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YOUR BOYS TOOK ONE HELL OF A BEATING !!! =D :D

England lash Aussies at Twenty20
Twenty20 International, Rose Bowl
England 179-8 beat Australia 79 by 100 runs

England unexpectedly gave Australia a Twenty20 thrashing, racing to a 100-run win at the Rose Bowl to start their Ashes summer in the best possible way.

Jon Lewis and Darren Gough excelled with the ball after Paul Collingwood had produced the goods with the bat.

England totalled 179-8 with Collingwood (46), Marcus Trescothick (41) and Kevin Pietersen (34) all contributing well.

Australia then lost their first four wickets in only seven balls, ending all out for a paltry 79 in just 14.3 overs.

Michael Vaughan won the toss and chose to bat first as the two sides met for the first time ahead of the one-day series and the five Tests later in the summer.

England persisted with the tactic of using Geraint Jones as an opener and for once, it paid off as the Kent wicket-keeper thrashed four early boundaries.

After he was caught at third man off Glenn McGrath, Australia had the bonus of removing Andrew Flintoff cheaply when Michael Kasprowicz had him caught at short mid-wicket.

Photo gallery: Rose Bowl action in pictures

England needed a partnership quickly, and it was provided by Pietersen and Trescothick who added 51 in 30 balls with some brilliant hitting.

It brought the crowd to life, and Australia's fielding began to wilt, notably when Michael Clarke misfielded on the boundary to give Pietersen his first four.

The introduction of the spinners brought about the demise of both batsmen however as they swatted catches to fielders in the deep, and inevitably the scoring rate began to dwindle.

But then Collingwood, initially in a 49-run partnership with Andrew Strauss, produced a delightful blend of nurdling and slogging.

His runs came off just 26 balls and included two sixes and five fours.

McGrath returned to remove him with the last ball of the innings in figures of 3-31, but it was little consolation.

Australia's reply was in fine shape when they reached 23-0 after two-and-a-half overs.

But once Gough had Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden caught slogging off consecutive deliveries, the tourists fell apart.

Lewis responded with two wickets of his own in the following over and suddenly four wickets had fallen in seven balls, Pietersen claiming three catches.

Everything was going right for the hosts - Flintoff and Trescothick each held catches in the floating slip position as Michael Hussey and Damien Martyn barely troubled the scorers.

But the real killer for the Aussies came between those wickets when Ricky Ponting drove a catch to short extra-cover as Lewis' amazing debut continued.

When the dust had settled, the scoreboard read 31-7 and it was only the sixth over.

There was time for Jason Gillespie to produce the best Australian innings - his four boundaries producing 24 runs in all - before Collingwood, who could do no wrong, came on to remove both him and Brett Lee.

It all ended in the best possible way for the England fans crammed into the Hampshire ground as Steve Harmison removed McGrath's middle stump with more than five overs remaining.

Surprisingly, Kevin Pietersen was named man of the match ahead of Lewis and Collingwood.



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England: Marcus Trescothick, Geraint Jones, Michael Vaughan, Andrew Strauss, Andrew Flintoff, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Vikram Solanki, Jon Lewis, Darren Gough, Steve Harmison.

Australia: Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Andrew Symonds, Michael Clarke, Mike Hussey, Ricky Ponting, Damien Martyn, Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie, Mike Kasprowicz, Glenn McGrath
 
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^^^

It was a Twenty20 game. Our boys are saving up for the big effort of the test matches... they're not concerned by the small time ;)

still, nice performance by england, would've been a good game to watch
 
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No doubt the Poms will be hard at work discussing what this means in relation to the 5 test series. 'We can beat at three hours of 20/20, we can beat 'em over five days of a test'.

Let 'em have it. These little joys will be replaced with greater agonies very, very soon.
 
yeah it was a funny game to watch. not very often you can tell people i saw australias innings on my tea break :)
were off to watch the one day match in bristol this weekend. cant wait
 
The best attack in world cricket against Somerset:

B Lee 4.0 0 26 0
G D McGrath 10.0 0 49 2
M S Kasprowicz 8.0 0 89 0
S R Watson 8.5 0 72 1
M J Clarke 10.0 0 63 1
M E K Hussey 6.0 0 41 2
 
Somerset Embarrass Australia !!!!!!!!!!!

