India-Australia-New Zealand tri-series thread

[Håkon]

12 balls to go, Australia need 21 runs...seems like another collapse in the offing...

And if that is utterly under control, Norway have just been crowned world cricket champions

D*mn...just as I post Symonds hit a four and a six and put Australia within 4

And Australia win with 1 ball to spare - both Williams and Symonds were dropped with their last two balls

 

[Simon Darkshade]

Utterly under control; staging a show for the crowd and letting the lower order get a hit was a nice touch.

 

[ainwood]

Did warne text-in to arrange payments for dropped catches?

 

[Simon Darkshade]

No, why would he need to? It was played in India, after all.

 

[KingWilly]

Australia beat NZ by 44 runs. Another top order collapse by the NZ batsmen. Bevan getting another 50+ not out for the Aussies.

I cant' see NZ beating India again this series, and therefore it will be an India vs. Australia final (as most people predicted at the start of the series).

 

[Simon Darkshade]

347/2 by Australia, to beat India by 61 runs. Ho hum.

 

[Mega Tsunami]

@Simon Darkshade
With the Poms having thrashed the mighty Bangladeshis 2-0 in Tests and 3-0 in ODI’s you will no doubt be relieved this was only a tri-nations and not a four-nations tournament.

More seriously, I see Fred Flintoff has just gone to the top of the world all-rounders league. He recently passed Ian Botham’s record ODI no of sixes – and he achieved that in half the number of games. (Whoops – not allowed to mention the ‘B’ word in the same breath as Flintoff).

 

[Simon Darkshade]

And how did England go against Sri Lanka first up?

Oh, and we bowled the Indians out for 198 in the final after making 235/5. We win. Again.

 

[Mega Tsunami]

Normal service resumed

 

[KingWilly]

Australia win the series with a second-string bowling line-up. True, most of them would make it into practically any other team first up, but they're not in the same league as McGrath & Co. yet.

Clarke is looking to become a world class one-day batsman. I think Lehmann may find it difficult to find his way back into the team.