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Jan 14 2008
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2020 history lesson

West Indies innings (20 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR
G Greenidge c Gilchrist b Miller 23 24 17 3 1 135.29
D Haynes c O’Reilly b Benaud 47 29 20 5 4 235.00
V Richards st Gilchrist b O’Reilly 1 8 8 0 0 12.50
B Lara run out (sub Harvey) 38 25 24 4 2 158.33
G Sobers st Gilchrist b O’Reilly 17 26 15 1 0 113.33
C Lloyd c c Symonds b Miller 3 7 4 0 0 75.00
C Hooper c Walters b Benaud 16 14 12 2 0 133.33
J Dujon wk b Thomson 20 12 10 1 2 200.00
M Marshall not out 20 7 8 3 1 250.00
W Hall not out 1 5 2 0 0 50.00
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 8) 17

Total (8 wickets; 20 overs; 78 mins) 203 (10.15 runs per over)

Did not bat C Ambrose

Fall of wickets1-69 (Greenidge, 5.3 ov), 2-74 (Haynes, 6.6 ov), 3-74 (Richards, 7.3 ov), 4-134 (Lara, 13.4 ov), 5-135 (Sobers, 14.1 ov), 6-139 (Lloyd, 15.1 ov), 7-176 (Hooper, 17.5 ov), 8-181 (Dujon, 18.2 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
D Lillee 4 0 30 0 7.50
J Thomson 4 0 50 1 12.50 (4w)
K MIller 4 0 42 2 10.50
W O’Reilly 4 0 25 2 6.25
R Benaud 4 0 47 2 11.75

Australia innings (target: 204 runs from 20 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR
M Hayden c Dujon b Hall 0 2 3 0 0 0.00
V Trumper c Sobers b Hall 86 70 55 7 4 156.36
K Miller c Richards b Hall 22 20 11 3 1 200.00
R Ponting run out (Lara/Sobers) 3 8 4 0 0 75.00
A Symonds b Hooper 5 5 5 1 0 100.00
D Walters b Sobers 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
A Gilchrist wk c & b Sobers 43 35 27 3 2 159.25
R Benaud c run out (sub Harper) 5 8 5 0 0 100.00
W O’Reilly b Hall 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
D Lillee b Ambrose 2 5 3 0 0 66.66
J Thomson not out 0 3 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 4, w 1) 5

Total (all out; 19.3 overs; 81 mins) 171 (8.76 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Hayden, 0.1 ov), 2-36 (Miller, 4.4 ov), 3-49 (Ponting, 6.1 ov), 4-58 (Symonds, 7.1 ov), 5-59 (Walters, 7.3 ov), 6-151 (Gilchrist, 16.1 ov), 7-169 (O’Reilly, 18.2 ov), 8-169 (Trumper, 18.3 ov), 9-169 (Benaud, 18.5 ov), 10-171 (Lillee, 19.3 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
W Hall 4 0 23 4 5.75
C Ambrose 3.3 0 33 1 9.28
M Marshall 4 0 39 0 9.75
C Hooper 4 0 47 1 12.25 (1w)
G Sobers 4 0 25 2 6.25

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Jan 13 2008
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3 peat for vic 2020 side

The Victorian Bushrangers have just won their 3rd straight 2020 big bash championship.

Sure they had to cheat to do it, but if the vics were in a final and none of them did anything dodgy I’d feel let down.

I now believe, more than ever, that the one day and four day state competitions should be cancelled and we should only have state 2020 titles.

The vics probably win this tournament cause its harder for their bowlers to break down in 4 over spells.

CWB’s Bryce McGain probably got smashed more than he did in any other game, but his first ball went straight through the warriors best batsmen Pomersbach.

Dirty Dirk Nannes and Future PM David Hussey were everywhere for the Vics.

Was some great commentating in the match, especially by Allan Border and Jamie Cox.

AB hit all new heights when he said “I’m lost for words”.

Every time AB gives commentary his batting looks better in comparison.

Greg Blewett couldn’t even remember the name of his co commentator Ryan Campbell.

If you would like a fullish report of the match feel free to read here.

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Jan 07 2008
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the night i broke my 2020 cherry

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I went to my first ever 2020 game last night.

For my drunken review of the game go here.

2020 does have some things going for it. Its so damn quick, it forces you to look at it.

At the boxing day test last week, with Australia and India bowling one over an hour, sometimes I found myself looking at other things and missing a ball.

In 2020, if you stare at the action you miss something.

Last nights game was pretty dismal, the G pitch continued to he harder to bat on than a bed of nails.

