NatWest Final: Australia Vs England [2/7/05]

[Rob H]

England put the Aussies into bat.
2-0 so far

[Rob H]

4 for hayden

[Rob H]

another 4 for hayden, Aussies making a positive start.

[Amir]

This pitch looks like it has alot of pace, Australians should not struggle considering conditions are very similar to home and their bowlers should enjoy this wicket.

[Rob H]

30-0

[MIG]

Cmon England - Engerland Engerland !!!

[Rob H]

300+ on for the aussies

[karachiite]

gilchrist going seserk, 4 4s in a row!!!!!

[Amir]

They gotta get Gilchrist out early if they want to restrict them under 300.

[MIG]

And Engerland fans sing....
"Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home,
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Coming for to carry me home."

[karachiite]

Hayden goes for 17, caught giles bowled gough

[Rob H]

Hayden out

[Rob H]

Flintoff bowling really well

[Rob H]

Freddie finally gets Gilchrist :3::3::3::3::3::3::3::3::3:

[Rob H]

6666666666666666 for ponting

[Rob H]

Ricky out to a poor ball by Harmison :3:

[spongebob]

Symonds needs to hang around if aussies want to post a good total now.

[adi 101]

another wicket for england!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! simon jones strikes their goes michael clarke

[ZM]

man aussies r crumbling yet again

[Billy]

Good comeback from Jones

went for more than 9 an over in his first 3 without a wicket

then came back and took a wicket for just 2 runs from 3 overs.

[Billy]

He needs to bowl round the wicket to left-handers though.

[KaSaNoVa_G]

watching this at the moment...
aussies 110/5 28.3 overs..

england need 2 keep them at 230 or below....

[spongebob]

I feel aussies will do well to reach 200 from here.

[mumtaz]

aussies all out for 196

[Billy]

That's too many I fear.

Mcgrath in these conditions will be very difficult to play.

[Rob H]

10-0

[Rana Banana]

trescothic out by mcgrath

[Rob H]

I feel the Aussies could steal this one.

[whyhkk]

13/2 openers gone
aus might win unless pietersen plays unbelievable again

[Rob H]

I bet Eng are out for under 100

[Rob H]

McGrath bowls Vaughan.

[Rob H]

Out pieterson

[Rob H]

Lowest score in ODIs is on :6::6:

[Rob H]

4 to Flintoff

[Usman]

How crap can England get, its like they've never played at lords before or never chased before, or even never batted before, absoulotly appaling stuff from them. I bet even Bangladesh could come back and bowl them out in this final!!!

[Rob H]

4 more Flintoff showing the Aussies what he can do

[spongebob]

if england are to win, they need flintoff or collingwood to bat till the end.

[Rob H]

ponting drops collingwood

[Rob H]

OUT, FLINTOFF caught at slip

[Usman]

and Vaughan was talking about getting his first centuary today, came close just 100 runs short I would say!

[Usman]

RH what is the lowest score ever? cause vaughn said they would try and make history so at the end of England's innings I want to check if he was telling the truth or not!

[Rob H]

33-5

[Kamranz]

hahaha Omg any1 watching this? Latest score is 34/5 of Englands.

Man, Bangladesh gave Australia good fight thru-out the Natwest series!

Eyebrows were raised over Bangla's poor cricket.

[spongebob]

G.O. Jones hits Gillespie for four.

Gillespie could throw it away here for the Aussies!!!

[Rob H]

Well i am suprised England avoided the lowest total ever. It's a very poor pitch for an ODI.

[z10]

yea well thats a gud thing...its seperated the men from the boys...looool

[Rob H]

6 for Jones

[spongebob]

Jones edges but falls safe.

[Rob H]

England are back with a small chance
666666666666666 by Jones

[Rob H]

Collingwood and Jones have really played well on a poor pitch

[Rob H]

Jones made a brilliant 50

[z10]

still has work to do though

[Hashim]

I think the auzzies will clinch this match.

[mumtaz]

from now england should win it seeing that 4 of the last 8 overs have to be bowled by hussey or hogg. england can only shoot themselves in the foot by getting out to mcgrath or lee.

[spongebob]

Collingwood is run out!!!

[mumtaz]

or by getting run out for that matter, Collingwood style.

[mumtaz]

39 off 36 now!! hogg now bowling, negative move by ponting, should have tried to get giles out with lee or mcgrath.

[mumtaz]

jones gone!! curtains for England??

[mumtaz]

Lee has to be bowling the next over now, surely

[Rob H]

well so much for a great comeback. We did do well though to come within 30 of them

[spongebob]

Simon Jones bowled By Hussey!!!

[Hashim]

hahah! I hope england lose!

[Noman]

I hope England win

[mumtaz]

hussey's over last hope for England.

[Noman]

England have lost the match..


I think Jones could have won it, but he didnt have the experience...

[Rob H]

23 off 16

[octavian]

26 off 17 requirred now.

[Rob H]

2 more runs

[Rob H]

20 off 13

[Rob H]

19 off 12

[mumtaz]

19 off the last two overs, 1 by lee, 1 by mcgrath

[octavian]

19 from last 2 ovrs. Gough is englands last hope now. If he can hit a couple of blows.

[Rob H]

18 off 11

[octavian]

Criacking match

[Rob H]

14 off 10 come on England

[mumtaz]

4!! 14 off 10 now

[octavian]

top edged for 4.

[Rob H]

12 off 8

[Rob H]

11 off 7

[Rob H]

10 off 6

[mumtaz]

england can do it!!

[octavian]

10 required of the last over.

[octavian]

Mcgrath to bowl the last over.

[Noman]

10 runs and six balls....

one six or one boundary needed

[mumtaz]

You know England only needs to get 9. If its a tie England would win the tournament coz they finished better in the group stages.

[Rob H]

no ball and a single

[Hashim]

nah auzzies have this match in the bag

[octavian]

dot ball !!!!!!

[mumtaz]

8 off 5, actually 7 off 5 because of the tie situation

[octavian]

8 off 5 required now

[Rob H]

5 off 3

[Rob H]

3 off 2

[Hashim]

england gonna lose!

[Rob H]

gough run out

[mumtaz]

come on England get 2 runs off the last ball. it would bring back memories of the tied semi-final between Aus and SA

[Rob H]

Match Tied :6::6::6::6:

[mumtaz]

So tied final? who wins now? Tied final should have the same rules as that tied semi-final.

[Hashim]

wow, tie, unbelievable.

[Hashim]

what happnes now?

[Raz]

Match tied. England should have won this one but it will be Australia who will be most angry about the result.

[Rob H]

they share the trophy

[Raz]

They share the trophy.

[mumtaz]

England should win bcoz of more points in group stages.

[Noman]

But it's a Finale,.....

But really England top order was very very poor, all the batsman was going hard after the ball....

I think the plan was>>>>the top order should have played like test match then Flintoft and Pietersen could make them win,.,

[mumtaz]

Yeah this match so makes me wonder if sending Hafeez 1 down instead of Malik in the VB series finals was after all the right thing to do. Lee and McGrath with the new ball seem unplayable at the moment.

[Hashim]

match tied, fair result i suppose

[Rob H]

man of the series is Symonds