Staying at the top: Australian Story

[Hoggy31]

Hi, im going to play as Australia and see if i can stay at the top for as long as possible.

 

[Hoggy31]

The first tour will be The Ashes in England:
Squad For The Ashes:
*Ricky Ponting
+Adam Gilchrist
Justin Langer
Matthew Hayden
Damien Martyn
Darren Lehmann
Simon Katich
Michael Clarke
Andrew Symonds
Shane Warne
Brad Hogg
Brett Lee
Jason Gillespie
Glenn McGrath
Michael Kasprowicz
Shane Watson
Damien Wright
+Brad Haddin

 

[Hoggy31]

The team for the four day game against Worcestershire:

Hayden
Katich
*Lehmann
Symonds
Clarke
Watson
+Haddin
Hogg
Wright
Lee
Kasprowicz

Australian Coaches Report: "We decided to rest some of the senior players for the game today and in doing that we've also give some of the guys who aren't in the test or one day side a chance to shine"

 

[Hoggy31]

Match Report – Four Day Friendly - Australia vs. Worcestershire:
Australia won the toss and elected to bat first on a very batsman friendly pitch. Hayden was run out for 23 in the first hour of play, and at lunch on Day 1 Australia were 1/114 with Katich on 41 and acting captain Lehmann on 47. Katich fell for 42 in the first over after lunch he was bowled by Kabir Ali. Symonds was out for a duck being dismissed by Queensland teammate Andrew Bichel, Lehmann fell a short time after for a quickly made 64. When Clarke fell for 22 the score was 5/176, Watson and Haddin put on 94 for the fifth wicket. Haddin was out for 43 and Hogg was out for 3, Watson fell just short of his hundred being run out for 97. Wright chipped in with a valuable 44, The Australian’s were soon dismissed for 370. Bichel and Sheriyar both took 3 wickets for Worcs.

Kasprowicz and Lee were the opening bowlers for Australia. Lee had Weston caught behind for 5 in his third over. Watson bowled Singh for 14, and the score was 2/47. Spring was caught behind of the bowling of Hogg for 41, Hogg picked up his second wicket when he trapped Pollard in front for 11. Symonds bowled Round for 5, the score was 5/131. Hogg had Smith caught by Katich for 51, Worcestershire were in trouble at 6/139. Lee bowled Lampitt for 1, Lee then picked his third wicket also bowling Ali for 6. Bichel was out for Kasprowicz for 9 and Worcestershire needed 43 runs to avoid the follow-on with only one wicket in hand. They got to within 17 runs of the target but Wright bowled Rhodes for 46, The best of the bowlers were Hogg with 3/36 and Lee with 3/60. Australia enforced the follow-on.

Weston was the first to go, bowled by Kasprowicz for 13. Watson picked up Singh LBW for 28, and bowled Spring for 16. Hogg dismissed Pollard for 15, the score was 4/151. Soon after Hogg had Round caught behind for 7, in the next over Lee had Smith caught at second slip for 71. Wright got Lampitt LBW for 32, Watson bowled Rhodes for 52. Lee picked up the last two wickets in consecutive balls, Australia required 137 runs to win.

Hayden fell for 5 and Lehmann was out for 33, Australia cruised to the target winning by 8 wickets. Katich was 80 not out and Symonds was there on 18.

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Worcestershire v Australia
Four Day Friendly - 1 Jun 2001
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Australia - 1st Innings
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M Hayden run out 23
S Katich b Ali 42
D Lehmann c Singh b Bichel 64
A Symonds c Lampitt b Bichel 0
M Clarke c Pollard b Sheriyar 22
S Watson run out 97
B Haddin b Sheriyar 43
G Hogg c Rhodes b Sheriyar 3
D Wright c Pollard b Bichel 44
B Lee not out 11
M Kasprowicz c Round b Lampitt 4
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Extras (nb5,w2,b4,lb6) 17
TOTAL (all out, 118.4 ovrs) 370

