Australia Does it Again -- Loses 5th match in a Row !!

Safin

3rd row in a defeat for australia

yep aussies lose it 3-0 vs newzealand..

now hear this for newzealand
No vetoori
No bond

and kiwis win by 1 wicket chasing down 346 of aussies

Australia 346/5 (50 ov)
New Zealand 350/9 (49.3 ov)
New Zealand won by 1 wicket (with 3 balls remaining)

New Zealand RR 7.07
Last 5 ovs 47/2 RR 9.40
Australia RR 6.92

Wow...
Damn it Kiwis are gunning for the world cup all right

Bluffmaster

New Zealand win after chasing 347 , Sweeps Series !!

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.

Now wat say Guyz ??? Still Think .... Australia is Unbeatable ?

Bluffmaster · 03:19 PM

Damn... u beat me to it Champ

...... maine Bola tha Australia ke Bure Din Shuru ..... Bole toh ..... bahut bada sankat aane waala hai

Dogbert

Its good to see Ausies bein beaten like this... I think it is the absence of the Skipper that is making the difference...

Safin

they are obviously not playing well..
and key players are missing

and for some reason McGrath looks down and out!

ApeX

hmmm....wheres ponting, gilchrist, symonds, clarke etc?
once they return, it will be a different game altogether.

Agnel

ha ha good one.
go kiwis go....

India would be wondering,
"We'll beat australia even if they make 360 again"

Safin

you know we are not kiwis

they have more real allrounders than anyone else on the planet.
5 down and india's batting is "game over"

medpal

i tried googling but di not find the answer.

but i believe this match is gonna go down in history as the match with maximum mumber to total sixes hit.

the approach of brendon mccullum was just amazing, not panicking even when they were down b eight wickets.

gillespie of newzealand happened to be lucky as he got a lot of fine edges to fine leg and scored vital runs which took pressure off mccullum.

IMHO kiwis start as one of the favourites for the semifinals.

Bluffmaster

hmmm....wheres ponting, gilchrist, symonds, clarke etc?
once they return, it will be a different game altogethe

England beats Australia (fluke), England beats Australia (fluke), England beats Australia (fluke), Newzealand beats Australia (fluke), Newzealand beats Australia (fluke), Newzealand beats Australia (fluke)

England, and not Australia win the VB series (surprise), Australia are dismantled from the top of the ICC One-day Cricket rankings (surprise) and the Blackcaps black-wash the Ozzies 3-0. (surprise)

Symonds is injured, and Ponting & Gilchrist were not in Newzealand. But how do you dismiss the fact that NZ were playing without Oram, Bond & Vettori. That on a list of the top 3 run chases in one-day history, suddenly there is one common name now - Australia, on the losing sides !! And if Symonds alone decides the fate of Australia, then it hardly deserves to be called the world's best , afterall which team today is not saddled with injuries ??