England won by 7 wickets (18 balls remaining)
Australia 147/6(20 overs)
England 148/3 (17/20 overs)
Australia
1 Shane Watson, 2 David Warner, 3 Brad Haddin (wk), 4 Michael Clarke (capt), 5 David Hussey, 6 Cameron White, 7 Michael Hussey, 8 Steven Smith, 9 Mitchell Johnson, 10 Dirk Nannes, 11 Shaun Tait.
England
1 Michael Lumb, 2 Craig Kieswetter (wk), 3 Kevin Pietersen, 4 Paul Collingwood (capt), 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Luke Wright, 7 Tim Bresnan, 8 Graeme Swann, 9 Michael Yardy, 10 Stuart Broad, 11 Ryan Sidebottom.
Regardless of whether England emerges triumphant against Australia, the form team of the tournament, they have turned a corner in terms of public perception. In many ways, the tale of their shortcomings in ICC global events is less a matter of their failure to take home any trophies, but their failure to give themselves a chance to compete. On two occasions in the modern era of one-day cricket, they’ve found a formula that came close to ending the drought – namely, at the 1992 World Cup, when their greatest player, the ageing Ian Botham, was arguably their weakest link, and in the 2004 Champions Trophy, when Michael Vaughan’s men were already building towards the following summer’s Ashes.
In almost every other tournament of note they have been little short of a rabble, and that includes their previous forays in the World Twenty20, in South Africa in 2007, when they opened the batting with the bits-and-pieces Darren Maddy, and in 2009, when the Netherlands (including a certain Dirk Nannes) stunned them in the tournament curtain-raiser. At the third time of asking, however, England have hit upon a formula that deserves to succeed precisely because it doesn’t see success as a birthright. Every player from 1 to 11 is up for a scrap, and against an Australian side that doesn’t know when it’s beaten, a scrap is precisely what they can expect.
It has taken the Australians five years to shed the view that Twenty20 is a format for fun. However, Michael Clarke’s team is playing the game in the same serious, clinical and tunnel-visioned manner that has been so successful for them in Tests and ODIs over the past decade. Under Clarke’s captaincy the side’s worst result in 14 matches is the tie against New Zealand in February, which turned into a Super Over defeat.
Since then they have won six matches in a row, including the breath-taking semi-final triumph over Pakistan, in a record that is more suited to Ricky Ponting’s all-conquering outfits in 50-over World Cups. Not only are they well balanced, with frightening bowlers and muscular batsmen, but they now expect to win everything. And the only thing that can motivate them more than capturing a trophy they have never held is to beat England in doing it.
Form guide (Most recent first)
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Australia squad
MJ Clarke*, DT Christian, BJ Haddin†, RJ Harris, NM Hauritz, DJ Hussey, MEK Hussey, MG Johnson, DP Nannes, TD Paine†, SPD Smith, SW Tait, DA Warner, SR Watson, CL White
England squad
PD Collingwood*, JM Anderson, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, C Kieswetter†, MJ Lumb, EJG Morgan, KP Pietersen, A Shahzad, RJ Sidebottom, GP Swann, JC Tredwell, LJ Wright, MH Yardy
Blouste – man ja, dis mos maar die hart-kop ding.
Natuurlik hoop ek stilweg dat die ouens kan “pitch” – ek verstaan volgens die afrigter is dit die vereiste.
Streng gesproke moet hulle eintlik trots wees om 2de te eindig op die log, maar om al die pad te gaan is daar ‘n bietjie vroeg.
Daar is ‘n paar vrot kolle in die span. Tensy hulle vir Naqalavuki kan opbring op die 84 min 🙂
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Sheriff
Kyk nou is dit maak of breek hey.
Dinge raak nou taai !!!
Enige iets kan in ‘n game gebeur.
Wat is Killian se naam?
Hey hierdie is mos ‘n krieket thread, sien ek het die tripple Nelson gekry… 😆
Sherrif julle is mos al in jaar 3 of 4 van jul bou proses daar is net een manier en dit is om die titel te vat. Of gee julle Rassie nog n jaar, of het AC nou sy eie 3 jaar plan?
Michael
334@ SuperBul – Michael
Die volgende spanlede sal moet hard vinger trek:
Dewaldt Duvenhage, Peter Grant, Juan de Jongh en Gio Appels.
Ek wil nie eens praat van Sir Relly nie. Hy’t ons nou keer gebreek – nog ‘n fout en ek vlieg self af om hom te moker.
Wat doen ou Rassie nog daar in die Kaap, mens hoor of sien maar min van hom…
Manne en maninne,
Ek gaan nou die bed donner…. gaan u geweldig en geweldadig!
Kêrels, ek moet more oggend vroeg op wees.
Het ‘n paar witwarm ysters in die vuur op die oomblik.
Mooi loop almal!
(Wat het van Pietman geword – weer land uit?)
Cheers julle twee…
Sheriff, Pietman is hier rond, gewoonlik met die games.
Nou ja super, nag vir jou ook.
Jy weet ons is nie almal met verlof nie 😉
Ja ek kyk ook oor mekaar gaan maar bietjie doedoe die tuin wag more
342@ Sheriff – Pietman is terug in SA en woon nou in Franskraal.
Nag manne, mag julle almal ‘n geseende suksesvolle week he !!!
En mag julle kinders se ouers skatryk word 😆
Nouja, ek is alleen vanaand, my Handbriekie is op ‘n Training Kursus tot Dinsdagaand…. ek gaan maar iets op TV soek…. ek kan mossie slaap sonder daai mooi enetjie langs my nie…. eishhhhhhhh
Take care all,I’m off to sleep,watching the Godfather,what a movie..
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