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O M R W
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P Pollard 7 1 15 0
A Sheriyar 18 4 74 3
S Lampitt 27.4 1 79 1
A Bichel 34 7 94 3
K Ali 32 7 98 1
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1-49 2-117 3-118 4-139 5-176
7-286 8-325 9-363 10-370

Worcestershire - 1st Innings
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W Weston c Haddin b Lee 5
A Singh b Watson 14
B Smith c Katich b Hogg 51
K Spiring c Haddin b Hogg 41
P Pollard lbw b Hogg 11
N Round b Symonds 5
S Rhodes b Wright 46
S Lampitt b Lee 1
K Ali b Lee 6
A Bichel c Hayden b Kasprowicz 9
A Sheriyar not out 3
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Extras (nb4,w1,b6) 11
TOTAL (all out, 81.5 overs) 203

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O M R W
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A Symonds 6 2 13 1
G Hogg 14 2 36 3
S Watson 13 2 34 1
D Wright 11.5 2 26 1
B Lee 21 3 60 3
M Kasprowicz 16 4 28 1
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1-11 2-47 3-104 4-124 5-131
7-148 8-162 9-177 10-203

Worcestershire - 2nd Innings
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W Weston b Kasprowicz 13
A Singh lbw b Watson 28
B Smith c Hayden b Lee 71
K Spiring b Watson 16
P Pollard c Katich b Hogg 15
N Round c Haddin b Hogg 7
S Rhodes b Watson 52
S Lampitt lbw b Wright 32
K Ali not out 37
A Bichel lbw b Lee 17
A Sheriyar lbw b Lee 0
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Extras (nb7,b3,lb5) 15
TOTAL (all out, 117 ovrs) 303

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O M R W
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D Lehmann 3 0 4 0
G Hogg 14 4 30 2
A Symonds 2 0 12 0
D Wright 18 4 43 1
S Watson 18 3 49 3
B Lee 33 7 69 3
M Kasprowicz 29 2 88 1
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1-27 2-65 3-99 4-151 5-159
7-217 8-270 9-303 10-303

Australia - 2nd Innings
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M Hayden c Rhodes b Bichel 5
S Katich not out 80
D Lehmann c Pollard b Ali 33
A Symonds not out 18
M Clarke
S Watson
B Haddin
G Hogg
D Wright
B Lee
M Kasprowicz
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Extras (nb3) 3
TOTAL (2 wkts, 39 overs) 139

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O M R W
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A Sheriyar 5 0 5 0
S Lampitt 8 1 45 0
K Ali 12 1 48 1
A Bichel 14 3 41 1
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1-6 2-77


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Australia won by 8 wickets
Man of the match: S Watson
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Coaches Comments: "I was very happy with the performance of the guys especially Shane and Simon, Shane is definately in the mix for the one dayers and Simon is also in the mix for the test matches. I thought Lehmann did well captaining the side, he's shown that he has good leadership qualities. All in all i was pleased with the performance and some of these guys will definately be considered for the Internations"

 

[Hoggy31]

The team for the one day game against Middlesex:

+Gilchrist
Hayden
*Ponting
Martyn
Lehmann
Symonds
Watson
Hogg
Lee
Gillespie
McGrath

Australian Coaches Report: "Were playing the best team today to give them some practice before the one dayers against england and pakistan"

 

[Hoggy31]

Match Report – One Day Friendly - Australia vs. Middlesex:
Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat, their opener Weekes was removed for a duck in Gillespie's first over. Australia’s opening bowlers were pretty economical in their opening spells, Lee came on first change and picked up two wickets. Middlesex rebuilt their innings with a strong 4th wickets partnership between Strauss and Nash, but after that partnership was broke by Watson bowling Strauss they lost a steady flow of wickets. Their innings finished on 8/208, Strauss made 76 and for Australia Lee, McGrath and Hogg all took two wickets.