But the game still had something.

As a spectator you have to be right on your game, and if you wan’t beer, you need to be an athlete just to get the beer without missing half of the game.

Even pissed, I noticed the speed in which the kids ran in, pissed, and ran out. Everything was about speed.

Ok so its just not cricket.

It’s a bit wanky at times.

And to fully enjoy, it you need to be pissed.

But I was pissed, and I did enjoy it.

It was a good birthday event.

Even the dancing bogans, giant kangaroos and retro gay anthems didn’t annoy me that much.

Perhaps cause victoria won.

And cause Cricket With Balls Own Nice Bryce got a wicket first ball, just for me.

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Dec 17 2007
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the freaky ICL

Ian the freak Harvey has helped the Chennai taxi drivers defeat the Chandigarh IT specialists in the final of the first ICL tournament.

The freak made a 30 odd before getting out Chris Cairns and bowling the last over for less than the 23 runs required.

After winning the tournament for his team, he was also given player of the series honour for his 266 runs and 9 wickets.

The talent on show at this ICL tournament must be mind boggling if an ex international fringe player can stumble over there from his domestic cricket commitments in the evil empire and walk away with the player of the series award.

The tournament’s playing roster consists of over weight ex players, guys who were never any good, English wicketkeepers and Indians who can’t make a full time career in Bollywood.

It is clearly the way of the future.

The word around the camp fire is that the Kiwis are giving up international cricket and instead planning on just fielding a team in the ICL.

The ICL will be declining this request, they have no plans for a a second division just yet.

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Dec 11 2007
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2020 commentary

Here is my alternative commentary to the 2020 game.

Luke Pomersbach is playing in the 2020 game, Brad Hodge had his nails cut by Brad Hogg and has a back infection.

Didn’t make sense to me either. Pomersbach went to watch the game and ended up on the park, luckily for him he wasn’t drunk.

I like the microphones on the players, I just hope one of them swears.

7 balls in and Mark Taylor thinks the pitch is good. Next ball Patel takes the sort of catch that gives erections. Then Hussey gets beaten next ball.

Pup looks in good form, he’s playing for future endorsements, so it’s very important.

Kyle Mills, that hair.

Slater made his first bad taste joke about Pomersbach and drinking. Mind you it was 6 minutes after my first one.

King probot tried to kill Jacob Oram, who dropped the catch with all the grace of an uncoordinated 12 year old in dodge ball.

Patel is having some game, a one hander that will be replayed until the apocalypse and the wicket of King Probot, with something called “flight”, interesting new theory.

Spinners were the most important players at the 2020 world cup, Australia disagrees with that theory and picked about 12 fast bowlers for this game. I say this cause Harry Vettori jut got pup out.

Mind you it brought in Voges, so I’m happy.

James Brayshaw is commentating, what the fu©k? Was Greg Blewett already booked?

Voges nice slog off Oram, ugly and yet beautiful. My kind of batsmen. He looks in good touch, hopefully they find a helmet that fits him one day.

I wouldn’t say the game is really exciting me just yet. Roy has his serious face on playing the percentages he is, I’ll shut up, and he just put Scott Styris into Fremantle on his first nut.

There really aren’t enough performance artists at test matches I’ve decided, we need more people on stilts and unicycles. Oh and people sitting in dunking machines.

Our friend at sportsfreak just added his two cents,

I don’t believe I’ve seen this Voges before.

How are his parents previously related?

Voges was obviously put off by this and went out shortly after.

Do people really still eat KFC.

Pomersbach is in, must be time for another drink.

I saw this kid get off the mark in a state game at the G with a reckless charge. I knew from there on in he’d be my sort of chap.

For a brief moment I stopped concentrating and I heard JB talking about massages and Symonds, give him a weird South African accent and he’s the new Tony Greig.

Pomersbach just launched one, oh so pretty. I’m not even going to mention that I wrote in my bushrangers blog that he should have been picked for this game.

Not sure what happened with the Ross Taylor catch, he had more of it than a South African in a world cup.

Roy explained his cricket beautifully, ‘I’m not trying to think about it too much, I’m just watching the ball”.

Just had a brain wave, they should call the 2020 game the Lee/Marshall cup. Who’s with me?

15 off 7 for Pomersbach, nice start son, on your way to the change room have a word to Voges about the size of his helmet.

Kiwis did ok, Aussies should have made over 200.

Written but not edited, who has the time…

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Dec 11 2007
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improvements for 2020

Apparently cricket Australia, the Australian cricket team, the general public, Navjot Sidhu and I have not taken 2020 seriously.

