Asia vs Rest Of The World (cricket)

[J@3]

Well it's started, we're in the 7th over and ROW is currently 1/38. Chris Gayle went for 1, to many people he'll be known as that great West Indian power player who got unlucky, to me he'll always be known as that bloke who hit a few 6's in that match once.

Ricky Ponting is going nuts, he's belting the ball all over the place so far... he's been at the crease for less time than Gilchrist, but he still has more runs... which doesn't happen very often to Adam Gilchrist. Brian Lara's batting at 5 , Matthew Hayden even further down... the game itself is basically Asia vs Australia/West Indies but still it'll be a fun match. Looking forward to seeing Darren Gough play, haven't seen him in action for a few years.

Shane Warne's on TV now, saying he's going to go and help Murali rebuild some cricket ground through the Shane Warne foundation to help children or something... it's kinda funny, he and Murali have become like best friends over the last few days.

[The X]

I wouldn't say it was Asia v Australia/West Indies........it looked more like Asia v Anzacs to me.....Cairns tore it up with bat as per usual and took big wicket of Jayasuriya (sp?), Vettori was useful at end of innings with the bat, bowled well for 3 wickets and got a run out....Fleming did alright with bat as well I guess.....

I think the Asian team could of really used Akhtar and Tendulkar, that's for sure....but either way, a nice game....

[Ataraxia]

damn Asia XI played like crap

oh well lets hope we can win the return leg, but hey 10 Mill dollars raised plus the pending auction of jerseys and that coin could bring in another million or so....

but damn 50,000 bucks for a six and 1000 per run......that was alotta money although i dunno why they didnt have anything for the wickets...the bowlers would have been more motivated to bowl harder that way....cause none of them(even Warne and Vettori) gave it their all....

and it was nice seeing Steve Waugh fielding again

I think they should bring some retro flava to the next match.....add Aravinda, Walsh, Steve and Mark, Hussain, Ambrose, Andy Flower, Rhodes etc....that'll be really good to watch

[J@3]

Is there a return leg? I didn't know that... Ricky Ponting scored 115 or something awesome like that, not quite as good as Bevo's effort but still. They also mentioned the Best vs The Rest series later this year, fingers crossed that Australia are #1 on the rankings because that'd be absolutely brilliant.

[Ataraxia]

Is there a return leg? I didn't know that... Ricky Ponting scored 115 or something awesome like that, not quite as good as Bevo's effort but still. They also mentioned the Best vs The Rest series later this year, fingers crossed that Australia are #1 on the rankings because that'd be absolutely brilliant.

yup in feb or march theres supposed to be one in Asia(prolly Kolkata since it has a capacity of 100,000).....and yeh I think that'll happen....but it'll be close....but man it'll be so damn hard to select a squad for that series.....I mean u got so much to choose from....

[J@3]

The international team will be good, they'll win the one dayers I'd guess but I think the Aussies would rip them up in the 5 day matches.

[Matthew]

I dunno, the aussies are pretty damn good at one dayers as well, just think back to the world cup final against india not all that long ago. That was pretty much the same team we have now..

[J@3]

Yeah, but we did kinda bomb a bit against New Zealand recently

[Matthew]

Not really.. I'm not going to say they got lucky, becuase they are a good side, but you take that one over from Kaspa away and it's a 2-0 series win for us.

[J@3]

Yeah but to be honest if we were in a stronger position in that match, Kaspa's over wouldn't have mattered at all. I wish Brett Lee was a better player, I like watching him bowl.

[Matthew]

Yeah, whats suprising to me is they have kept Brad Hogg in the one dayers over warnies, despite shane warne being the best spinner this country has, becuase of hoggs future, but they havent realised brett lee's future? Either put warnie back in or Lee...

[Username123]

Long live Shaid Afridi

[Ataraxia]

Yeah, whats suprising to me is they have kept Brad Hogg in the one dayers over warnies, despite shane warne being the best spinner this country has, becuase of hoggs future, but they havent realised brett lee's future? Either put warnie back in or Lee...

warnie retired from ODI's dude

[Matthew]

When did he retire? All i remember was the diretic during the 2003 world cup and the suspension..

[J@3]

Nah he did retire, he just came out of retirement for the tsunami match... I don't know when he retired exactly, but I'm pretty sure he did.

[Ataraxia]

he retired from ODI's when he realised he wanted to focus on breaking away from Murali's wicket haul as far away as possible.