Australia started very well; they were 1/135 after 20 overs. They lost Ponting and Gilchrist in quick succession but they were in no real trouble and they cruised to the victory target of 209 with 15.1 overs to spare. Gilchrist made 76 and Razzaq took 2/45.

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Middlesex v Australia
One Day Friendly - 5 Jun 2001
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Middlesex - 1st Innings
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P Weekes c Martyn b Gillespie 0
B Hutton c Ponting b McGrath 23
A Strauss b Watson 76
J Maunders lbw b Lee 22
E Joyce lbw b Lee 1
D Nash c Gilchrist b Hogg 40
A Razzaq not out 29
S Cook b Hogg 0
A Fraser b McGrath 1
P Tufnell not out 8
T Bloomfield
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Extras (nb4,w4) 8
TOTAL (8 wkts, 50 overs) 208

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O M R W
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A Symonds 5 0 31 0
G Hogg 9 0 31 2
S Watson 6 1 35 1
B Lee 10 2 37 2
J Gillespie 10 0 34 1
G McGrath 10 3 40 2
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1-1 2-33 3-79 4-81 5-158
7-178 8-194

Australia - 1st Innings
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A Gilchrist lbw b Cook 76
M Hayden c Fraser b Razzaq 50
R Ponting b Razzaq 32
D Martyn lbw b Cook 22
D Lehmann not out 15
A Symonds not out 6
S Watson
G Hogg
B Lee
J Gillespie
G McGrath
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Extras (nb3,w2,b4) 9
TOTAL (4 wkts, 34.5 overs) 210

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O M R W
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T Bloomfield 5 0 20 0
P Weekes 3 0 8 0
A Razzaq 5 0 45 2
P Tufnell 7 1 38 0
S Cook 7.5 0 53 2
A Fraser 7 0 42 0
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1-105 2-148 3-169 4-204


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Australia won by 6 wickets
Man of the match: A Gilchrist
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Coaches Comment: "Good hitout for the guys, please to see Gilchrist in form and i was very happy with the bowling of Pidgeon, Dizzy, Bing and Hoggy"

 

[Nate]

good reading there Hogg, go Aussie go as they say...

 

[KennyD]

interesting reads, will watch this space!

 

[[furrycat]]

I'm up to 2029 with Australia, and I tell you what... It gets harder

 

[Hoggy31]

The team for the one day game against Northamptonshire:

+Gilchrist
Hayden
*Ponting
Clarke
Katich
Symonds
Watson
Hogg
Lee
Kasprowicz
McGrath

Australian Coaches Report: "We decided to give Dizzy, Boof and Marto a rest for this game as their fitness levels were going down doing this also gives a chance for Kasper, Clarke and Katich to impress. Looking foward to a good performance from the boys"

 

[Robertinho]

Looking good. I skip the match report and go straight to the scorecard.. but still good!

 

[Hoggy31]

Match Report – One Day Friendly - Australia vs. Middlesex:
We won the toss and elected to bat on yet another batsman friendly pitch, Gilchrist was dismissed early for 23. The Australian Batsman looked to playing very aggressively early, Hayden reached his 50 of just 35 balls. Ponting was out for 35, Clarke had a chance to impress batting at 4 but ended up only making 4. Hayden was out for 74 of 47 balls in only the nineteenth over, the score was 4/139. The batsman tried to settle down and keep wickets in hand for the death, At the end of 30 over it was 5/165. Watson was dismissed late for 33, The score at the end of the innings was 6/264 with Symonds on 62 and Hogg on 14.

McGrath picked up the first wicket bowling Hussey for 22, He added a second wicket a short time later also bowling Loye. Kasprowicz picked up Sales in his first over and the score was 3/77. Kasper picked up two in one over and the score was 5/105 with a further 160 runs needed at 5.2 an over. Symonds was bought on with immediate impact taking the scalp of Swann with his first ball, Hogg and Kasprowicz cleaned up the tail and Northants fell 93 runs short. Kasprowicz took 4/37 of 10.

