Australian Ricky Ponting has smashed an aggressive yet classy century that helped beating England by 4 wickets in the fifth ODI played in Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Australia now comfortably leads 5-0 in the seven match ODI series.
After beating Sri Lankans in the tri-series finals on Monday to lift the Compaq Cup, they have bye-passed Australians to reach the No.2 spot in the ICC ODI rankings. Earlier they were enjoying No.1 spot after they beat New Zealand convincingly. But their huge defeat against Sri Lankan pushed them in to third spot.
Brett Lee, who was wanted for his feary spells in this England tour, came out with one. He might have missed his Ashes but he proved a point in the 4th ODI against England that he is still dangerous fast bowler to reckon with. He took 5 wickets for 49 runs from 9 overs by that Australia got in unassailable lead and clichéd the series 4-0. Tim Paine and Michael Clarke excelled with bat with latter scored a first half-century and former made effective 68.
Cameron White scored hassle-free century that has helped Australia to chosen down England target of 229 with the loss of just 4 wickets in the 3rd ODI in Southampton in a 7 match one-day series.
Captain Ricky Ponting is missing one-off T20 match against England and an ODI against Scotland as selectors decided to rest him after the Ashes series. Michael Hussey and Nathan Bracken are dropped from Australian T20 squad. Adam Hoges and Dirk Nannes are replacing them.
Jason Krejza, a prominent Aussie off-spinner who took 12 wickets against India in sub-continent is eyeing for a comeback. Krejza is seeing himself as the best spinner in the country.
World Champions Australia will be touring India during October and December 2009 and will be playing seven One Day Internationals. This was announced by BCCI (Board of Cricket Control of India) in a statement on Wednesday.
Though Australians squared the series against Pakistan in UAE, it cannot be considered a convincing one as Pakistanis could able to beat them twice. Pakistanis were not having home advantage as the match was held in neutral venue. But they played some good cricket and only lost to Australians 3-2. They even won a T20 encounter. Pakistan would have even played better if the match could be played in their homeland.
West Indies were earlier ruling the limited overs cricket since they were having great players in their invincible team. Gordan Greenidge and Desmond Haynes together can slaughter any bowling attack. They are followed by Vivian Richards the all time great, Clive Lloyd and list goes on. They had most fearsome fast bowlers like Malcom Marshal, Michael Holding, Andy Roberts and Joel Garner. They were winning in every outing and become an invincible team.
