Australia vs World XI: Match 2

[Collyisamackem]

Here's the team news:

McGrath rested for second match

Cricinfo staff

October 6, 2005


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Stuart Clark: another Australian player set to make his debut in the Super Series © Getty Images


Glenn McGrath, the Australian fast bowler, will miss the second match of the ICC Super Series in Melbourne on October 7. Chris Gayle, the West Indies opener, has replaced Shahid Afridi, the Pakistan allrounder, in the 12-man World XI team, in a game which they have to win to stay alive in the three-match series.

McGrath has been rested because he experienced tightness in the legs at the end of the first game after taking 2 for 13 in seven overs. He will be replaced by Stuart Clark, the New South Wales fast bowler, who will be making his debut as the 153rd player to represent Australia.

Afridi was the Supersub in the first match and replaced Muttiah Muralitharan at the end of the first innings. He didn't get a chance to bowl and managed only 2 with the bat before attempting a mighty hoick across the line and falling lbw.

Australia
1 Adam Gilchrist (wk), 2 Simon Katich, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Damien Martyn, 5 Michael Clarke, 6 Andrew Symonds, 7 Michael Hussey, 8 Shane Watson, 9 Cameron White, 10 Brett Lee, 11 Nathan Bracken, 12 Stuart Clark

World XI
1 Chris Gayle, 2 Virender Sehwag, 3 Jacques Kallis, 4 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 5 Brian Lara, 6 Rahul Dravid, 7 Kevin Pietersen, 8 Andrew Flintoff, 9 Shaun Pollock (capt), 10 Daniel Vettori, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan, 12 Shoaib Akhtar

[Orchid]

Afridi was wasted as a super sub yesterday, he should have played the whole match. Now he has been dropped completely. Don't know what's going on here.

[vvvrulz]

I think that particular swipe that got him dismissed LBW destroyed his chances.

But I agree, dropping him probably doesn't help anyone.

[Mike]

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[Occasional Fan]

Thanks for posting the link, Mike. Like RBLC, I am not hugely caught up by this contrived series, but cricket is cricket and it's good to have the chance to hear some again.

[Rachael]

Quite an innings from Australia: http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/NEW/LIVE/f...07OCT2005.html

Toss: Australia
Umpires: DB Hair and RE Koertzen (SA)
TV Umpire: Aleem Dar (Pak)
Match Referee: RS Madugalle (SL)
ODI Debut: SR Clark (Aus).

Australia innings (50 overs maximum)                            R   B   4  6
+AC Gilchrist                            b Sehwag             103  79   8  4
SM Katich                                b Muralitharan        47  71   3  0
*RT Ponting           run out (Flintoff)                       66  72   4  0
DR Martyn                                b Flintoff            54  54   5  0
A Symonds             not out                                  31  14   1  2
MJ Clarke             not out                                  17  15   1  0
Extras                (b 1, lb 3, w 1, nb 5)                   10
Total                 (4 wickets, 50 overs)                   328

DNB: MEK Hussey, SR Watson, B Lee, NW Bracken, SR Clark.

FoW: 1-110 (Katich, 19.3 ov), 2-173 (Gilchrist, 28.3 ov),
     3-276 (Ponting, 45.2 ov), 4-276 (Martyn, 45.3 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Shoaib Akhtar                8      1     61      0 (3nb, 1w)
Pollock                      8      0     49      0
Flintoff                     8      0     64      1 (2nb)
Muralitharan                10      0     43      1
Vettori                     10      0     54      0
Kallis                       3      0     33      0
Sehwag                       3      0     20      1

ICC World XI team:
 +KC Sangakkara, V Sehwag, JH Kallis, BC Lara, KP Pietersen,
 R Dravid, A Flintoff, *SM Pollock, DL Vettori, Shoaib Akhtar,
 CH Gayle.

Australia full substitute: CL White (unused).

ICC World XI full substitute: CH Gayle (M Muralitharan, Australia innings,
 47.0 ov).

[Paoli]

Certainly the best I've seen Adam Gilchrist bat in quite some time, he really played himself into form against the cricketing "galacticos".

Martyn should've been caught first ball, but got away with it and didn't look back, and stupid captaincy by Pollock, bowling Kallis in the last over after he'd gone for 20 off 2.

Disappointing from the World XI; gearing up for a big, mighty run chase. No McGrath, No Warne, No Gillespie, No Kasprowicz to keep it tight as they've so often done...expect the ICC World XI to go hard after Stuart Clark, Shane Watson and Cameron White, who is almost certain to get a bowl.

Hope it is entertaining.

[Big Merv]

Great score by the Aussies. Now we have to defend it without McGrath. Should be interesting with this batting line up.

[Victor Frankenstein]

do you think maybe they rested mcgrath on purpose to give the world XI a chance and therefore have higher ticket sales for the 3rd game if there's something still to play for?

sehwag and gayle going well at the moment, lot of risky shots though.

[Big Merv]

Interesting thought but it's a huge risk.