Australia succumb to New Zealanf white wash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By nairjula
@nairjula (453)
India
February 20, 2007 3:10am CST
Can you imagine this? Two scores of 330 plus made by Aussies were easly conqured by the Kiwis. And the white wash is clean at an enviable 3-0. Clean to the core. Is it the end of Aussies supremacy in world cricket? I think so. What do you think friends?
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@dannydilse (65)
• India
20 Feb 07
yes,,,,,Austalians r always dangerous...U can't expect them to fell back jus by 2 or 3 defeats.....remember have been the world champions for two consecutive times and they have been at the top for a decade or so....I am afraid they will do it again............But the Kiwis have really performed to their best.....
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@Ragavendran (188)
• India
20 Feb 07
I think that New Zealand played well but they were playing against a weak Australian side. The grounds are smaller in New Zealand and the target chasing is easier than setting in such small grounds. The Aussies supremacy is nowhere near the end.They will bounce back strongly in the World Cup and win it for the third time in a row making history.
@SignMe (1031)
• India
20 Feb 07
I need a breather and a nice stiff drink. Wow. If you thought the last match was a humdinger, well I'll tell you, this was something else. Bracken just lost the plot in the last over, offering a bleeding full toss to McCullum, a man whose reputation as a last-ditch scrapper has skyrocketed. What an innings he played, an unbeaten 86 from 91 deliveries, partnering the never-say-die McMillan in the partnership of the match.
McMillan....well, he needs a special mention. From 41 for 4, with the solid Peter Fulton for support to begin with, he slammed the fastest ODI hundred by a New Zealander. He showed his belligerence in the CB Series and in the last match, but today he took it up a notch and then some. A fabulous innings from him, a day he wont forget any time soon. McMillan, Fulton, McCullum and that man Mark Gillespie, who kept everyone on their toes with a 15-ball 28, mastering the art of the inside-edge and french cut to perfection.
Spare a though for Mike Hussey, who hasnt won a game as captain. He had a depleted side, but then like they say, you put your best team forward. New Zealand too were without their two best bowlers, Shane Bond and Daniel Vettori, and it showed as Matthew Hayden led a fine onslaught to carry Australia to 346. He carried his bat, and braved a fractured foot to score an unbeaten 181, the highest score by an Australian. Unfortunately, he didnt take the field and ended up on the losing side. His injury will monitored very closely leading into the World Cup in three weeks.
For those interested in stats, today's match had 26 sixes - yes, 26 - to equal the record set during that 438 match at Johannesburg last year.
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@satyaranjan1980 (43)
• India
20 Feb 07
Todays defeat of Australia confirmed two things:
1.)All good things in life come to an end.
2.)The bugger they are harder thay fall
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