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2nd ODI: Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne, Feb 6 2009, Match Highlights

February 6th, 2009 Comments Off Posted in Australia, CommonWealth Bank, Match Highlights, New Zealand

Watch cricket highlights of the 2nd ODI – Australia vs New Zealand – played at the MCG, Melbourne on February 6, 2009.

Scoreline: Australia 225. Michael Clarke 98 (133), Mike Hussey 75 (94). NZ make it home in 48.5 overs. Grant Elliott 61, Ross Taylor 47, Neil Broom 26

With NZ leading the series 1-0 after their last ball win in the 1st ODI, Aus couldn’t afford to go 0-2 down in the 5 match series. And it showed in their conservative batting approach – when was the last time you saw an Australian team score 1 four in the last 10 overs? Michael Slater summed it up best as commentator when he said, “Australia will take an ugly win at this point.”

Brad Haddin got the biggest boos in recent cricket when he strode out at the MCG today, while Clarke appeared to take his role as stand-in captain a little too officiously. Interestingly, this was the 3rd 90 by a batsman in two days – the other being Kevin Pietersen’s 97 vs WI and Dhoni’s 94 vs Sri Lanka.

The New Zealand chase was similar to the 1st ODI, with Ross Taylor being central to the middle order. Elliott appeared stuck for quite a while, before striking crucial runs, when it mattered. Neil Broom though streaky at times, clouted it around in a very important 26 off 21. Australia were tardy in the field, with Mike Hussey dropping one and a couple more steep chances that are usually snapped up by the Aussies, allowed to slip by. A sorry day at the office for captain-wannabe Michael Clarke, especially considering his slow 98. No Ponting and Australia appear half the team they are.

Aus Batting

NZ Chase


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SA Win Vs Australia Highlights 2nd Melbourne Test Day 5

December 30th, 2008 Comments Off Posted in Match Highlights, Mobile Series, Test Match

Winning moments, celebrations & Interviews

Part 1

Cricket Highlights: South Africa chase 183 on the 5th day of the MCG test to beat Australia and win the series 2-0, with Sydney to come.

Scoreline: South Africa 183/1. Graeme Smith 75. Neil McKenzie 59 Hashim Amla 30

The video here features the winning moments and celebrations and interviews with Graeme Smith, Dale Steyn, Ricky Ponting, Brett Lee and Kallis.

A second straight run chase for South Africa and they do it again. The ease of the win with just 1 wicket down can tend to deny the time in the test match when they looked certain to lose it, but for a brilliant 166 by JP Duminy and Dale Steyn’s 76. All those years of pain South African cricket fans have endured as they watched their team stumble over themselves finally found some meaning at the MCG today.

In the meanwhile Tony Greig used the opportunity to rub it into his fellow Aussie commentators – It’s so convenient for Greig to choose a nationality to support. When South Africa wins, he’ll draw references to his birth country. If England does well, well he played for England. When Australia were doing well, he lived and worked there so he could stand on that side. When Sri Lanka did well, he’d go on about how his wife loves the country. And now in India, he works for the ICL, so that’s covered too.


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Final ScoreCard, Australia vs South Africa, 2nd Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, December 26-30, 2008

December 30th, 2008 Comments Off Posted in Mobile Series, Scorecard, Test Match

South Africa in Australia, 2008-09
Australia vs South Africa, 2nd Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, December 26-30, 2008
Match Information
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) & Billy Doctrove (WI)
Third Umpire: Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SL)
Toss: Australia (Elected to bat)
Match Status: South Africa won by 9 wkts
Man of the Match: Dale Steyn
 
Batting: Australia 1st Innings
Batsmen Australia (394/10 in 113.4 ovs) Runs Balls 4′s 6′s SR
Matthew Hayden c J Duminy b M Ntini 8 17 1 0 47.06
Simon Katich b D Steyn 54 109 6 0 49.54
Ricky Ponting (c) c H Amla b P Harris 101 126 10 1 80.16
Mike Hussey c M Boucher b D Steyn 0 9 0 0 0.00
Michael Clarke not out 88 208 4 1 42.31
Andrew Symonds c J Kallis b M Morkel 27 55 3 0 49.09
Brad Haddin (wk) c G Smith b M Ntini 40 71 5 0 56.34
Brett Lee c J Kallis b D Steyn 21 21 5 0 100.00
Mitchell Johnson b D Steyn 0 3 0 0 0.00
Nathan Hauritz c G Smith b D Steyn 12 21 2 0 57.14
Peter Siddle c A Villiers b J Kallis 19 49 1 0 38.78
Extras: b – 5, w – 0, nb – 7, lb – 12 24  
Total: (394 for 10 in 113.4 overs) 394 Run Rate: 3.47
 