[Matthew]

I see... I hope he comes back to one dayers though. He's the best bowler australia has to offer...

[The X]

CambyMan, I really don't think Kiwis were lucky to not to get swept 2-0......sure, they could have easily have lost that first one, but Aussies almost got swept 2-0....if Vettori hadn't of thrown his wicket away in 2nd one dayer, we could have got up for 2-0 win....

I think 1-1 was a fair result in that series, as was the 2-0 test drubbing of us (we suck at tests, one of worst in the world)....

as for Aussies' one day team, it really ain't what it was a couple of years ago....Warne and Bevan are no longer in team and they (especially Bevan) were superb in the one day format....whilst the Aussie one day team is still one of the top 2 or 3 teams and very good, it seems to be prone to letdowns (outside of World Cups when it matters the most) in a short game....

whereas in the test matches, you'll see Aussies lose a session in a day maximum, and then dominate for the rest of it....if you stuff up a session in a one dayer then the game is over....

Lee and most other Aussie bowlers are in a tough position....Australia has so many talented bowlers (Bichel, Kaspa, Lee, Brad Williams, Bracken, etc, etc) who have been in and out of team and never get the chance to have more than a couple of average bowling efforts before they are replaced......geez, any of those guys I listed would be the No. 1 bowler for NZ (unless Bond ever gets back from injury).....

but as per usual I'm crapped on....either way, I'll break it down like this....
- Kiwis weren't lucky in One dayers
- Aussie One day team is very good, but seem to be lacking the magic that was there a couple of years back....
- Aussie test team is almost unbeatable
- Lee and other bowlers are just a result of the unbelievable depth that you guys have....
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[Matthew]

Somtimes I hate posting here. Look at what I said again:

Not really.. I'm not going to say they got lucky, becuase they are a good side, but you take that one over from Kaspa away and it's a 2-0 series win for us

I never said they got lucky. All I said was they were literally one over away from losing the series 2-0.

[Ataraxia]

aussies will suck after the 06 world cup.....their like the oldest team around now...only ponting and clarke r below 30 n most of them r 33 to 36.....
I guess all good things come to an end, ugh its not lookin pretty....a future of Brad Williams, Shane Watson and Michael Clarke......Clarke is awesome but all the other guys can do is strut their blonde locks

[J@3]

People were saying the exact same thing when the Waugh's retired, and look what happened there.

[Ataraxia]

that was 2 players.....this is practically a whole squad......

anyway I heard Jeff Wilson has been added to the NZ cricket squad against the World XI or smth....bit confused abt them playing the World XI....but it'll be so neat to see Jeff play some cricket aswell......damn I miss see him running in tries against the aussies, british and afrikans

[J@3]

Steve and Mark Waugh basically were the Australian team.... and it wasn't just them, Mark Taylor aswell + Shane Warne's ever increasing problems getting himself banned and whatever, I think we'll be fine... it's not as if the rest of the World is getting any younger either and our A team can beat most nations by the looks of it.

[The X]

yeah it's been a while since Jeff Wilson played for NZ cricket team (it was almost 10 years ago now).....

as for Aussies sucking after '06 world cup, I just don't see it happening, they are just too deep, and junior grades are always coming up.....they'll remain a top side for a long time.....

yeh, Cambyman, my bad, I did catch that first time you wrote it but I had thought you had said a similar thing (about kiwis being lucky) in the cricket thread and that's why I responded....I just checked back on that, and you had put j/k after it.....ahh well, the memory isn't what it used to be (good ol' )....ah well, everyone makes mistakes....

[Ataraxia]

dude.....the West Indies kicked everyone's ass for like 20 years....the Aussies have always been strong but this team is like superman x11...it'll end just like the West Indies....they wont suck big time but they will struggle.....even Sri Lanka kicked ppl's but after the world cup for 2 years or so....remember those centuries in 80 balls by Sanath n Aravinda....

Im tellin u, its gonna come to an end....if u look at the A Side most of those guys r 26-30 aswell.....they arent so good either....most of them played a few matches n sucked.

Im not anti-aussie, and I know very well u guys r very competitive and love seeing your team doin well.....but I dont think u'll be super strong like this after the 06 world cup......which I think the Aussie wont win and I think it'll go to The Kiwis ...with Sinclair hitting a century and Bond takin a 5 wicket haul in the final