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Old 18-04-2007, 05:37 PM in reply to Occasional Fan's post starting "I can't agree. I'm prepared to give..."
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Originally Posted by Occasional Fan
I can't agree. I'm prepared to give credit to South Africa - they played well - but crucially they (and everyone else in this championship) have recognised what Fletcher, Vaughan, Bell and all their colleagues have not: in 2007 one day cricket you cannot wait until 2.2 overs have been bowled to get on the board.
Here's Hayden's start in his 158-run innings earlier in this tournament.....
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Filtered commentary - Australia innings - ML Hayden 
 
0.2 Powell to Hayden, no run, good length outside off stump, he gets half forward and drives and gets an inside-edge to square leg  
0.3 Powell to Hayden, no run, good length outside off stump, defended towards point  
0.4 Powell to Hayden, no run, good stuff, short of a length with some good purchase off the deck, Hayden stands rooted and decides to leave it on length, and it deviates over the top of middle stump  
0.5 Powell to Hayden, no run, overpitched outside off stump, he leans into his drive but cant beat Samuels at cover  
0.6 Powell to Hayden, no run, good length outside off stump, he gets forward and drives back down the track, mid-off moves quickly and gets to it  
Australia 1/0   ML Hayden 0* (5b) 
 
2.1 Powell to Hayden, no run, good length delivery quite outside off stump and Hayden just shoulders arms to it  
2.2 Powell to Hayden, no run, bends his back into this one, a back of a length, quicker delivery outside off to stump to which Hayden again shoulders arms  
2.3 Powell to Hayden, no run, similar length and carry but much closer to off stump, a confident Hayden shoulders arms once more  
2.4 Powell to Hayden, no run, back of a length on off stump, Hayden gets up and defends it back to Powell, who's bowling well here  
2.5 Powell to Hayden, no run, back of a length on middle and leg this time, Hayden has no option but to defend it back to the bowler  
2.6 Powell to Hayden, no run, back of a length outside off stump, left alone  
Australia 7/0   ML Hayden 0* (11b) 
 
3.2 Taylor to Hayden, no run, good length well outside off stump, Hayden thinks about driving it and ends up loosely chasing it to get beaten  
3.3 Taylor to Hayden, no run, beaten by a slower one that swings away from off stump, Hayden stands rooted and just wafts at it, very close to getting an edge  
3.4 Taylor to Hayden, no run, tighter line this time, good length on the stumps, Hayden jams bat and pad together and defends back to Taylor  
3.5 Taylor to Hayden, no run, good length just outside off stump, Hayden stands and defends to the offside  
3.6 Taylor to Hayden, no run, back of a length outside off stump, now he squeezes it to the off side and Bravo moves quickly from short extra cover to field it, and Hayden still remains on 0  
Australia 10/0   ML Hayden 0* (16b) 
 
5.1 Taylor to Hayden, no run, good length outside off stump, Hayden gets forward and drives nicely down the ground to mid-off  
5.2 Taylor to Hayden, 1 wide, another bad ball down leg stump, just drifting too far and thats called wide  
5.2 Taylor to Hayden, 1 run, short of a length outside off stump, just tapped wide of point and Hayden gets off a duck  
5.6 Taylor to Hayden, no run, slower delivery angled across off stump, stays low too as Hayden flashes at it and misses  
Australia 23/1   ML Hayden 1* (19b)
There's nothing wrong with being patient... and it's just one of those things that in the case of Bell and Vaughan the signs of getting "in" were followed by getting out rather than going on to a big score.

Commentary here

ps. England will return home knowing that they were able to mix it with the best on 3 occasions out of 4... and that mixing it consistently with the likes of Aus, SL, NZ and SA is currently beyond most teams - not just WI, PAk and Ind, but also those self-same top teams!

Last edited by Rachael : 18-04-2007 at 05:50 PM.
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