Fall Of Wickets
1/21 (Matthew Hayden, 7.2 ov.), 2/128 (Simon Katich, 33.6 ov.), 3/143 (Mike Hussey, 37.3 ov.), 4/184 (Ricky Ponting, 51.2 ov.), 5/223 (Andrew Symonds, 66.1 ov.), 6/277 (Brad Haddin, 88.3 ov.), 7/322 (Brett Lee, 95.2 ov.), 8/326 (Mitchell Johnson, 95.5 ov.), 9/352 (Nathan Hauritz, 101.5 ov.), 10/394 (Peter Siddle, 113.4 ov.)
 
Bowling: South Africa
Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER
Dale Steyn 29 6 87 5 0 0 3.0
Makhaya Ntini 27 7 108 2 1 0 4.0
Jacques Kallis 18.4 4 55 1 0 0 2.9
Morne Morkel 22 3 89 1 6 0 4.0
Paul Harris 17 3 38 1 0 0 2.2
 
Batting: South Africa 1st Innings
Batsmen South Africa (459/10 in 153 ovs) Runs Balls 4′s 6′s SR
Graeme Smith (c) c B Haddin b P Siddle 62 113 6 0 54.87
Neil McKenzie b P Siddle 0 5 0 0 0.00
Hashim Amla c A Symonds b M Johnson 19 30 1 0 63.33
Jacques Kallis c B Haddin b N Hauritz 26 53 2 0 49.06
AB de Villiers b P Siddle 7 51 0 0 13.73
Jean-Paul Duminy c P Siddle b N Hauritz 166 340 18 0 48.82
Mark Boucher (wk) c M Hussey b N Hauritz 3 15 0 0 20.00
Morne Morkel b M Johnson 21 39 4 0 53.85
Paul Harris c M Johnson b M Hussey 39 67 4 0 58.21
Dale Steyn b P Siddle 76 191 9 1 39.79
Makhaya Ntini not out 2 29 0 0 6.90
Extras: b – 5, w – 0, nb – 15, lb – 13, p – 5  38  
Total: (459 for 10 in 153 overs) 459 Run Rate: 3.00
 
Fall Of Wickets
1/1 (Neil McKenzie, 1.4 ov.), 2/39 (Hashim Amla, 8.3 ov.), 3/102 (Jacques Kallis, 26.4 ov.), 4/126 (Graeme Smith, 37.6 ov.), 5/132 (AB de Villiers, 41.5 ov.), 6/141 (Mark Boucher, 46.4 ov.), 7/184 (Morne Morkel, 57.1 ov.), 8/251 (Paul Harris, 77.5 ov.), 9/431 (Dale Steyn, 141.3 ov.), 10/459 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 152.6 ov.)
 
Bowling: Australia
Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER
Brett Lee 13 2 68 0 7 0 5.2
Peter Siddle 34 9 81 4 4 0 2.4
Mitchell Johnson 39 6 127 2 3 0 3.3
Nathan Hauritz 43 13 98 3 1 0 2.3
Michael Clarke 8 0 26 0 0 0 3.2
Mike Hussey 5 0 22 1 0 0 4.4
Andrew Symonds 11 3 14 0 0 0 1.3
 
Batting: Australia 2nd Innings
Batsmen Australia (247/10 in 84.2 ovs) Runs Balls 4′s 6′s SR
Matthew Hayden c J Duminy b D Steyn 23 28 3 0 82.14
Simon Katich c M Boucher b D Steyn 15 40 2 0 37.50
Ricky Ponting (c) c G Smith b M Morkel 99 169 7 0 58.58
Mike Hussey c H Amla b M Morkel 2 8 0 0 25.00
Michael Clarke c N McKenzie b D Steyn 29 79 4 0 36.71
Andrew Symonds c J Kallis b D Steyn 0 5 0 0 0.00
Brad Haddin (wk) c J Kallis b M Ntini 10 35 0 1 28.57
Brett Lee b J Kallis 8 21 1 0 38.10
Mitchell Johnson not out 43 85 5 0 50.59
Nathan Hauritz b J Kallis 3 23 0 0 13.04
Peter Siddle c M Boucher b D Steyn 6 18 0 0 33.33
Extras: b – 1, w – 0, nb – 5, lb – 3 9  
Total: (247 for 10 in 84.2 overs) 247 Run Rate: 2.93
 
