tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10033739377243113672024-03-13T15:15:48.473+10:30Nudges and DeflectionsMostly cricketAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.comBlogger847125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-50158119365217719862015-12-13T20:42:00.000+10:302015-12-13T20:42:05.530+10:30Australia thrash West Indies in very onesided Test: T1D4
Australia 4/583d (Voges 269*, S Marsh 182) beat West Indies 223 (70ov, Bravo 108/177b/20x4, Roach 31, Hazlewood 18-5-45-4, Lyon 3/43 & 148 (36.3ov, Brathwaite 94/122b/1x6 13x4, Pattinson 8-0-27-5, Hazlewood 3/33) by an innings & 212 runs: T1/3 D3/5 at Hobart. Australia lead series 1-0. Player of the Match: Adam Voges.
West Indies followed on and folded lamely yet again, this time Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-10376292736455831572015-12-11T21:23:00.001+10:302015-12-11T23:21:12.657+10:30Voges & Marsh pile on runs, then WI top order leave Bravo to restore
modicum of self respect: T1D3West Indies 6/207 (65ov, Bravo 94*/159b/17x4, Roach 31*/89b/3x4) trail Australia 4/583d (114ov, Voges 269*/285b/33x4, S Marsh 182/266b/1x6 15x4, Warner 64, Warrican 28-1-158-3) by 376 runs: T1/3 D2/5 at Hobart.Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh continued to dominate a lacklustre West Indies team, adding a further 132 - 449 in total - and breaking many more records before they were parted. WhenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-53346141780487300652015-12-10T21:58:00.003+10:302015-12-10T21:58:44.223+10:30Australia 3/438 dominate West Indies on first day of series: T1D1
Australia 3/438 (89ov, Voges 174*/204b/19x4, S Marsh 139*/205b/12x4, Warner 64/61b/11x4) v West Indies: T1/3 D1/5 at Hobart. Toss: Australia.
West Indies were competitive until lunch, when they had Australia 3/121, including Steve Smith and David Warner. Thereafter Adam Voges aggressively and Shaun Marsh more methodically exposed the limitations of the West Indies attack in an unbroken Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-462067719597525322015-12-04T11:27:00.001+10:302015-12-04T16:21:54.788+10:30Reflections on Australia's 2-0 series win v NZAustralia 224 (Nevill 66, Smith 53) & 7/187 (S Marsh 49, Boult 5/60) def New Zealand 202 (Latham 50) & 208 (Santner 45, Hazlewood 6/70) by 3wkts with 2 days to spare: T3/3 D3/5 at Adelaide Oval. Australia won Trans Tasman series 2-0. Player of the match: Josh Hazlewood, Player of the series: David Warner.A low scoring Test concluded, unusually (perhaps unprecedently for Adelaide) inAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-48673467220890748862015-11-29T00:02:00.001+10:302015-12-04T10:46:44.613+10:30Day 3 finish - and Australian victory- almost certain as wickets tumble
on D2New Zealand 202 & 5/116 (37ov, Taylor 32, Hazlewood 16-5-32-3, M Marsh 2/44) lead Australia 224 (72.1ov, Nevill 66/110b/8x4, Smith 53/114b/5x4, Lyon 34, Starc 24*, Bracewell 12.1-3-18-3, Boult 2/41, Craig 2/53) by 94 runs with 5 2inns wkts in hand; T3/3 D2/5 at Adelaide Oval.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-69383601912428381402015-11-28T00:17:00.001+10:302015-11-28T00:17:40.172+10:30Pink ball, pink sky:Australia grasp initiative after bowlers destroy
