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Old 20-04-2007, 05:30 PM in reply to Nostromo's post starting "It is a matter of opinion. Not everyone..."
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It is a matter of opinion. Not everyone has to agree with your choice of who the most watchable players are.
Yeah that's independence. When Chamara Silva came to bat it was 29/3 against a good bowling attack. And Mr. Clarke made you please when he was trying find his next run in the power play aginst a 3rd grade bowling attack. Poor Hussy had to talk to Clarke in the middle of an over. May be to tell that he himself is enjoying Clarke's batting. What's more Oz were 210 in 30 overs. As you said diversification make this world a very interesting place.
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Old 20-04-2007, 05:37 PM in reply to Younis Khan #1's post starting "Are you joking? It was an honour to..."
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Are you joking? It was an honour to watch him bat. Best 49 you'll ever see.
Did you watch the first over of the second power play? Clarke scored just 1 run in 5 balls. Amazingly bad considering the state the Oz were in and the opposition bowling attack. In the second or third over Hussy had to talk to Clarke to give him some advice. I think Clarke killed the momentum of Oz even though his strike rate seem to be good. I turned off my TV after that. Clarke was around 37 at that time.

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Old 20-04-2007, 05:43 PM in reply to maverick's post starting "Did you watch the first over of the..."
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Did you watch the first over of the second power play? Clarke scored just 1 run in 5 balls. Amazingly bad considering the state the Oz were in and the opposition bowling attack. In the second or third over Hussy had to talk to Clarke to give him some advice. I think Clarke killed the momentum of Oz even though his strike rate seem to be good. I turned off my TV after that. Clarke was around 37 at that time.
HAHAHAH. After about 4 balls he had 4 runs!


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.





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Old 20-04-2007, 05:59 PM in reply to Younis Khan #1's post starting "HAHAHAH. After about 4 balls he had 4..."
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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.

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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.
It's good that Clarke scored two boundaries before he die to prove me wrong ;-) 7 boundaries in 47 but too many dot balls. Not a sign of a fluent batsman. He will struggle against good bowling attacks for sure. And that will put everybody in their places ;-) Very vulnerable player. This guy can be a target of the opposition since he struggles to rotate the strike.
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Old 20-04-2007, 06:06 PM in reply to maverick's post starting "But I'm sorry was talking about the..."
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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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Old 20-04-2007, 06:25 PM in reply to Younis Khan #1's post starting "Clarke did an excellent job whether you..."
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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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Old 20-04-2007, 06:53 PM in reply to maverick's post starting "Yeah, I have missed the Clarke's better..."
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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.
I can't believe what i'm reading. A mis-match? He is one of the most consistent batsman in the team; one of the best fielders in the team; offers a good bit of spin in the bowling department.


I am seriously shocked that you could say such a thing. **** me.
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Old 20-04-2007, 07:23 PM in reply to Younis Khan #1's post starting "I can't believe what i'm reading. A..."
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I can't believe what i'm reading. A mis-match? He is one of the most consistent batsman in the team; one of the best fielders in the team; offers a good bit of spin in the bowling department.
I agree he is one of the best fielders in the world. But I have problems with his batting. No wonder everybody born in Australia gets an average of 40+ because they are the best batting pitches in the world. Those pitches are very true. Thus his average and ovarall strike rate don't reveal the story. I understand him as an 'unable to rotate the strike player'. Perhaps could you please compare his ODI average and Test average? His Test average (42) is lower than the ODI average (44.61). A test average of 42 for a middle order batsman is average. To be honest below-average. Don't you see that there is something missing in this player? This is my point of view of course. To me Clarke is a 'stuck-go-stuck-go' batsman. Probably oppositions have not yet targeted him.
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Old 20-04-2007, 07:36 PM in reply to maverick's post starting "I agree he is one of the best fielders..."
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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?

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Old 20-04-2007, 08:40 PM in reply to Younis Khan #1's post starting "I'm sorry, but you are a completely..."
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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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