Chappell Hadlee Series Game 3: New Zealand v Australia @ Hamilton (Tue D/N)

[Cassius_Clay]

This game.

Logged into my IASbet account and forgot I had that money in there and saw the aussies at 2 to 1, couldnt pass it up.

Good bet.We'll win this easily.

 

[DIG]

I will pick players from Scotland, Netherlands, Zimbabwe, Canada, Bangladesh and Bermuda before I pick Shane Watson, he has no chance of getting in my side

I'll make you a deal, if you're too late for any pick - you automatically get Watson .

 

[red+black]

AUS 0/97 (20) - just 16 from the last 5 overs

Seems like we haven't learnt from Game 2. Run rate is way too slow.

 

[TorresIsGod]

This game.

Logged into my IASbet account and forgot I had that money in there and saw the aussies at 2 to 1, couldnt pass it up.

Watson still has to bowl

 

[TorresIsGod]

I'll make you a deal, if you're too late for any pick - you automatically get Watson .

Why stop at Watson, give me the other QLD hack in the squad, Mitchell Johnson aswell

 

[Cassius_Clay]

AUS 0/97 (20) - just 16 from the last 5 overs

Seems like we haven't learnt from Game 2. Run rate is way too slow.

LoL

You cant be serious

 

[markstaners]

AUS 0/97 (20)

Seems like we haven't learnt from Game 2. Run rate is way too slow.

Hayden needs to push singles by the looks. They wont win unless hayden lifts his game.

 

[ViperV10]

Good to see Watson batting where he should be batting (top 4).

Rate rate isn't a worry to me at this stage, wickets in hand is the key. Voges will bowl today and bowl well.

 

[Romeo]

Would have liked to have seen Watson front up to Bond.

 

[apollo_creed]

Would have liked to have seen Watson front up to Bond.

yep, he has little to no chance to prove himself against this attack.

he needs match play against quality bowling, not to mention the flatness of the track.

this won't help him at all if he is to be opening in the west indies.

 

[TorresIsGod]

Would have liked to have seen Watson front up to Bond.

Watson would be sitting in an air-conditioned dressing room, he would have made his long walk back inside 5 balls

 

[red+black]

What was the point opening with Jaques when we needed to give Watson or Haddin 3 opportunities before the World Cup to become accustomed to opening for Australia in Gilchrist's absence?

 

[SorryIHammerChicken]

This game.

Logged into my IASbet account and forgot I had that money in there and saw the aussies at 2 to 1, couldnt pass it up.

2 to 1 is 3.00, do you just mean 2.00?

Good odds though, even yesterday they were around the 1.65 mark.

Your bet's home BTW, I lost $10 on NZ when I saw their odds drift a fair bit.

 

[TorresIsGod]

What was the point opening with Jaques when we needed to give Watson or Haddin 3 opportunities before the World Cup to become accustomed to opening for Australia in Gilchrist's absence?

Because WATSON is a HACK and HADDIN wont open at The WC anyway.

JAQUES is an opening batsman

 

[Warwick]

Watson would be sitting in an air-conditioned dressing room, he would have made his long walk back inside 5 balls

900

 

[Grimreepah]

Hayden 49 (81)
Watson 65 (63)

 

[Cassius_Clay]

Because WATSON is a HACK and HADDIN wont open at The WC anyway.

JAQUES is an opening batsman

And Jaques isnt going to the WC.Watson is an opener because he is a total hack @ 7.

 

[statsman74]

The quality of the attack is diminished, but getting time in the middle is really going to help Watson, both in terms of confidence and form.

What today might be doing is showing which of these two should be opening with Gilly;

My current team, assuming no Lee and Symonds.

Gilchrist (Haddin in his absence)
Watson
Ponting
Clarke
Hodge
Hussey
White (Symonds if fit)
Hogg
Bracken
Tait (Lee if fit)
McGrath

4 full time bowlers, plus Watson. Can use White, Hodge, Clarke and even Hussey if required.

 

[TorresIsGod]

And Jaques isnt going to the WC.Watson is an opener because he is a total hack anywhere in the batting order and with the ball.

Edited for accuracy CC

 

[Jeremias]

Watson gone.

LBW.

 

[Jeremias]

1/122

Watson 68.

 

[TorresIsGod]

Jeetan Patel

 

[Warwick]

The quality of the attack is diminished, but getting time in the middle is really going to help Watson, both in terms of confidence and form.

What today might be doing is showing which of these two should be opening with Gilly;

My current team, assuming no Lee and Symonds.

Gilchrist (Haddin in his absence)
Watson
Ponting
Clarke
Hodge
Hussey
White (Symonds if fit)
Hogg
Bracken
Tait (Lee if fit)
McGrath

4 full time bowlers, plus Watson. Can use White, Hodge, Clarke and even Hussey if required.

Symonds will bat at 5 if fit.

 

[likka]

Hayden 49 (81)
Watson 65 (63)

Good knock by Robot thus far, albeit in a dead rubber against a weak attack.

I suppose the bigger question is what happens when Gilly comes back into the squad? What is the intention of the selectors, given Robot's uselessness at 7.

Makes a mockery of opening with Jacques in the first two games, unless there is no chance of Robot opening in the WC (ie Hayden untouchable)

EDIT: Put the mozz on him

 

[Shmoses]

I think now with one opener gone the other will follow then I reckon we'll make a massive score.