early NZ resistance in first day/night Test: T3 D1Australia 2/54 (22ov, Smith 24*) trail New Zealand 202 (65.2ov, Latham 50/103b/7x4), Santner 31, Watling 29, Williamson 22, Taylor 21) by 148 runs with 8 1st inns wkts in hand: T3/3 D1/5 at Adelaide. NZ won toss and chose to bat. In many ways this was an island of traditional Test cricket in an ocean of change. 12 wickets for 256 runs in a day seems more like 1950 than 2015, but Test Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-55181216020640552342015-11-17T22:36:00.001+10:302015-11-17T22:36:48.986+10:30Johnson bows out as Test fizzles out in draw: T2 D5Australia 9/559 dec & 7/385 dec (103ov, Smith 138/185b/18x4, Voges 119/240b/16x4, Nevill 35, Johnson 29, Starc 28*, Warner 24, Southee 25-4-97-4, Boult 2/77) drew with New Zealand 624 & 2/104 (28ov, Taylor 36*, Williamson 32*, Johnson 2/20): T2/3 D5/5 at the WACA, Perth. Australia lead series 1-0. Player of the match: Ross Taylor.Steve Smith and Adam Voges batted Australia to a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-17067438920817778782015-11-16T22:24:00.001+10:302015-11-16T22:24:57.888+10:30Taylor 290 takes NZ to lead before Smith & Voges punch back with tons:
T2 D4Australia 9/559dec & 2/258 (63ov, Smith 131*/170b/17x4, Voges 101*/180b/15x4) lead New Zealand 624 (153.5 ov, Taylor 290/374b/43x4, Richardson 166, Starc 37-7-119-4 , Lyon 3/107) by 193 runs with 8 2nd inns wkts in hand: T2/3 D4/5 at the WACA, Perth.Another high scoring day saw Steve Smith and Adam Voges regain the initiative for Australia after Ross Taylor's magnificent 290 took New Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-15132627601011913542015-11-15T23:35:00.001+10:302015-11-15T23:35:53.398+10:30Taylor's 235* turns Test: T2 D3New Zealand 6/510 (129ov, Taylor 235*/308b/34x4, Williamson 166/250b/24x4, Latham 36, McCullum 27, Starc 2/83) trail Australia 9/559dec by 49 with 4 1st inns wkts in hand: T2/3 D3/5 at WACA, Perth.Ross Taylor batted through the day, adding 265 for the third wicket with Kane Williamson and another 158 with the middle and lower order, turning the Test, if not on its head then certainly Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-7215862395351879852015-11-14T21:57:00.001+10:302015-11-14T21:57:40.740+10:30At last a more even day- but Australia still on top:T2D2New Zealand 2/140 (42ov, Williamson 70*/121b/10x4, Latham 36/ 85b/ 6x4,Taylor 26*/44b/5x4) trail Australia 9/559b (133ov, Warner 253/286b/2x6 24x4, Khawaja 121, Voges 41, Burns 40, Marsh 34, Craig 3/123, Bracewell 2/81, Henry 2/105, Boult 2/123) by 419 with 8 1st inns wkts in hand: T2/3 D2/5 at WACA, Perth.Once David Warner was dismissed early in the first session - for a magnificent 253- Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-28636907661382746972015-11-14T14:30:00.001+10:302015-11-14T14:30:24.584+10:30Australia 2/412 (Warner 244*) crush NZ: T2 D1Australia 2/416 (90ov, Warner 244*/272 b/ 2x6 22x4, Khawaja 121/186b/2x6 11x4, Burns 40) v New Zealand: T2/3 D1/5 at WACA, Perth. Toss: Australia.On a very good batting wicket on a hot Perth day, David Warner played the innings of his cricketing life (so far) to propel Australia to a dominant position and leave New Zealand's attack once again defanged and the series almost certainly lost.If you Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-79746630188985618522015-11-10T08:10:00.001+10:302015-11-10T08:10:56.715+10:30Australia win easily as rain stays away: T1D5Australia 4/556d & 4/262d def New Zealand 317 & 295 (88.3ov, McCullum 80/80b/2x6 10x4, Williamson 59, Lyon 3/63, Marsh 2/25, Hazlewood 2/68, Starc 2/69) by 208 runs: T1/3 D5/5 at the Gabba, Brisbane. Australia lead series 1-0. Player of the match: David Warner.Only a go down with all guns blazing run a ball 80 from captain Brendon McCullum and a 46 run last wicket partnership delayed the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-52681139452966316192015-11-08T20:43:00.001+10:302015-11-08T20:43:06.604+10:30New Zealand rely on Brisbane weather to gain draw: T1 D4New Zealand 317 & 3/142 (53ov, Williamson 59/74b/5x4, Latham 29, Guptill 23, Taylor 20* need 362 with 7 2nd inns wkts in hand to beat Australia 4/556d & 4/264d: T1/3 D4/5 at the Gabba, Brisbane.As expected, Australia declared at their overnight score, leaving New Zealand an impossible task of making over 500 to win the Test, and an extremely difficult one of drawing it...but for the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-28379420072153177862015-11-08T12:09:00.001+10:302015-11-08T12:09:35.574+10:30Australia pile on runs as Williamson only ray of sunshine in NZ gloom:
