand, but he is expected to return in five weeks and should be fit for the World Cup in March.

Pietersen said: "I am a pretty quick healer so I will get myself as fit as I can as quick as I can.

"I am champing at the bit to get out to the Caribbean."

New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming said Pietersen's absence would weaken England over the next few weeks.

"It's disappointing in a weird way, a sad way because the majority of the team liked watching him bat," Fleming said.

"It would have been different playing against him and it's obviously a huge blow for the tournament and England."


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Geraint Jones, Darren Gough and Marcus Trescothick were the major omissions when England announced a provisional 30-man World Cup squad on Saturday.
Ian Blackwell was also left out of the party, which is due to be reduced by half on 15 February.

Left-arm spinner Ashley Giles, who left the Australian tour early because of the health of his wife, is included.

And the squad includes four uncapped players - Amjad Khan, Mal Loye, Graham Onions and Ravi Bopara.

Wicket-keeper Jones, who began the Ashes series as England's first choice, has slipped completely out of contention, with Paul Nixon, Chris Read and Matt Prior all picked ahead of him.

Trescothick has not been mentioned by the selectors since leaving the Ashes tour before the first Test because of a stress-related illness.

He is the only England batsman to have hit a one-day international century in the last year.

"I live near Marcus in Bristol and have been monitoring his recovery," chairman of selectors David Graveney said. "We decided not to consider him for World Cup selection."

Essex fast bowler Gough was selected for the one-day series against Pakistan last September - but he played just twice before a shin injury sidelined him.

Somerset all-rounder Blackwell missed nearly the whole of last season following a shoulder operation.

All players under consideration but not in Australia with the current squad underwent fitness checks at the Loughborough academy in the past fortnight.

"Darren Gough, Ian Blackwell and [Yorkshire seamer] Tim Bresnan were not selected because they have not been able to prove that their fitness will be at a suitable level when we announce our final squad," said Graveney.

"We are eager to ensure everyone is given every chance to prove their fitness but we are not prepared to select players that we anticipate will not reach a satisfactory level of fitness for what will be a gruelling tournament.

"Things are progressing well with Ashley [Giles] and he welcomes the opportunity to be included in the squad of 30."

Essex batsman Bopara was on Saturday called into the squad in Australia to cover for the injured Kevin Pietersen.

Loye is a big-hitter who has impressed in the Twenty20 format with Lancashire and is currently playing first-class cricket in New Zealand.

Durham seamer Onions, 24, replaced Gough in the squad in September without playing, while Danish-born seamer Khan has only just qualified for England after spending six seasons with Kent.

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Batsmen: Ian Bell (Warks), Ravi Bopara (Essex), Alastair Cook (Essex), Ed Joyce (Middx), Mal Loye (Lancs), Kevin Pietersen (Hants), Owais Shah (Middx), Vikram Solanki (Worcs), Andrew Strauss (Middx), Michael Vaughan (Yorks)

All-rounders: Rikki Clarke (Surrey), Paul Collingwood (Durham), Jamie Dalrymple (Middx), Andrew Flintoff (Lancs), Michael Yardy (Sussex)

Wicket-keepers: Paul Nixon (Leics), Matt Prior (Sussex), Chris Read (Notts)

Bowlers: James Anderson (Lancs), Stuart Broad (Leics), Glen Chapple (Lancs), Ashley Giles (Warks), Matthew Hoggard (Yorks), Amjad Khan (Kent), Jon Lewis (Glos), Sajid Mahmood (Lancs), Graham Onions (Durham), Monty Panesar (Northants), Liam Plunkett (Durham), Chris Tremlett (Hants)
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As an Essex fan I'm obviously delighted another of our players could play for England. However I feel he's too young and that Loye or Shah woulld have been a safer bet.
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England v New Zealand :: CB Series :: Hobart

New Zealand: 205-9
England: 206-7

ENGLAND win by 3 wickets


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Andrew Flintoff made an unbeaten 72 as England squeezed home by three wickets against New Zealand in Hobart.

Freed from the cares of captaincy, Flintoff hit seven fours as they reached 206-7 with one ball to spare.

It was their first win of any kind since arriving in Australia but came at a price as captain Michael Vaughan suffered a hamstring injury.

New Zealand were restricted to 205-9 in their 50 overs as fast bowler James Anderson produced figures of 4-42.

But England made heavy weather of their run-chase, slumping to 138-5 before a stand of 60 in 11 overs between Flintoff and Paul Nixon seemed to turn things in their favour.

Even then, however, there were a series of final twists as Nixon (15) ran himself out attempting a second run to Daniel Vettori in the deep and Jamie Dalrymple carved a catch to Jeetan Patel at point.

Flintoff did his bit to jangle the nerves of his team-mates in the dressing room when he miscued a full toss to mid-wicket, but survived when umpire Steve Davis ruled the delivery was above waist height and called no-ball.

Jon Lewis was on strike at the start of the final over, with four still needed, but managed to pick up a single and a relieved Flintoff finished things off.

England made one change following their defeat by Australia in the opening game of the triangular competition, with Ed Joyce replacing the injured Kevin Pietersen.

New Zealand stuck with the same XI which lost to Australia two days earlier and rather than face the prospect of another run-chase, Stephen Fleming chose to bat first after winning the toss.

Brendon McCullum hit the second ball of the game for six but he soon lobbed a catch to Vaughan at mid-off, the first of three wickets for Anderson in an excellent eight-over spell with the new ball.

Fleming was bowled off the inside edge for 12 and Ross Taylor went for a single, but Nathan Astle contributed a useful 45 before he became the second batsman to play on, with Paul Collingwood the successful bowler.

Collingwood and Monty Panesar bowled tightly in tandem for 12 overs in the middle of the innings and offered the batsmen little and the pressure told when Flintoff replaced Panesar and Peter Fulton (27) chipped to a leaping Vaughan at mid-wicket.

Craig McMillan followed tamely for 22, giving a return catch to Collingwood, who ran through his 10-over stint for highly impressive figures of 2-25.

James Franklin was caught at wide long-off for 20 in the 47th over as Flintoff completed his stint with figures of 2-37, but some unorthodox batting by Mark Gillespie, who slogged Anderson over mid-wicket for four carried the total beyond 200.

Vaughan came out to open for England despite the injury suffered earlier while throwing on the turn, but it was not long before Dalrymple was summoned from the dressing room to act as runner.

The England captain looked in good touch despite his restricted mobility and it came as a surprise when he mistimed a pull off Franklin and was caught at mid-wicket.

Andrew Strauss's run of misfortune continued when he was adjudged lbw for 28, even though TV replays showed the ball had clearly come off the face of the bat before striking the pad, and Joyce failed to seize his opportunity when he was run out for five.

The scoring rate was strangled by spinners Patel and Vettori, who varied their flight intelligently, and the pressure they exerted paid off when Collingwood (10) was guilty of an ugly stroke off Patel which ended in Taylor's hands.

Ian Bell was dropped on nine by the keeper and it looked as though he might play a major innings until he was deceived by Patel and trapped lbw on the back foot for 45.

Patel's figures of 2-34 were fully merited but Flintoff refused to be tied down and went to his first one-day fifty since December 2005 off 59 balls before wrapping things up off the game's penultimate delivery.


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I'm still in shock now. However, we shouldn't have had that much trouble chasing 206. It's ridiculous.
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