Fall Of Wickets
1/37 (Matthew Hayden, 10.4 ov.), 2/40 (Simon Katich, 12.2 ov.), 3/49 (Mike Hussey, 15.3 ov.), 4/145 (Michael Clarke, 43.1 ov.), 5/145 (Andrew Symonds, 43.6 ov.), 6/165 (Brad Haddin, 53.1 ov.), 7/180 (Brett Lee, 58.3 ov.), 8/212 (Ricky Ponting, 71.3 ov.), 9/231 (Nathan Hauritz, 78.6 ov.), 10/247 (Peter Siddle, 84.2 ov.)
 
Bowling: South Africa
Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER
Dale Steyn 20.2 3 67 5 1 0 3.3
Makhaya Ntini 14 1 26 1 0 0 1.9
Morne Morkel 15 2 46 2 4 0 3.1
Paul Harris 21 1 47 0 0 0 2.2
Jacques Kallis 14 1 57 2 0 0 4.1
 
Batting: South Africa 2nd Innings
Batsmen South Africa (183/1 in 48 ovs) Runs Balls 4′s 6′s SR
Graeme Smith (c) lbw b N Hauritz 75 94 10 0 79.79
Neil McKenzie not out 59 140 3 1 42.14
Hashim Amla not out 30 62 2 0 48.39
Jacques Kallis            
AB de Villiers            
Jean-Paul Duminy            
Mark Boucher (wk)            
Morne Morkel            
Paul Harris            
Dale Steyn            
Makhaya Ntini            
Extras: b – 0, w – 2, nb – 8, lb – 9 19  
Total: (183 for 1 in 48 overs) 183 Run Rate: 3.81
 
Fall Of Wickets
1/121 (Graeme Smith, 28.5 ov.)
 
Bowling: Australia
Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER
Brett Lee 10 0 49 0 6 0 4.9
Peter Siddle 14 5 34 0 0 0 2.4
Mitchell Johnson 11 1 36 0 1 2 3.3
Nathan Hauritz 10 0 41 1 1 0 4.1
Michael Clarke 3 0 14 0 0 0 4.7
 
The Teams
Australia: Matthew Hayden, Simon Katich, Ricky Ponting (c), Mike Hussey, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Brad Haddin(w), Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus(sub), Shane Watson(sub)

South Africa: Graeme Smith (c), Neil McKenzie, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, Jean-Paul Duminy, Mark Boucher(w), Morne Morkel, Paul Harris, Dale Steyn, Makhaya Ntini, Ashwell Prince(sub), Robin Peterson(sub), Lonwabo Tsotsobe(sub), Monde Zondeki(sub)

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South Africa vs Australia 2nd Test Highlights Day 4 Melbourne | Ponting 99

December 29th, 2008 Comments Off Posted in Match Highlights, Test Match

Cricket highlights from the 2nd MCG Test – Australia vs SA – 4th Day’s cricket.

Scoreline: Australia 247 (2nd Innings) – Ricky Ponting 99, Mitchell Johnson 43 no.
South Africa: 30/0. Need 153 runs more to win the test and series.

A brilliant 99 by Ricky Ponting as vaunted players deserted him on possibly the most defining day in Australian cricket. The difference between Ponting and the rest was stark, not just in his strokeplay but his general demeanor. The only time he looked unsure was when he got into the 90s – surprisingly he spent 40 minutes in the 90s and that probably denied him a deserved hundred. Mitchell Johnson was the only one who looked like he wanted to hang around, launching into his booming shots after the departure of Ponting.

Dale Steyn once again ripped through the Aussies with another 5 wicket haul to make it 10 for the test. South Africa came out chasing 183 and rattled off 30 of them with Graeme Smith belting 5 boundaries.

Brett Lee whose foot injury will deny him a shot at the Sydney test was pretty cool in his short spell and unlucky to bowl McKenzie off a no-ball.

Australia could still turn it around on Day 5 – it all depends on whether they can prise out Graeme Smith. But with de Villiers and Duminy to come, it could be a hard task. Maybe Brett Lee will turn up tomorrow like he did the last few years. Matthew Hayden will be hoping.


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