score thread 1st odi - Aus v R.O.W

[Amjid Javed]

1st game of the superseries will start @ 0415 gmt

(0515 uk time)

please place all score updates on this thread.

PLEASE DO NOT ADD TO THIS THREAD TILL START OF THE GAME! (threads for pre-match discussion are already running)

Australia: Ricky Ponting (captain), Adam Gilchrist, Simon Katich, Damien Martyn, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Shane Watson, Andrew Symonds, Cameron White, Brett Lee, Glenn McGrath, Nathan Bracken.

World XI: Shaun Pollock (captain), Virender Sehwag, Kumar Sangakkara, Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, Brian Lara, Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Flintoff, Daniel Vettori, Muttiah Muralitharan, Shoaib Akhtar, Shahid Afridi.

Each side will nominate one player as a 12th man Super sub before the start of play

sticky please mods

[Mercenary]

so which team's gonna win?

[KaSaNoVa_G]

australia win toss.. and gonna have a bat.. let the pind expess

inshallah get a few wickets early...

[Pathan007]

Originally Posted by KaSaNoVa_G australia win toss.. and gonna have a bat.. let the pind expess inshallah get a few wickets early...

r u watching?

[Shayan]

Afridi is supersub

[Geordie Ahmed]

Afridi is sub

[KaSaNoVa_G]

pathan007 yeah i am watching it..

dam afridi is supersub...

the stadium is dead.. lookz like about 50 people must be in this massive ground..

[Amjid Javed]

come on shoaib akthar tear away into some aussie batsmen!

[Shayan]

he'll definitely be subbed in the 2nd innings.

[Pathan007]

Originally Posted by Shayan Afridi is supersub

that's freaking stupid. making him supersub. that should've made sehwag a supersub. they definitley gonna miss Afridi's bowling which is pretty good against Australia.

[Toony™®]

afridi will def bat.. i have heard on the radio. If he gets to bat.

[Mercenary]

at least we'll definitely see Afridi bat then and if Vettori/Murali has a nightmare with the ball then you never know they might not even complete their quota

[Shayan]

Originally Posted by pathan007 that's freking stupid. making him supersub. that should've made sehwag a supersub. they definitley gonna miss Afridi's bowling which is pretty good against Australia.

if they're missing his bowling, they could sub him for sehwag.

[Pathan007]

Originally Posted by Shayan if they're missing his bowling, they could sub him for sehwag.

really? that would be good

[Amjid Javed]

akthar to open proceedings off what looks like a shorter run up.

[Toony™®]

Taufel and Dar umpires.

Akhtar bowling to Gilchrist

[Amjid Javed]

akthar drifts into pads... leg bye off 1st ball

[Cartman]

cameron white the debutant is super sub from the australian side.. its weird they made him super sub.. so that means he can only either bat or bowl and not do both.. right???

[Shayan]

sing;e first ball, swung in to gilchrist

[Amjid Javed]

akthar seems to have got good line & length straight away.. up to 149.5 kmph

[Pathan007]

what's Shoaib speed at the moment?

[Amjid Javed]

Pitch seems pretty slow as predicted. akthar getting drift back into
left handed katich.

[Toony™®]

Originally Posted by Cartman cameron white the debutant is super sub from the australian side.. its weird they made him super sub.. so that means he can only either bat or bowl and not do both.. right???

no, i think he can come on to bat...if called into this innings.

[KaSaNoVa_G]

1 run of shoaibs 1st over...

[Shayan]

very good start from shoaib

[Amjid Javed]

Originally Posted by pathan007 what's Shoaib speed at the moment?

148-149 kmph mark. beats katich with last ball of the over.

Aus 1/0 (1)

[ali kc]

Shoaibs last ball 149 KM/Hr

[Toony™®]

only 1 run off first over.

[Shayan_Sohail]

Good first over from Akhtar

[Shayan]

play n miss!

[Shayan_Sohail]

44444 Gilchrist

[Amjid Javed]

gilchrist smashes two 4s off trundler pollocks 1st over...

Aus 9/0

[Shayan_Sohail]

4 more, Gilchrist of old?

[Shayan]

8 off the over

[whyhkk]

Pollock is the captain because he is so good of a bowler

[Toony™®]

couple of boundaries off Pollock for Gilly.

[Amjid Javed]

katich picks up single off akthars 1st ball of 2nd over..