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Northamptonshire v Australia
One Day Friendly - 7 Jun 2001
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Australia - 1st Innings
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A Gilchrist c Brophy b Weekes 23
M Hayden b Brown 74
R Ponting c Brophy b Brown 35
M Clarke c Hussey b Brown 4
S Katich c Brophy b Brown 9
A Symonds not out 62
S Watson c Rollins b Innes 33
G Hogg not out 14
B Lee
M Kasprowicz
G McGrath
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Extras (nb4,w3,lb3) 10
TOTAL (6 wkts, 50 overs) 264

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O M R W
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M Cawdron 10 2 19 0
G Swann 10 0 55 0
J Brown 10 1 53 4
K Innes 10 0 63 1
L Weekes 10 0 71 1
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1-45 2-110 3-122 4-139 5-165


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Northamptonshire - 1st Innings
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M Hussey b McGrath 22
A Rollins c Gilchrist b Kasprowicz 50
M Loye b McGrath 10
D Sales c Hayden b Kasprowicz 5
R Warren b Kasprowicz 15
G Brophy not out 46
G Swann b Symonds 5
K Innes b Hogg 12
L Weekes lbw b Kasprowicz 0
M Cawdron run out 0
J Brown b Hogg 2
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Extras (nb1,w1,b2) 4
TOTAL (all out, 38 overs) 171

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O M R W
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G Hogg 5 2 15 2
A Symonds 3 0 17 1
S Watson 3 0 19 0
M Kasprowicz 10 0 37 4
B Lee 7 0 40 0
G McGrath 10 0 41 2
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1-38 2-50 3-75 4-104 5-105
7-150 8-151 9-163 10-171

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Australia won by 93 runs
Man of the match: M Kasprowicz
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Coaches Comment: "I think the fellas were lucky to win in the end, I didnt think the target we set was enough but luckily enough Kasper and McGrath bowled well to save us from defeat. At this stage we look like including Kasprowicz in the ODI after his performance today."

 

[Hoggy31]

The team for the ODI against Pakistan:

+Gilchrist
Hayden
*Ponting
Martyn
Lehmann
Symonds
Watson
Hogg
Gillespie
Kasprowicz
McGrath

Coaches Comment: "Looks like a good balanced line-up on paper and i think with the team we've got playing today we can win. But we cant get too far ahead of ourselves because the Pakistani's are very unpredictable.

 

[Hoggy31]

Match Report – One Day Int. - Australia vs. Pakistan:
We lost there toss and were put in to bat on a fairly even wicket, Gilchrist had a few LBW shouts go his way early as he looked to attack. After 10 overs Australia were 0/60 with Gilchrist on 40 of 26 balls and Hayden 20 of 34 balls. Gilchrist’s attacking innings came to an end on 62 when he was trapped in front by Mahmood, Ponting fell shortly after and the score was 2/123 with the RR at over 6. Hayden fell in the next over and the batsman started to compose them selves a little bit more, the score was 3/148 after 30 overs. Australia started to lose quick wickets but Kasprowicz and Gillespie both played very handy innings at the end to get the score up to 264. Top score was 62 by Gilchrist and the best of the Pakistan bowlers was Azhar Mahmood who took 3/56 of 10.

McGrath and Gillespie bowled tightly early and Gillespie picked up the first wicket getting Nasim Khan caught behind for 19. Anwar was run out for 27 and following the wicket the Req. RR reached 6 an over. Watson picked up a wicket with his first ball and after another run out the score was 4/75 with a Req. RR of 6.1, Australia picked up the key wicket of Youhana for 51 creating yet another run out. Lehmann had Hussain stumped for 17 and the equation was 106 of 98 balls to win with 4 wickets in hand. A fantastic innings from Nawaz stole the game from Australia, he made 92 of 76 balls and he also received good support from Mahmood who made 38 from 43. Pakistan got home with 13 balls to spare and 4 wickets in hand.

