Australia vs England 1 Innings Break
Posted by Hamish McBrearty on January 12th, 2007
England 242/8
England batted very well with the stand out performer being Kevin Pietersen who scored 82 from 91 deliveries. Unfortunately for Pietersen he was hit by a Glenn McGrath ball that made him look genuinely uncomfortable for the rest of his innings. That one delivery could well have cost England any chance they had at winning the game. Had Pietersen gone on to get a century England would have most likely ended up with a score around 280, but once he got out wickets fell regularly and the English lost their way in the final few overs.
Most batsmen got a start but few went on with their innings. Andrew Flintoff scored 47 not out in rapid fire style towards the death but the regular loss of wickets limited his chances to score.
I noticed quite a few of the English batsmen walking around the crease line before the ball was bowled which struck me as very odd. Were they trying to put the bowler off? If they were the tactic certainly failed.
The only other talking point of note was that the Australians only received one home town decision when Dairymple was given out caught behind from a ball that clearly stuck his helmet. It neither looked nor sounded out, brought a very unconvincing appeal but was still given. Still, only one home town decision is a good result.
Australia begin their innings needing 243, or 4.86 runs per over. Well within their reach. As I stated earlier, England really came up 30 to 40 runs short of a defendable target.
My prediction: Australia win by 6 wickets in the 40th over.
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