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Loading ...never mind the runs, poor Elliott was so much looking forward to this game and it’s raining. At least he WIndies must be happy.
Australia v West Indies, 2nd Test, 2nd day
By Will 5 years ago, mid-November Add your comment below
I dread to think how many runs Australia might score today. I just can’t see who the West Indies can turn to to stem the flow – but you never know. If anyone’s up, chat away – I’ll probably catch the highlights tomorrow if I have the time…
Tags: australia, test-cricket, west-indies, west-indies-in-australia |
9 Responses to “Australia v West Indies, 2nd Test, 2nd day”
November 17th, 2005 at 11.39 pm
November 18th, 2005 at 2.43 am
Good news! Play is set to start in about 6 minutes. Lets hope the WIndies can get a few quick wickets so that it is not a complete disaster!
Hope the west aussie Mike Hussey makes some runs though. Langer will likely be back next test, and Huss needs to show that he is ready for test level. Who knows when he will get another chance.
November 18th, 2005 at 2.47 am
Bugger! Koertzen thinks the outfield is too wet. Not starting, they are reroping the outfield. Who knows when they will start now.
November 18th, 2005 at 3.00 am
Here we go…..
November 18th, 2005 at 6.21 am
Congratulations Mike Hussey. First test 100. Just what was called for.
WIndies still haven’t got a wicket. 0/207. It is going to be another one of those days…
November 18th, 2005 at 4.00 pm
I saw most of the last session, some good bowling by Collymore otherwise all rubbish by the West Indies. It was all too easy for Hayden and Hussey. And the bad news for them is that Ricky Ponting looked in just as good nick. Unless they improve their bowling dramatically tomorrow, or if the weather doesn’t hold out, Australia will round up 400 runs in a day, and they’ll lose the test by an innings.
Highlight of the day though just has to be the Mike Hussey first test 100 celebration, which rivaled Tino Best’s first test wicket celebration a year ago in its animation and sheer duration, here is my step-by-step description of exactly what he did:
Tucks an off target ball down leg, and starts running towards the opposite end, about three fourths of the way down the other end he realises it’s going to go for a four, there it begins, first there’s a Brett Lee style mid-air fist punch, then he turns around and runs back to Hayden, mouth as wide open as roughly the size of a golf ball, gets a mighty 4 second bear hug from Hayden, mouth still open as wide as ever, hug over, starts moving back toward the crease, but then stops briefly and makes a slight tilt towards the dressing room, raises his bat, then screams “YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH”, then turns around again and raises his bat to each section of the crowd, this time with even louder scream of “WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO” … then, the mouth finally closes, and one small smile later, the celebration finally concludes. And he takes guard for next ball, it’s outside off, too wide so he gives it a Helium Bat.
That will stick in my memory for a long while. It’s fair to say, he was overjoyed.
November 18th, 2005 at 10.26 pm
Would be interested on some feedback on this. Did Hayden really score 4 centuries in the last 4 Tests. By my reckoning:
Nr. 4 Hobarth – 2nd Test 1st innings 110
Nr. 3 Brisbane 1st Test – 1st innings 37, 2nd innings 118
Nr. 2 The Oval – 5th Test 1st innings 138, 2nd innings 0
Nr. 1 Trent Bridge – 4th Test 1st innings 7 LBW Hoggard, 2nd innings 26 ct Gilo b Flintoff.
Or are you all really taking the Super(fluous) Series 111 ct Kallis B Murali seriously as a Test?
What do you all think?
November 18th, 2005 at 10.46 pm
Unfortunately they are counting the ‘Super(flous) Series’ as test so in the record books that will be 4 in a row …
November 18th, 2005 at 10.54 pm
not all of the statisticians are counting it into the official records, though. I don’t.
As far as I’m concerned, we can call the ICC Domestos on this one – clean round the U-bend.
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