T1D3 Australia 4/556dec & 4/264 (42ov, Burns 129/123b/ 4x6 13x4, Warner 116/113b/2x6 8x4. Craig 3/78) lead New Zealand 317 (82.2ov, Williamson 140/178b/24x4, Latham 47, Watling 32, Starc 17.2-4-57-4, Johnson 3/105) by 503 runs with 6 2nd inns wickets in hand: T1/3 D3/5 at the Gabba, Brisbane.Kane Williamson gave New Zealand a degree of self-respect and a first innings total sufficient Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-56598731995667690522015-11-06T21:19:00.002+10:302015-11-07T10:04:27.829+10:30Australia maintain dominance despite brief NZ resistance T1D2New Zealand 5/157 (45ov, Williamson 55*/70b/9x4, Latham 47/93b/3x4, Starc 2/30, Johnson 2/52) trail Australia 4/556 dec,( 130.2 ov, Khawaja 174/239b, 2x6 16x4, Warner 163,Voges 83*/127b/11x4, Burns 71, Smith 48/78b/,8x4) by 399 runs with 5 1st inns wkts in hand:) T21/3D2/5 at the Gabba .
Another very. good day for Australia, for whom Usman Khawaja and Adam Voges batted on freely before Steve Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-66768895837822319502015-11-05T23:16:00.004+10:302015-11-05T23:18:27.448+10:30Australia pummel lightweight NZ attsack: T1 D1 Australia 2/389 (88ov, Warner 163/224b/1x6 19x4, Khawaja 102*/133b/2x6 10x4, Burns 71/120b/12x4/Smith 41*/54b/7x4) v New Zealand: T1/3 D1/5 at the Gabba, Brisbane. Toss: Australia.
Australia powered ahead after winning the toss at the Gabba and batting on a good wicket in conditions which the New Zealand attack was unable to use as effectively as some had predicted.
David Warner and Joe Burns Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-78900416475299168432015-08-24T23:59:00.000+09:302015-08-24T23:59:43.234+09:30Something for everyone: Australia win T5, hand back Ashes to England
Australia 481 def England 149 & 286 (101.4ov, Cook 85, Buttler 42, Moeen Ali 35, Siddle 24.4-11-35-4, Lyon 2/53, M Marsh 2/56) by an innings & 46 runs: T5D4 at The Oval. England win series 3-2 and regain the Ashes. Player of the match: Steven Smith; Player of the series:
Joe Root.
The forecast rain came when Australia had removed Mark Wood and Jos Buttler, and on TV looked to be Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-69990822276160996412015-08-23T19:11:00.001+09:302015-08-23T19:11:07.402+09:30Australia proceed steadily towards victory, despite Cook's resistance: T5D3
England 149 (48.4ov, Moeen Ali 30, Wood 24, Cook 22, Johnson 8.4-4-21-3, M Marsh 9-2-30-3, Siddle 2/32, Lyon 2/40) & 6/203 (79ov, Cook 85/234b/11x4, Buttler 33*/80b/3x4, Lyon 2/52, Siddle 16-10-14-1, Smith 1-0-7-1, Marsh 1/28, Johnson 1/51) need 129 more runs to avoid an innings defeat: T5/5 D3/5 at The Oval.
Once England's tail had wagged a little more and Mitchell Johnson had removed the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-38524396802025838162015-08-23T00:02:00.001+09:302015-08-23T00:02:59.183+09:30Australia keep us wondering...why they've not been this good more often: T5D2
England 8/107 (40ov, Cook 22, Marsh 3/18, Siddle 2/18, Lyon 2/32) trail Australia 481 (125.1ov, Smith 143, Voges 76, Starc 58, Finn 3/90, Moeen Ali 3/102, Stokes 3/133) by 374 runs: T5D2 at The Oval.
