Flash! Bang! Wallop! It's the Twenty20 International! - Sydney

DMC · 09-01-2007 8:16am #1

Ponting won the toss, is to bat first.

Team news: No Lee or Mitchell for Australia, Ed Joyce and Paul Nixon play for England.

Australia: Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Mike Hussey, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Cameron White, Brad Hogg, Nathan Bracken, Ben Hilfenhaus, Shane Harwood.

England: Michael Vaughan (capt), Ed Joyce, Andrew Flintoff, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Paul Nixon, Jamie Dalrymple, Jon Lewis, James Anderson, Monty Panesar.

mikedragon32 · 09-01-2007 8:25am

Live updates here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/6242249.stm

DMC · 09-01-2007 8:29am

Better ball-by-ball updates here.
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ausveng/engine/current/match/249227.html

DMC · 09-01-2007 9:08am

Jimmy Anderson's last over... (his 3rd)

6 6 6 1 1 1

83/1 off 7 overs... Run Rate 11.85 :eek:

ML Hayden c Dalrymple b Anderson 20

county · 09-01-2007 9:21am

123-3

run rate at 12.10 atm of 10.2 overs

DMC · 09-01-2007 9:32am

Monty 4-0-2-40
Very respectable in this form of the game.

149/3 off 13.

DMC · 09-01-2007 9:33am

149/4 off 13.1 overs

Ponting c Lewis b Collingwood 47 (off 26)

county · 09-01-2007 9:37am

155-5

clark run out

county · 09-01-2007 10:02am

221-5

england have there work cut out to reach that target

Pighead · 09-01-2007 10:04am

England have gone from 3/1 to 11/1 in the betting. Australia 4/11 to 1/10. This game looks to be over!

county · 09-01-2007 10:24am

england are 9-2 of 1.4 overs:eek:

Pighead · 09-01-2007 10:26am

Things just don't get any better for poor old Freddie. Out for a duck, Vaughans really gonna have to produce something special to get them out of this deep dark hole!

Bluetonic · 09-01-2007 10:28am

Wasn't really worth the wait for Ed Joyce was it, out on the 4th ball for 1 run.

DMC · 09-01-2007 10:37am

for him....

KP has been run out.

32/3 off 4.1 overs/

county · 09-01-2007 10:49am

59-4 now

DMC · 09-01-2007 11:09am

79/6

county · 09-01-2007 11:26am

129-7 with 2 overs to go

county · 09-01-2007 11:28am

129-8

county · 09-01-2007 11:35am

england need 79 with one ball to go,can they do it

edit/no australia win by 77 runs

DMC · 09-01-2007 11:56am

county wrote:

england need 79 with one ball to go,can they do it

edit/no australia win by 77 runs

I admire your optimism at that stage, getting 20 no-balls and scoring 4 off each free-hit for the win would be some feat!

Flash! Bang! Wallop! It's the Twenty20 International! - Sydney

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