**Official** Australia in Bangladesh

[andyc]

And play's started. Cricinfo says that the sun is shining through the clouds, so hopefully we'll get a full (or close enough) day's play in. If this weather keeps up, Australia's pretty much going to have to go for an innings victory, or at least a very small final innings chase, so they'll probably need around 400-450+ to ensure that they'll be able to win in time.

On an unrelated note, it'll be interesting to see how much Gillespie gets here. I'm gonna say he'll make about 38, off say 150 balls, but he won't make his fifty.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Can't wait for Cosgrove to put on an exhibition of running between wickets in the heat of the sub-continent

It'll be interesting to see if anyone else gets frustrated with him.

 

[andyc]

Mark Cosgrove and Brett Dorey will replace Damien Martyn and Stuart Clark for the three-match one-day series in Bangladesh. Martyn played in the first Test but is returning home due to an elbow injury, while Clark is going back to Sydney to be with his wife for the birth of their child

Wow. Great news for Cosgrove, I'm pretty happy about that. The less said about Brett Dorey the better . Good news about Clark and his wife, though.

 

[andyc]

On an unrelated note, it'll be interesting to see how much Gillespie gets here. I'm gonna say he'll make about 38, off say 150 balls, but he won't make his fifty.

Looks like I might be wrong about this.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Gillespie for a century?

 

[Ikki]

Gillespie for a century?

 

[oz_fan]

Good to see Cosgrove in the ODI team.
Isn't Gillespie batting well, 42*.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Hope Cosgrove gets a few games, as well as Mitchell Johnson.

 

[oz_fan]

Hope Cosgrove gets a few games, as well as Mitchell Johnson.

Hopefully they do along with Cullen. The ODI series should be used to give them a go.

 

[Jdz]

I'll say Gillespie will be 65 n.o out when Australia declare.

 

[oz_fan]

Ponting gets his half century. Well played

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Can Ponting make it 9 centuries in 11 tests? Would be an amazing feat.

 

[howardj]

Hooray for Cosgrove!

I see him as a long term player in both forms of the game.

 

[oz_fan]

Can Ponting make it 9 centuries in 11 tests? Would be an amazing feat.

I think he can. He has had a dream run of late and hasn't looked like getting out.

Gillespie finally gets his half century.

 

[andyc]

Gillespie gets his 50!! Onya Jason!

 

[oz_fan]

Ponting run out.
Always a bad way to go.

 

[andyc]

No!!! Ponting run out.... Way to curse him, Sean.

 

[Ikki]

Can Ponting make it 9 centuries in 11 tests? Would be an amazing feat.

Don't jinx Dizzy!

 

[oz_fan]

Don't jinx Dizzy!

Or else he might score a run...

 

[howardj]

Gillespie should be shot - he is terrible to watch bat.

The Aussie journos should join their Bangladesh comrades, and strike until Dizzy is removed from the crease!