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Pakistan v Australia
ODI Tournament - 9 Jun 2001
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Australia - 1st Innings
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A Gilchrist lbw b Mahmood 62
M Hayden lbw b Mahmood 49
R Ponting b Hussain 9
D Martyn lbw b Mahmood 40
D Lehmann b Younis 32
A Symonds c Mujtaba b Younis 4
S Watson c Nawaz b Younis 4
G Hogg lbw b Raza 4
J Gillespie c Youhana b Akram 26
M Kasprowicz b Akram 20
G McGrath not out 7
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Extras (nb3,w1,b3) 7
TOTAL (all out, 49 overs) 264

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O M R W
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K Raza 10 1 57 1
M Hussain 10 3 24 1
A Mahmood 10 0 56 3
W Akram 9 0 58 2
W Younis 10 0 66 3
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1-90 2-123 3-123 4-178 5-199
7-207 8-221 9-257 10-264

Pakistan - 1st Innings
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N Khan c Gilchrist b Gillespie 19
S Anwar run out 27
I Ul Haq c Gilchrist b Watson 9
Y Youhana run out 51
A Mujtaba run out 8
A Nawaz not out 92
M Hussain st Gilchrist b Lehmann 17
A Mahmood not out 38
W Akram
W Younis
K Raza
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Extras (nb1,w4,b1) 6
TOTAL (6 wkts, 47.5 overs) 267

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O M R W
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A Symonds 4 0 21 0
D Lehmann 5 0 31 1
G Hogg 4 0 24 0
S Watson 8 0 43 1
M Kasprowicz 8 0 54 0
J Gillespie 10 2 48 1
G McGrath 8.5 0 45 0
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1-44 2-51 3-59 4-75 5-125


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Pakistan won by 4 wickets
Man of the match: A Nawaz
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Coaches Comment: "Very disappointed at how the game got away from us at the end i thought we should've closed them out but we just didnt do that, also thought we didnt make the most of a good start with our batting. We'll take the positives from this game and come away and try and win our next game."

 

[Hoggy31]

Team for the ODI against England:

+Gilchrist
Hayden
*Ponting
Martyn
Lehmann
Symonds
Clarke
Watson
Gillespie
Kasprowicz
McGrath

Coaches Comment: “We’ve just made the one change from the last game, dropping Bradley Hogg. This is an important game for us and I feel our top order batting and our strong pace attack can get us home.”

 

[Hoggy31]

Match Report – One Day Int. – Australia vs. England

Australia won the toss and elected to bat on a pitch which favored batting. Hayden and Gilchrist played calmly at the start, Gilchrist fell for 40 in the 21st over. The Australian batsman started to pick up the pace as the innings grew older, after the 35th over the score was 1/134 with Hayden unbeaten on 54 and Ponting on 33. Ponting was bowled by Hoggard for 43, Hayden fell just short of his hundred being dismissed for 93 by Flintoff. A few wickets fell in the last 5 over but the score finished on 5/264, the top score was 93 by Hayden and the best bowler for England was Flintoff with 3/64.

McGrath picked Vaughan up for 1 early and after Gillespie got Thorpe for 11 the score was 2/19. Flintoff was dismissed by McGrath for 9 and England were in trouble at 3/47. After Watson picked up his 2nd wicket the score was 5/126 with more then 6 an over needed, England was eventually bowled out for a modest 186. Top score was Trescothick with 95 and for Australia Lehmann, Watson and McGrath all took two wickets each.