NB this is a team that is 6th in divison 2 , lol

By David Clough, PA Sport


Australia were mugged by twin hundreds from Somerset’s overseas opening pair Sanath Jayasuriya and Graeme Smith as the tourists’ tricky start to their 2005 Ashes summer continued with a shame-faced defeat at Taunton today.

On a belter of a pitch, it appeared the Australians had done all they could to banish the memory of their Twenty20 mauling at England’s hands by piling up 342 for five in their final warm-up match before the NatWest Series.

But it was soon patently clear that even Australia’s pace pairing of Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee had little answer if talented batsmen got going – and by the time Smith (108) and Jayasuriya (101) had combined in a stand of 197 off only 23 overs, Somerset had done the hard work.

The left-handed pair each needed only 42 balls for a half-century, Smith moving to three figures in another 26 and Jayasuriya needing 35. The South African hit 17 fours and a six, and there were nine regulation and three maximums for his Sri Lankan partner.

They flayed McGrath and Lee, who went off with a shoulder problem, to all parts in a devastating display which must have done as much if not more to dent famed Aussie confidence as their 100-run reverse against England at the Rose Bowl two days ago.

Smith eventually got greedy and was stumped off Michael Clarke’s slow left-arm, and McGrath got rid of Jayasuriya – hooking to long-leg – when he was brought back early in an increasingly frantic search for wickets.

After McGrath had doubled up by bowling youngster John Francis round his legs and the might of Ian Blackwell foundered to a chop-on off Shane Watson, the margins began to favour Australia again.

But the likes of 20-year-old James Hildreth had just enough left in the significant absence of Lee and with rain threatening to get home with four wickets and 3.1 overs to spare.

The continued suffering of bowlers of all kinds put Australia’s innings into better context and emboldened the question-marks over the retirements of Matthew Hayden (76) and Ricky Ponting (80) – whose decision to call it quits soon after reaching half-centuries seemed initially to border on contempt for opposition bereft of the services of their injured former England pace bowler Andrew Caddick but in the final analysis looked more ill-advised than rude.

The defections nonetheless had the desired effect of giving others in the Australian order a chance of time in the middle before their first one-day international of the summer, against Bangladesh at Cardiff on Saturday.

Hayden began proceedings appropriately by striking the first ball of the day for four past extra-cover off Gareth Andrew, counting the first of his tally of 12 boundaries in 53 balls of brutality.

Simon Katich was Hayden’s largely silent opening partner in a stand of 60 which was broken by the last ball of the 10th over when the former lost his patience and holed out to cover, having gone on the charge to Simon Francis.

Hayden was therefore joined by Ponting, returning to an old haunt following his short stint with Somerset last summer.

It was the Queenslander who continued to make the pace, though, driving fearsomely on the up in all directions and pretty merciless too on anything dropped short.

Hayden has already been in ominous form so far this Ashes summer, with a century and a Twenty20 50 already under his belt from only three previous innings. But shortly after another half-century was safely in the book, he retired apparently well-satisfied with his early-season health to be replaced by Damien Martyn.

Ponting was by comparison circumspect over his 75-ball 50 – hitting only three fours – but celebrated with successive leg-side sixes off Smith’s off-spin and then folded after another maximum over long-on off Andrew.

Martyn had already done enough to demonstrate his well-being before he was stumped trying to join in the barrage against Smith.

Australia therefore simulated a minor crisis by forcing Clarke (63no) and Mike Hussey (51) together without a run to their name, the result being some meaningful match practice for both and a brief cessation of embarrassment for the hosts – until 104 more runs were plundered in the last 10 overs.

Three hours later, however, everyone – the Australians, in particular – was much wiser about what is a safe score at Taunton.



=D =D =D =D :D :D :D :D
 
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Once again, this is small beer. SMALL BEER. Note top scorers Jaya and Smith are NOT playing for England.
 
