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Loading ...Rocking stuff from Taylor and Windies! In 3 balls he turned a hopeful situation to a sure Win! This has setup the group and the tournament wonderfully now! Pak vs SL and now this match, exactly what was needed after the controversies off the field!
West Indies beat Australia
By Will 4 years ago, mid-October Add your comment below
Brilliant performance! What an effort – hat-trick from Taylor. This is massive.
Brief thoughts a few hours later
McGrath wasn’t impressive. He still has a yorker, but he’ll need more than that against England. At the moment he looks old and rusty.
Shane Watson wasn’t impressive. He should be – yet he isn’t. Cricinfo’s resident outspoken oracle, known to many as Bungo and to some as OI YOU, thinks Andrew Symonds is by far the superior cricketer. Symonds is such the fiend of Australia cricket yet he does have a hint of the unexpected and the magic. Watson looks like he’s got a B+ in his “How To Be An Allrounder” A-Levels. But now, preparing for a career as an allround cricketer, he looks short of class. And this is coming from me – I rated the guy highly not long ago! Turncoat turncoat turncoat.
West Indies were in their faces, and Australia do not like it. They didn’t like it against England and it’s quite obvious that it upsets them. They really are the crocodile with a soft underbelly at the moment.
It’s a fascinating scenario. Why, then, am I absolutely soiling myself about Saturday’s mini-Ashes match? Because England are shocking at one-dayers. Go on England, don’t be wimps; they don’t like it up ‘em. Kick some booty.
Tags: australia, england, icc-champions-trophy, west-indies |
10 Responses to “West Indies beat Australia”
October 18th, 2006 at 6.24 pm
October 18th, 2006 at 7.04 pm
Unfortunately, I didn’t see this. I think Tim de Lisle sums up the situation in the group nicely though: “West Indies are no longer the weakest link in the group. England are.”
October 18th, 2006 at 7.43 pm
ah, i see will’s love (slight bias…?) for the windies continues.
but his distaste for the champions trophy seems to have stopped – a bit like me though to be fair.
i think windies have shown surprising adaptability, and how they played today is definitely the right game plan in this tournament, bat sensibly, nudge the singles, aim for 250, then get the economical spinners on.
great game, i think this tournament will get better and better as teams don’t try and get 300 and just collapse, 250 is a great target, and they’ll be many slow-burners that will be tense and exciting
October 18th, 2006 at 9.29 pm
Bias? I wanted West Indies to win so yes, I suppose so. I like seeing Australia lose much as Australians like to watch England under-perform.
And yes, I’m nothing if not a turncoat. I hate one-day cricket but today’s match was a belter.
October 18th, 2006 at 9.36 pm
everyone should be happy the west indies are playing well and competing.
if jerome taylor keeps up his form, then with bravo, and gayle and samuels who are so hard to get away on these pitches, the windies have an excellent bowling attack that should keep them in most games.
I say go west indies as well!
October 19th, 2006 at 12.26 am
Yup – looking forward to the game at the weekend although, as Will says, England are an absolutely shocking one day side. Still, does it really matter? So long as we still have the Ashes Jan 6th, who cares?
October 19th, 2006 at 12.38 am
I don’t really care for ODI’s beacuse there are far too many of them. But I would absolutely hate ODI’s if I was an England supporter. I appluade the Windies for their fighting spirit. If they played like that against everyone they’d certainly give the world rankings a shuffle. If you look at the current England ODI side you’ll struggle to find a player who isn’t thinking Brisbane. They couldn’t care less about ODI’s. Will probably wouldn’t even watch ODI’s if his job didn’t require him to. But why do I get the feeling that England, if beaten by Australia, will continue their apathetic attitude towards ODI’s but on the other hand if England win, then this ODI will suddenly become a sign of things to come, an ashes warning, England’s ODI resurrection, etc etc.
Go West Indies!
October 19th, 2006 at 3.50 am
“West Indies were in their faces, and Australia do not like it. They didn’t like it against England and it’s quite obvious that it upsets them. They really are the crocodile with a soft underbelly at the moment.”
Well, yesterday, Australia lost a one-day game, and Gayle gave a batsman (Clarke, was it?) some verbals. And they picked out of form players against England in 2005, and paid the price. This croc may yet have the last smile.
October 19th, 2006 at 9.06 am
Will, Will Will. “They don’t like it up ‘em”? You’re not Corporal Jones reincarnated, are you? On reflection, obviously not. “Kick some booty” has a lingering aftertaste of disco about it. Captain Mainwaring in spandex, perhaps
October 19th, 2006 at 9.16 am
“West Indies were in their faces, and Australia do not like it. They didn’t like it against England and it’s quite obvious that it upsets them. They really are the crocodile with a soft underbelly at the moment.â€
Sourav Ganguly (does that name ring a bell?) proved this brilliantly in 2001 (Laxman series). He almost did a repeat of it in 2003-04.
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