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England v Australia
ODI Tournament - 10 Jun 2001
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Australia - 1st Innings
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A Gilchrist lbw b Flintoff 40
M Hayden b Flintoff 93
R Ponting b Hoggard 43
D Martyn c Hick b Flintoff 41
D Lehmann c Stewart b Jones 16
A Symonds not out 5
M Clarke not out 16
S Watson
J Gillespie
M Kasprowicz
G McGrath
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Extras (nb3,w7) 10
TOTAL (5 wkts, 50 overs) 264

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O M R W
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S Jones 10 0 49 1
A Flintoff 10 0 64 3
M Hoggard 10 0 55 1
A Mullally 10 1 62 0
P Hutchison 10 2 34 0
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1-63 2-157 3-216 4-241 5-245

England - 1st Innings
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M Trescothick b Lehmann 95
M Vaughan b McGrath 1
G Thorpe b Gillespie 11
A Flintoff c Watson b McGrath 9
G Hick c Gilchrist b Watson 34
N Hussain c Gilchrist b Watson 4
A Stewart st Gilchrist b Lehmann 18
S Jones run out 9
M Hoggard b Kasprowicz 1
P Hutchison not out 0
A Mullally lbw b Kasprowicz 0
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Extras (nb1,w3) 4
TOTAL (all out, 36.2 overs) 186

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O M R W
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D Lehmann 2 0 11 2
A Symonds 5 0 40 0
M Clarke 2 0 14 0
S Watson 8 2 30 2
M Kasprowicz 3.2 0 21 2
J Gillespie 8 0 37 1
G McGrath 8 2 33 2
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1-3 2-19 3-47 4-111 5-126
7-185 8-186 9-186 10-186

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Australia won by 78 runs
Man of the match: M Hayden
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Coaches Comment: "Very pleased with the win. Hayden paced his innings beautifully and our bowlers shared the wickets nicely. Great win."

 

[Hoggy31]

Team for the ODI against England:

+Gilchrist
Hayden
*Ponting
Martyn
Lehmann
Symonds
Clarke
Watson
Gillespie
Kasprowicz
McGrath

Coaches Comment: “We’ve gone in with an unchanged line-up from the last game, We’ll look once again to get of to a good start with the bat and to keep the pressure on with the ball”

 

[Hoggy31]

Match Report – One Day Int. – Australia vs. England
Australia won the toss and elected to bowl on a pitch that would favor neither batting or bowling. McGrath got the first breakthrough in 9th over bowling Trescothick for 25, The match was pretty even for a while and the score at the end of the 20th over was 1/84. Vaughan and Thorpe built the score up before Thorpe fell for 40, the score at the end of 35 overs was 2/164. Kasprowicz got Vaughan for 93, England continued to score runs and at the end of there 50 overs the score was 5/269. Top score was Vaughan with 93 and McGrath and Kasprowicz both took two wickets.

Gilchrist was run out early for 8, but Ponting and Hayden piled on the runs and at the end of the 25th over the score was 1/170. Hayden fell for 97 but shortly after Ponting reached his hundred which came of just 77 balls, Australia got home very comfortably in the end reaching 270 in just 37 overs. Top score was Ponting with a brilliant 125 not out of 93 balls and for England Flintoff took one wicket.

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England v Australia
ODI Tournament - 14 Jun 2001
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England - 1st Innings
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M Trescothick b McGrath 25
M Vaughan c Hayden b Kasprowicz 93
G Thorpe lbw b Gillespie 40
A Flintoff b Kasprowicz 38
G Hick c Gilchrist b McGrath 14
M Butcher not out 34
A Stewart not out 21
S Jones
M Hoggard
P Hutchison
A Mullally
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Extras (nb3,w1) 4
TOTAL (5 wkts, 50 overs) 269

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O M R W
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D Lehmann 3 0 19 0
S Watson 7 0 41 0
A Symonds 10 1 49 0
M Kasprowicz 10 1 53 2
J Gillespie 10 1 56 1
G McGrath 10 0 51 2
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1-38 2-152 3-183 4-206 5-240

