[BhoysFC1995]

WIndies No Match for the Aussies

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[BhoysFC1995]

aussies won match one convincingly,

and now game 2 vs pakistan, must closer
AUS 6/253 beat PAK 7/272 (reduced over for aus{45} b/c of rain)

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i was surprised PAK got such a high score. good showing by clarke (97), too bad no century for him.

[ScouseCat]

Originally Posted by BhoysFC1995

i was surprised PAK got such a high score. good showing by clarke (97), too bad no century for him.

Shahid Afridi came good at the end with an unbeaten half century off 26 balls to lift Pakistan to a score over 270.

[ScouseCat]

Pakistan opened their account in the VB Series with a comfortable victory against the West Indies at the Gabba today. Chasing the West Indies total of 5 for 273, Pakistan cruised to the total with only 4 wickets down and 3 overs to spare. Wicket-keeper batsman Karman scored his first one-day century to help guide Pakistan to the total. Earlier in the day, Gayle made 82 and Sarwan 76 for the West Indies, while Shoaib Akhtar loimped off with a hamstring injury.

The next match is Australia vs West Indies (day/night) at the Gabba on Friday.

[ScouseCat]

Originally Posted by ScouseCat

The next match is Australia vs West Indies (day/night) at the Gabba on Friday.

Australia were saved by the rain yesterday at the Gabba!

West Indies batted first and made 9 for 263 off their 50 overs, with Hinds scoring a century. Chasing a revised target of 195 off 28 overs thanks to the Duckworth-Lewis system, the Aussies crashed to 5 for 43 after 11 overs before the rain set in and washed out the rest of the game. There needs to be 20 overs for it to be a match, so both teams share the points.

The next game is on Sunday at the SCG, (day/night) between Australia and Pakistan.

[OldFanatic]

Originally Posted by ScouseCat

Australia were saved by the rain yesterday at the Gabba!

Last year saved by the rain in Chennai, now this. Don't worry Australia, sooner or later rain won't be there to save you, and a deserved defeat will come your way. You're not as invincible as you've been made to believe.

[ScouseCat]

Originally Posted by Chandu

Last year saved by the rain in Chennai, now this. Don't worry Australia, sooner or later rain won't be there to save you, and a deserved defeat will come your way. You're not as invincible as you've been made to believe.

I don't think the Aussies believe they're invincible, far from it in fact. We've not played at our best so far in the VB Series, yet we're still on top of the table and booked our spot in the Finals with an easy 9 wicket victory over Pakistan at the SCG yesterday thanks to some great bowling from McGrath with 2 for 18 off 10 overs and a century from Clarke opening the innings.

[OldFanatic]

Pakistan have been utter crap. Too much infighting, and off-the-field distractions going on.

[BhoysFC1995]

Lara was on fire last game. 138 runs (12 4's and 5 sixes)
Windies beat Pak by 58 runs.

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so i think its one more year left on the contract for the current VB Series. anyone have any ideas on how they could fix it? i say scrap the thing as a 3 team series. try and get 4 teams, make it a shortened 20/20 series with double headers each day and have it all complete in three weeks.

one of the visiting teams could be just wrapping up a tour of australia, the other just starting its tour, while the third could be a minnow country. or even sub in NZ for one of the first two mentioned spots. any feedback?

[Andy TAUS]

Originally Posted by BhoysFC1995

one of the visiting teams could be just wrapping up a tour of australia, the other just starting its tour, while the third could be a minnow country. or even sub in NZ for one of the first two mentioned spots. any feedback?

I don't know what the answer is, except that all teams in any another ODI series in AUS should be "good" ones (on current performances - not reputation) and full-strength.