The Consolidated Cricket Thread

[fo'sure]

jamie lyon 1st try tonight into ricky ponting most runs.....
hot tip

 

[Horse]

mark vermuelen looked very promising 3 or 4 years ago...as paranoir said he couldve become as good as one of the flower brothers. a real shame to see him the way he is now.

 

[Lil Ms Fabulous]

I wanted to watch the QLD v Tasmania game on Fox Sports earlier but my 5 year old nephew had other ideas...

 

[Horse]

twas a good match, tassie scraping through in the last over thanks to hilfenhaus with the ball, and birt and bailey with the bat.

 

[Spenno]

Ah a sweet win last night. Bring on the Ashes i can't wait.

I loved this quote from Baggygreen.com:

"At times they almost seem to be toying with each other. "Let's see how much trouble we can dig ourselves out of today."

The windies really fired early in the game, but i just knew the Aussies wouldn't panic. They never do, they are one of the best fighting teams i've ever seen.

Bracken bowled amazingly. To come out with figures like that from an opening spell when the Windies were hitting everything that was wide or too straight or pitched on a good length for 4 or 6, was incredible.

And how about McGrath's second spell. 5 overs, 3 maidens, 2 wickets for 2 runs. It took him from 22 off 2 overs to 24 off 7 overs. The man is a genius.

Australia is the best team in the world and daylight is second.

 

[KENNY-DOWALL]

Congrats to Aussies were in great lead up form for the Ashes

 

[MattyB]

I tried to stay up and watch it, I went to bed about 1:30, i wished i watched it now

 

[Horse]

top performance from australia, the bowlers like mcgrath and bracken especially. man of the match performance from watson as he claimed 2 fa 11 and 57 not out, safe bet after that he will grab the vacant ashes spot.

 

[Fict|on.x]

McGrath up in rankings


Australian pace bowler Glenn McGrath has soared up the ICC one-day rankings after his sensational Champions Trophy campaign.

McGrath took 10 wickets in the tournament which was highlighted by a stellar 3/22 in the semi-final against New Zealand.

With a question mark lingering over his form leading in, McGrath answered his critics in the best possible way taking his haul at an average of 15.8 runs per wicket at an economy rate of 3.65 per over.

The Australian veteran now sits at No.2 on the rankings having risen four places. South African Shaun Pollock occupies top spot.



Fellow Aussies Nathan Bracken and Brett Lee are fourth and fifth respectively.

Mike Hussey retained his spot at the top of the ICC world batting rankings and capped it off by winning the One Day international Player of the Year award last week.

The left-handed West Australian had limited opportunity to impress at the Champions Trophy but averaged a solid 40 runs from his three stints at the crease.

West Indies all-rounded Chris Gayle was the big winner as he climbed to second on the one-day batting rankings. The left-hander led Champions Trophy run-scoring, belting 474 runs including three centuries on his way to being adjudged player of the tournament.

He also claimed eight wickets and took four catches to catapult him to the position of world's best all-rounder.

ICC One-Day International batting rankings:
1: Mike Hussey (Australia) 821
2: Chris Gayle (West Indies) 804
3: Kevin Pietersen (England) 776
4: Adam Gilchrist (Australia) 769
5: Andrew Symonds (Australia) 753
6: Ricky Ponting (Australia) 740
6: Mahendra Dhoni (India) 740
8: Ramnaresh Sarwan (West Indies) 739
9: Graham Smith (South Africa) 724
10: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 723

ICC One-Day International bowling rankings:
1: Shaun Pollock (South Africa) 862
2: Glenn McGrath (Australia) 799
3: Ian Bradshaw (West Indies) 774
4: Nathan Bracken (Australia) 752
5: Brett Lee (Australia) 741
6: Shane Bond (New Zealand) 730
7: Daniel Vettori (New Zealand) 725
8. Muttiah Muralitharen (Sri Lanka) 712
9: Makhaya Ntini (South Africa) 711
10: Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) 706

 

[Fict|on.x]

fark look how high simmo is
he is a unit

 

[fatal1]

symonds is an awesome player..

look how far hussey has come...what a year he has had...

 

[Fict|on.x]

simmo is my favourite player mate
tbh i thought sangakarra would much a bit higher than 10

 

[MattyB]

During the West Indies Game, The Commentators were saying symonds has come a long way and is playing a lot smarter Cricket now

 

[Fict|on.x]

yeh he just used to be a hitter
now he smarter

i still remember how clarkey got him out earlier this year
suburb drive onto clarkes pads and riochet up to be caught

LOL

 

[marapets]

Sri-Lanka whooped butt yesterday, it was Bangldesh so it isnt really anything to scream about.
I wish the west Indies played like they did 20 years ago, i loved watching them play...

i agree those quicks were just an absolute class apart the only comparison i can think of is steve harmison but the wi teams of the 70's and 80's were just menacing!!

 

[KENNY-DOWALL]

south australia 4/177 over the poms

Lehmann on 96 not out

Hoggard the only decent England bowler taking 3 wickets

 

[Horse]

wa crusing against qld...they are 3 for 225 after 30
gilchrist 130 not out

 

[KENNY-DOWALL]

Gilly played an awesome innings good to see him back in form just before the ashes.

 

[Ben Godberts]

how good is ben hilfenhaus.
he should be in the aussie team tbh

 

[Horse]

hilfenhaus will definately get his chance next year in the top team. anyone who can bowl high 140s and swing it is gonna cause damage in any level of cricket.