Another day to Australia as Steve Smith and Adam Voges kept England in the field before a few wickets tumbled, then Mitchell Starc hit a quickfire 58 as the last three wickets added 105. 481 lookedAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-5567729283062254322015-08-21T18:23:00.003+09:302015-08-21T18:23:56.774+09:30Better too late than never in this Ashes series as Warner & Rogers lay foundation for Smith: T5D1
Australia 3/287 (79.4ov, Warner 85/131b/11x4, Smith 78*/132b/1x6 9x4, Voges 47*/87/8x4, Rogers 43/100b/7x4) v England T5/5 D1/5 at The Oval, London. England won toss and sent Australia in to bat. England: unchanged; Australia: M Marsh, Siddle in, S Marsh, Hazlewood out.
David Warner and Chris Rogers hung on grittily until lunch against some sharp England bowling, especially (again) that of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-45428865755795001642015-08-20T17:02:00.001+09:302015-08-20T17:02:22.420+09:30Something to play for in Clarke's last Test?There seems to have been little enthusiasm among Australian supporters for the Fifth Test : get it over and done with is the impression I've gained.A rain interrupted draw against a modestly credentialled Northamptonshire (who were boosted by a ton from a former S Aust U19 player) at least provided a breathing space -as was the rule rather than the exception in the old days - for the two nationalAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-62386887600538983422015-08-10T20:45:00.001+09:302015-08-10T20:45:39.792+09:30Game, series and Ashes to England, then Clarke announces retirement:T4
D3England 391 def Australia 60 & 253 (72.4ov, Warner 64, Rogers 52, Voges 51*/118/7x4, Stokes 21-8-36-6, Wood 3/69, Broad 1/36) by an inns & 78 runs: T4/5 D3/5. England lead Ashes series 3-1. Player of the match: Stuart Broad.The end, though not the actual result, came sooner than Australian supporters probably expected, as Ben Stokes and Mark Wood made short work of the Australia tail, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-6484510881960424362015-08-07T16:56:00.000+09:302015-08-07T16:56:05.720+09:30Broad 8/15 scythes through Australia - all out 60 before lunch- then Root 124* confirms England dominance:T4 D1 to
England 4/274 (65ov, Root 124*/158b/1x6 19x4, Bairstow 74/105b/12x4, Cook 43, Starc 3/73) lead Australia 60 (18.3ov, Extras 14, Johnson 13, Broad 9.3-5-15-8) by 214 with 6 !st inns wkts in hand: T4/5 D1/5 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Toss: England, who sent Australia in. England XI: Wood in for Anderson (injured); Australia XI{ S Marsh replaced M Marsh.
Stuart Broad bowled Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-21372821670327185672015-08-01T20:07:00.000+09:302015-08-02T13:13:36.800+09:30England, as expected, win convincingly to take 2-1 lead: T3 D3
England 281 & 2/124 (32.1ov, Bell 65*/90b/10x4, Root 38*) beat Australia 136 & 265 (79.1ov, Warner 77, Nevill 59/147b/7x4, Starc 58/108b/1x6 6x4, Finn 21-3-79-6) by 8 wkts; T3/5 D3/5 at Edgbaston. England lead Ashes series 2-1. Player of the match: Steven Finn.
It was inevitable, given the match situation at the start of play, that England would win. It was small comfort to Australia Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003373937724311367.post-68419165865536795532015-07-31T17:20:00.000+09:302015-07-31T18:15:35.469+09:30Australia narrowly avoid defeat in two days...but still face big loss: T3D2
Australia 136 & 7/168 (55ov, Warner 77/62b/11x4, Nevill 37*, Finn 13-3-45-5) lead England 281 (67.1ov, Root 63/75b/1x6 9x4, Moeen Ali 59/78b/11x4, Bell 53, Cook 34, Broad 31, Lyon 3/36, Hazlewood 3/74, Johnson 2/66, Starc 2/71) by 23 runs with 3 2inns wkts in hand: T3,5 D2/5 at Edgbaston.
When Mitchell Johnson removed Johnny Bairstow and Ben Stokes in the space of three balls, England were Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998239049099393011noreply@blogger.com0