^^^ I wish i shared your unbridled optimism. The Twenty/20 game i can write off as it's not exactly a game that is given that much respect or a format we are that familiar with as of yet. Still the fact remains that even after Smith and Jayasurya were dismissed our bowlers were still taken apart by two batsmen who wouldn't even be close to being considered for an English cap.

Our fielding was pretty ordinary as well, anyone remember how many catches Martyn grassed in the last couple of series? I still think we have too much class to be bowled out cheaply every innings but having said that Gilchrist can't come to the rescue every time, it's our bowling and fielding that will either win or lose us the ashes and that is our biggest potential weakness imo. If Mc Grath or the now not so injury prone Gillespie become unavailable i think we could be in a real spot of bother.

It's easy to write these games off but every time we lose it gives the Poms even more confidence,something they were already brimming with and something that can't be underestimated. It's been along time since we have faced an oppostion with that sort of mindset and i wonder what effects these losses will have on ours. Maybe i am reading too much into these results but this is the first time in ages i have felt the slightest bit nervous about the outcome of a series. :\
 
According to the English tabloids, Australia's ashes campaign "is in roo-ins". An under-strength Australia were carved up by a sri lankan and a south african. Whilst it might be demoralising for some teams, i don't think the australian players will be losing too much sleep over it.
 
AUSSIES STUNNED BY UNDERDOGS =D :D =D :D =D :) =D =D :)

Bangladesh produced a major sporting upset by defeating shell-shocked Australia by five wickets with four balls to spare in a NatWest Series clash at sun-baked Sophia Gardens.

Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting's side were 100-1 on with bookmakers William Hill before the game to triumph in their first game in the competition.

But instead their disappointing start to the Ashes became a crisis after they failed to defend a challenging total of 249 five from 50 overs on a slow pitch.

Australia, who take on England at Bristol tomorrow, have now lost three successive limited-overs games in the past six days since arriving on these shores.

And they are having to deal with controversy off the field after all-rounder Andrew Symonds was left out of the side for what was described by a spokesman as a "breach of team rules" after initially being selected.

A superb innings from Mohammad Ashraful was the mainstay of Bangladesh's victory - only their 10th in 108 internationals.

He reached three figures in limited-overs cricket for the first time off 100 balls with 11 fours before falling to the next delivery from Jason Gillespie.

Ashraful shared a fourth-wicket stand of 130 in 23 overs with skipper Habibul Bashar (47) to provide the cornerstone of a win which was greeted with euphoria by their fans.

Bangladesh needed seven off the final over from Jason Gillespie and Aftab Ahmed hammered the first ball for six over long-on and a single off the next ball completed the win,

Ponting elected to bat first but saw his side reduced to nine for two in the sixth over.

Mashrafe Mortaza trapped Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist lbw for nought with the second ball of the innings and Ponting had made only a single when tried to work a straight ball from Tapash Baisya on the leg side and he was also adjudged leg before.

Matthew Hayden played fluently for his 37 but, when he was bowled off the inside edge by Nazmul Hossain, Australia were in trouble again at 57 for three.

Damien Martyn and Michael Clarke tried to repair the innings with a solid stand of 108 in 26 overs in the face of some tight bowling and excellent fielding from the minnows.

Martyn managed only one boundary in his half-century off 80 balls and went on to make 77 before slicing Baisya to deep cover.

Clarke's 50 came off 82 balls with four boundaries and he provided Baisya with his third wicket when he drove straight to cover.

Australia were then 183 for five in the 44th over but some late order hitting from Michael Hussey and Simon Katich carried them a more imposing total.

They added an unbroken 66 off just 51 balls with Hussey striking five fours in his unbeaten 31 and Katich four boundaries in his 36 not out.
 
congratulations to Bangladesh I say, what an awesome win for them, I hope the aussies can pick their game up a bit more in the next game, I still think the aussie will win the series.
 
shit! but its still a finely balanced game, wtf did jones come in instead of solanki ?!?!?!?!??!?! come on england , runrate is over 7 now 8o
 
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