Let me apologise now on behalf of all these factions, we have been short sighted.

And in the spirit of taking it seriously I have some suggested upgrades for 2020.

Not major overhauls, just some slight tweaking.

It should be played over five days. Each day 8 overs can be played. People always take cricket more seriously the longer it goes. This does rule Shane Bond out though.

Having music and cheerleaders is one thing, but I suggest Gangsta rap and strippers. If the target audience is adhd teenage boys and Americans, Jay Z and Jenny McCarthy could be flown out. I got 99 problems but the pitch ain’t one.

No one wants to see old dudes flailing the bat around like a drug addict swatting away imaginary rats. So lets make it an under 28 game, remember when cricket teams picked guys under 28?

Every team should have a chick, a gay dude and a nominated minority player. Let’s make this a rainbow coalition game for the fu©kwits who actually believe in that shit.

If you are given out lbw you can challenge the umpire to a caged wrestling match. Or a jelly match against one of the strippers.

Celebrity umpires would be cool, I’m thinking we could have theme nights. 80’s action stars. Van Damme at one end comparing his guns to Symonds, and Steven Segal at the other end explaining global warming to Daniel Vettori.

Mascots, every American sport has mascots. Lets get a giant emu and giant kiwi out on the field and the can have consenting grounded mascot $ex. Mascots are camp anyway, it’s the logical conclusion to their purpose in life.

And the final step to really get the Americans and the kiddies involved, lets have public executions of terrorists. We’ll dress up a hot bird like the chick from resident evil and giver her an ak47. At the change of innings she can chase around some guy who bought too much fertilizer.

Then I would take the game seriously.

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Dec 05 2007
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more news on our bryce

Tonight on Channel 10 news in Melbourne Bryce was mentioned as a possible replacement for the late Stuart MacGill.

I think bob dylan said it best,

You Don’t Need a Weatherman to Tell Which Way the Wind is Blowing

Which is lucky, cause the channel 10 weatherman is rubbish.

Oh and let me just ask why Australia is playing a wicket keeper who is older than our Bryce in a one off 2020 game?

Especially if Ponting has pulled out to let young blood come in.

Isn’t Gilchrist the guy who complains about the amount of cricket that is played?

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Nov 29 2007
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ICL – old dudes, fat dudes and 2020 cricket

A new blog contacted me recently, the ICL blog.

At first I thought nothing of it. I’ll put their link up and that will be it.

I was wrong, this is a very important blog, because where else can you hear about Craig McMillan, Ian Harvey and Azhar Mahmood.

So for all your official looking ICL blogging needs go here.

Thanks to ICL old dudes are back baby.

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Nov 16 2007
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Super (star) freak

Ian Harvey is back on the international scene.

Sure it’s in the who gives a f*ck ICL competition.

He is going to be starring for the Chennai Superstars (that name surely came from a focus group).

In a cruel twist of fate, he will be captained (probably) by a Queenslander named Law and coached by a New South Welshman named Bevan.

Ian Harvey, who was never used correctly for Australia, has been plying his trade in England and South Africa since, well, he got a bit too sh1t for Victoria.

Other old cricketers who need cash include.

Russel Arnold, Lance Klusenor, Craig McMillan, Inzy, Lara, Nathan Astle, Nicky Boje (surely he is playing for free), Ahzar Mahmood, Abdul Razzaq. I cant be f*cked typing any more just click here for the rest.

It’s a weird concept, lets get a pinch of retired greats, a bowlful of international spuds and two buckets of Indian fringe players and make a tournament.

You won’t find a bigger Ian Harvey fan than me, but I prefer to remember him at his best, not playing in some over the hill 2020 crap for the sake of making some benjamins.

Retired players are good for three things, sportsmen nights, provocative comments in the media and the odd tribute game.

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Oct 19 2007
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Craig McMillan

I was interested to see during the week the retirement of New Zealand’s Craig McMillan. McMillan was coming off a purple patch of form which began with his recall to the New Zealand one day side in January, after losing his national contract.

He continued his good form through the real World Cup in the West Indies and almost single handedly carried the Kiwis through the Twenty20 World Cup.

McMillan was a talented batsman and handy medium pacer who developed a reputation as a partnership breaker. He was probably the only Kiwi I had any respect for as he was a fierce competitor and wasn’t afraid to take the game up to the opponent and he never backed down. All qualities never associated with New Zealand cricketers.
He overcame diabetes and the associated weight issues to play 55 Tests and 190 odd one dayers. New Zealand is going to find him hard to replace.

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