[Kashif]

The ICC 11 shirt. Should it not have been a shirt with colours from the representing countries?

[KaSaNoVa_G]

shoaib gorn for 5 so far in 2 ballz....

[Amjid Javed]

gilchrist smashes akthar thru covers for 4.. top shot that..thunderous cover drive!

no ball aswell... 15/0

[Shayan_Sohail]

4 of Akhtar, Gilly on fire

[Toony™®]

akhtar bowls a no ball and hits akhtar for a 4 as well.

[OTW]

Originally Posted by Kashif The ICC 11 shirt. Should it not have been a shirt with colours from the representing countries?

Think of the TV screens!

It'd look nice for two overs, then you'd be fiddling with your TV/laptop set video settings to ease the pain on your eyes.

[Amjid Javed]

Akthar bowling with good pace on what is a placid surface.

[Amjid Javed]

quick single taken by gilchrist.

[Amjid Javed]

akthar hammers a bouncer into katichs head!

[Shayan_Sohail]

Katich struck by Akhtar

[Amjid Javed]

Aus 16/0 from 3 ovrs.

[Shayan_Sohail]

Another good over by Akhtar, Just one bad delivery

[Amjid Javed]

pollock is getting ball to seam around here.. although at his pace hes got get line right.

[Amjid Javed]

just single from pollocks over. Aus 17/0 (4)

[Amjid Javed]

akthar beats gilchrist as he plays a ugly slog across line.

[Shayan_Sohail]

Akhtar beats Gilchrist

[Mercenary]

akhtar looks a lot fitter and is bowling fast and accurate

[Amjid Javed]

punched drive thru covers for 2 by gilly.. 19/0

[Shayan_Sohail]

2 runs

[Officer Barbrady]

how many ppl are there in the ground?

[kasoo10]

They spoiled the fun by substituting Afridi. Just Shoaib is in world XI from Pakistan. Bit surprising. Because we have not used him in Pakistan side for a while.

[Shayan_Sohail]

Originally Posted by Marooned how many ppl are there in the ground?

Not many apparently

[ZM]

Originally Posted by Shayan_Sohail Not many apparently

how u watchin shayan bro?

[Pathan007]

444444444444444444444 by gilly

[kasoo10]

Who told Shoaib to dive. He can get injured!!!

[OTW]

Shot! Short arm pull from Gilchrist to spoil a good over from Shoaib.

[Amjid Javed]

Gilchrist smashes akthars last ball of the over for 4 over midwicket.
pitch is very slow..!

Aus 23/0 (5)

[Shayan_Sohail]

Originally Posted by ZM how u watchin shayan bro?

No listening to radio, they were just talking about the crowd.

[ali kc]

great pull by gilchrist

[kasoo10]

Midwicket is not a good place for a world class bowler to get hit. Was it a bad delivery?

[Pathan007]

shoaib misfields and allows 2runs. pathetic

[Pathan007]

4.6 Shoaib Akhtar to Gilchrist, FOUR, fraction short and on the middle
and leg stump line, would have been a good delivery to any other
batsmen but not this man, Gilchrist leans back and handsomely
pulls it away to the square leg fence, again one bounce and over
the ropes

[Amjid Javed]

Originally Posted by kasoo10 Midwicket is not a good place for a world class bowler to get hit. Was it a bad delivery?

not really. gilchrist just pounced on ball pretty quickly. also balls not coming on that quickly.

gilchrist smashes pollock in same direction aswell.

[Pathan007]

another 4by gilly. he'z on FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRE

[Shayan_Sohail]

Originally Posted by pathan007 shoaib misfields and allows 2runs. pathetic

Cut the guy some slack he just finished his over.

[Shayan_Sohail]

Shoaib beats Katich

[Pathan007]

155KPH akhtar according to Slater

[kasoo10]

If anyone interested this is the link for audio commentary:

http://www.abc.net.au/streaming/

Choose 702 ABC Syndey

[ZM]

CAN ny1 confirm speed?

[Amjid Javed]

flintoff on now bowling round wicket and makes gilly play and miss.

[kasoo10]

Flintoff is on. In place of Pollock

[Amjid Javed]

Flintoff makes gilly play and miss agen.. big cow lash type shot attempted there!

[Amjid Javed]

Flintoff around the 143kmph mark to start with.

Aus 36/0 (8)