Australia - 1st Innings
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A Gilchrist run out 8
M Hayden c Jones b Flintoff 97
R Ponting not out 125
D Martyn not out 28
D Lehmann
A Symonds
M Clarke
S Watson
J Gillespie
M Kasprowicz
G McGrath
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Extras (nb4,w2,b4,lb2) 12
TOTAL (2 wkts, 37 overs) 270

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O M R W
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S Jones 4 0 34 0
A Flintoff 6 0 49 1
M Hoggard 7 0 73 0
A Mullally 10 0 49 0
P Hutchison 10 1 59 0
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1-20 2-202


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Australia won by 8 wickets
Man of the match: R Ponting
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Coaches Comment: "Great win, England set a good target and i thought we would've had to work harder to get there. But great innings from Ponting and Hayden just gave us an easy win in the end, I thought Hayden played a superb innings but Punter's was just fantastic he hit the ball so well and lead from the front."

 

[Hoggy31]

Team for the ODI against Pakistan:

+Haddin
Hayden
*Ponting
Martyn
Lehmann
Symonds
Clarke
Hogg
Gillespie
Kasprowicz
McGrath

Coaches Comment: “We decided to give Gilly a rest because he was a bit sore from the cricket he's been playing, we've also dropped Watson and bought in Hogg. Hopefully the boys can beat Pakistan and move to the top of the table."

 

[Hoggy31]

Match Report – One Day Int. – Australia vs. Pakistan
Australia won the toss and elected to field first on a pitch that would just favor bowling slightly. McGrath got the early breakthrough after some tight bowling, Anwar was gone for 9. Gillespie got Inzaman in the next over for 1 and McGrath dismissed Younis for 1 in the 11th over, the score following was 3/33. When Symonds got his second wicket the score was 5/85 after 30 overs, A few wickets fell and a few runs were scored at the end of the 50 overs the score was 8/178. Top scorer for Pakistan was Nasim Khan with 68 and the best bowler was McGrath with 3/37.

Australia put on 41 for the opening partnership before Hayden was out 27 and shortly after Ponting fell for 9. Haddin fell for a carefully made 45, Australia lost a few quick wickets but still won pretty comfortably reaching the target at 5/179, top score was Martyn with 47 and for Pakistan Hussain took 2/24.

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Pakistan v Australia
ODI Tournament - 16 Jun 2001
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Pakistan - 1st Innings
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N Khan b Hogg 68
S Anwar b McGrath 9
I Ul Haq c Ponting b Gillespie 1
Y Khan c Martyn b McGrath 1
A Mujtaba c Hayden b Symonds 20
A Nawaz lbw b Symonds 5
M Hussain st Haddin b Hogg 5
A Mahmood not out 43
W Akram b McGrath 19
S Mushtaq not out 2
W Younis
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Extras (nb3,w2) 5
TOTAL (8 wkts, 50 overs) 178

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O M R W
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G Hogg 10 1 36 2
A Symonds 10 1 36 2
M Kasprowicz 10 1 37 0
J Gillespie 10 3 32 1
G McGrath 10 1 37 3
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1-23 2-26 3-33 4-71 5-85
7-127 8-175

Australia - 1st Innings
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B Haddin b Mahmood 45
M Hayden c Mahmood b Akram 27
R Ponting b Mushtaq 9
D Martyn lbw b Hussain 47
D Lehmann not out 45
A Symonds c Nawaz b Hussain 0
M Clarke not out 4
G Hogg
J Gillespie
M Kasprowicz
G McGrath
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Extras (nb1,w1) 2
TOTAL (5 wkts, 42 overs) 179

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O M R W
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M Hussain 6 1 24 2
S Mushtaq 6 0 30 1
A Mahmood 10 0 50 1
W Akram 10 0 43 1
W Younis 10 1 32 0
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1-41 2-57 3-115 4-168 5-168


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Australia won by 5 wickets

Coaches Comment: "Very happy to win and move to the top of the table. I thought our bowling and fielding today was top class although i thought our batting wasn't great our bowling still made up for it."