Twenty-20 England Vs Australia

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

I always said this 20/20 lark was quality cricket - second only to tests in fact !

It will give the bowlers some confidence for the ashes - well it would if Gough and lewis were playing !

[Ernest]

England win by 100 runs.
Flintoff roughs Lee .

[Alison]

We won! we won!!!

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

Aussie all out for 79. Thats AUSSIES ALL OUT FOR 79 !!!!!!!!!!

Now you know how we felt when Sven Goran Ericcson didnt take the friendly we played against you seriously and we lost.

[Pete]

Originally Posted by Pete

I think our bowling will probably let us down. So I hope we bowl first and then have a go at chasing down their score.

So i'm not too good at this prediction lark

I was disappointed with the way they messed about with the short stuff at the end though. I wanted them to finish it quickly.

[Richard Jenkins]

cheecky but not cheesy!
that's great guys, we won! loved strausses shot selection! we won . enjoy it while it lasts!

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

But beware the aussie backlash. Not in the ODIs but on here !!!!!!!

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

Originally Posted by BBC

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.

In a twenty over match in the evening how can you have proffessional sportsman wilting in the field ???? I used to take me longer fielding on a hot afternoon after a night on the razzle !

[Maranello]

Originally Posted by Trescothick

53-7!!!!!!!

I know that we can't say that 20-20 counts for that much but come on this is Positive!! It really shows the Aussies aren't as invincible as some people make them out to be! What a game.

No one sensible makes them out to be invincible, especially at ODIs and similar circus acts; in fact, England, New Zealand and Pakistan have all had the better of the Aussies in the pyjama game of late. In the Tests, whilst Australia are certainly not invincible (hard to say that in a "two-horse race" anyway) they are much better than England; the ODI or Twenty-20 results are all very well, but even if England engineer an upset and thrash the Aussies in all the ODIs, that still does not make them favourites for the Ashes, especially as many of England's key ODI performers do not even play Tests.

[Kirsty Harris]

I'm a bit fed up....I was aiming to exit work early to watch the game, but was forced to stay on till 7.15 this eveing...thus the match was all over before I got home and I had to be content with the highlights. Damn the Aussies, couldn't they have put up a better fight than that !!


Anyway, what a good effort by England - good tactics from Vaughan (even if he did make 0 runs!!), good hitting by Tresco, Pieterson and Collingwood. Great bowling from Gough, Lewis and Colly.

Lets hope it continues through the ODI's!!