Someone pinch me - Australia lose
Well, well, well. The ICC Champions Trophy just got interesting. After England got stuffed against India earlier this week, things were beginning to look a bit hopeless ahead of the Ashes warmup on Saturday. But goshdarnit if the group wasn’t just blown wide open as West Indies didn’t just pull down the Aussies’ pyjamas and spank Wipeout all over their bare naked tooshie.
The damage was done by a number of things: curious captaincy, the old folks forgetting their zimmer frames and one remarkable spell of bowling. The spell of bowling was courtesy of West Indian Jerome Taylor who took a hat-trick, removing Michael Hussey, Brett Lee and Brad Hogg, limiting Australia’s ability to chase a relatively meagre 234, failing by 10 runs. The meagre total was set by a reasonable batting performance by the Windians, though concerns will be raised over Brian Lara’s fitness as he broke down mid-innings with major back problems.
The important factor in all this though was Glenn McGrath being rubbish. After he previously did his routine of singling out the England players he’ll be targetting this Winter, Glennda looked about as scary as a soggy paper bag, with all the firepower of a bag of cotton wool. Ponting didn’t even allow McGrath his full allotment, either in recognition of Glenn being out of form, or through being a rubbish captain. Hard to say. If Glenn is simply out of form, rather than struggling with being so old, then more time with the ball would have been a simple remedy. If Ponting is a rubbish captain. Wait a minute, what do I mean if ?
Needless to say, the nett result is heigtened speculation over this Saturday’s encounter, with both sides eager to secure a first victory in the competition.
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SixandOut.net - The International Cricket blog » Australia West Indies ICC Champions Trophy Final
Dec 3, 2006 at 6:34 pm
[…] The final of the pointless thrilling Championship kicks off tomorrow between the two worthy teams - Australia and the West Indies. Australia saw off India in their semi-final, West Indies doing the same to South Africa in theirs. It’ll be an interesting game - Australia looking to win the trophy for the first time and the West Indies looking to retain the trophy. It’ll be made all the more interesting seeing as West Indies defeated Australia in the group stages. Can Australia come back from defeat? Can West Indies inflict the pain again? Can I ask more questions? Does anybody care? Stay tuned. ICC Champions Trophy 2006 Quick Singles […]
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