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P.S. Thanks Watson for wonderful entertainment.
__________________ God must love stupid people. He made so many. Last edited by maverick : 20-04-2007 at 05:46 PM. |
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Australia 152/2 MJ Clarke 2* (2b) 24.1Patel to Clarke, 1 run, on the middle and leg, flicked past square-leg 24.3Patel to Clarke, no run, leans forward to defend. 24.4Patel to Clarke, 1 run, nice. Flighted delivery, Clarke leant forward but the ball dipped rapidly in front of him and he adjusted to work it to the on side. Australia 155/2 MJ Clarke 4* (5b) 25.1Gillespie to Clarke, no run, length-delivery, on the off stump line, punched to mid-off 25.2Gillespie to Clarke, FOUR, width outside off, full in length and Clarke reaches it and crashes it to cover point. 25.3Gillespie to Clarke, FOUR, edged to third man boundary. Again well outside off stump, on a length, Clarke moved towards the line, slashes it. 25.4Gillespie to Clarke, FOUR, Three in a row. Clarke is up and running in style. Overpitched, outside off and he leant forward to cream it through extra cover. There was a short extra cover and a cover in place and he pierced the two. 25.5Gillespie to Clarke, no run, again he lunges forward, it is just short of a driveable length and he pushes it towards cover point 25.6Gillespie to Clarke, 2 runs, on the middle and leg, fullish, Clarke flicks it to deep midwicket. They run hard and come back for the second run. http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc200...ch/247503.html These stats have just put you in your place, my friend. |
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| But I'm sorry was talking about the third (it was my mistake to type that as second) power play (33-38) that's when Hussy was there with Clarke ;-) He was alright but he had too many dot balls to my liking. Code: 3rd Powerplay taken. 33.1 Franklin to Clarke, no run, on the off and middle, pushed back to the bowler. 33.2 Franklin to Clarke, no run 33.3 Franklin to Clarke, no run, full and outside off, driven straight to extra cover 33.4 Franklin to Clarke, no run, Clarke backs away, Franklin, from round the stumps, hurls it fuller and on the middle and leg, sliced away to point 33.5 Franklin to Clarke, 1 run, again he backs away and carves a low full toss outside off past point 33.6 Franklin to Hussey, 2 runs, fullish, flicked to square-leg 34.1 Styris to Clarke, no run, driven to mid-on 34.2 Styris to Clarke, no run, backs away, Styris follows him, cramps him for room and the ball beats the loose drive and rushes between Clarke and the leg stump 34.3 Styris to Clarke, FOUR, fuller, on the legs, Clarke leans across, flicks it fine. Very fine. 34.4 Styris to Clarke, no run, full, on a length, on middle and leg, driven to mid-on 34.5 Styris to Clarke, 1 run, on the off stump line, full in length, driven to long on 34.6 Styris to Hussey, no run, pushed across Hussey who tries to cut but misses. 35.1 Franklin to Clarke, FOUR, attempts a yorker, ends up as a low full-toss, outside off stump and Clarke drives to left of mid-off. Easy pickings. 35.2 Franklin to Clarke, FOUR, Another boundary. Overpitched on the leg and middle, not the line to bowl and Clarke swings it to deep midwicket 35.3 Franklin to Clarke, OUT, OMG! Clarke shoulders arms and hey presto! the middle stump has gone for a walk. Unbelievable! Comedy of errors. It was a slower one, on the middle, Clarke backed away, raised his bat and then was indecisive what to with the delivery. He just let the bat hang high and watched in horror his own demise. It went through straight, (get the bat down man get the bat down, nope) and kissed the middle stump. Clarke is gone. Bizarre. Watch it on the Youtube.
__________________ God must love stupid people. He made so many. Last edited by admin : 22-04-2007 at 08:53 AM. |
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| Clarke did an excellent job whether you like it or not. He supported Hayden after the loss of ponting whilst maintaining a very good strike rate. Some of the ground shots he played were the best of the day. |
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| Yeah, I have missed the Clarke's better part of batting. I have probably seen his boring part. But I remain in my comment to describe him as a real mis-match in this Australian team.
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I am seriously shocked that you could say such a thing. **** me. |
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| I'm sorry, but you are a completely wrong. Clarke is fantastic at rotaing the strike. He is a touch player, for ****** sake!!!! Ponting averged less at the same point in their careers, which proves that your theory is utterly flawed. Unless now you want to dispute that ponting is one of the best batsman in ther world? Last edited by Rachael : 20-04-2007 at 08:21 PM. |
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| Question - what would be being said if this NZ performance had been an England performance? I suspect the ridiculous rants that followed the SA game would have been forthcoming from the usual suspects. In truth, this sort of failure to compete is just part and parcel of ODI cricket... and NZ remain in with a very good shout of a WC final berth and (if the luck runs their way) possible tournament winners. |
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