Aust A Tour 2011

I guess its worth a thread.

Aust have started with a win against a Zimbo X1 ....and so they should although i see Warner is still his shyte self.

Scorecard

They take on South Africa A today. I can't believe South Africa still have Loots Bosman on the fringes. Politics, eh....

Warner 1 off 10. TAYPOC. Is he still a slogger in grade cricket? Because he's shiute at anything above that level.

He's Australia's next-in-line test opener these days, isn't he?

Fall of wickets (Zimbabwe)
1-32
2-94
3-96
4-111
5-122
6-122
7-122
8-136
9-140
10-142

The last 9 wickets for less than 50 runs.

This is promising...

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Henry wrote:He's Australia's next-in-line test opener these days, isn't he?

Isn't that Nic Maddinson?

He bats in the middle order, no?

Aussies currently thumping the Saffies who are 8/106, still requiring over a ton for victory.

JGK wrote:This is promising...

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Another woofing victim!

7 0 35 0 so far today.

Why do Aus A never tour England?

They did once. I remember Justin Langer and co smashing the sh!t out of everyone once upon a when.

I've looked it up - 1995! Blimey, was it as far back as that?

Pretty decent batting line-up. Bowling's mince.

http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/60/60909.html

And it was Martin Love not Langer who seemed to be the run whore. The mind plays tricks...

So this is when Mark Nicholas got his first taste of young Australian flesh.......

Dello wrote:They did once. I remember Justin Langer and co smashing the sh!t out of everyone once upon a when.

I've looked it up - 1995! Blimey, was it as far back as that?

Pretty decent batting line-up. Bowling's mince.

http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/60/60909.html

And it was Martin Love not Langer who seemed to be the run whore. The mind plays tricks...

"Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three."

No mucking around there. 1100 runs in 3 days - tidy.

JKLever wrote:Why do Aus A never tour England?

they do, just not as a team

Aus A toured England in 1989. Or at least I think it was Aus A. That squad was certainly welcomed to England as the worst Australian team ever, or something like that.

I can't recall how they went though.

1998, the last Aussie A tour to the British Isles. A wash-out.

Two FC games against Kent and Sussex rained off without a ball bowled, six one-day games against Scotland of which only three were played due to the weather, two three-day matches against the Jocks.

And then off to Ireland.

Hayden
Hussey, M
Di Venuto *
Martyn
Hills
Campbell +
Julian
Young
Dale
Miller
Gillespie

Andrew Symonds was in the squad too.

Since then, the Poms have been too weak to humour with an A side tour.

As atrocious as most af that team is. It would have been interesting to see how they would've went against the Poms of the time.

Hastings is having a good tour so far & Butters, after leaving the dank Moors of Scotland, seems to be getting his form back.

Scorecard

Hastings Butter from the Dubber Mid North Coast - grouse stuff. Seemingly the future of Aus cricket.

"Match Refree: Brown, RD (ZIM)"

even the scorecard has a saffie accent

"Brown RD". Isn't that what the lass in the Ippy park whispered to Woody?

The next generation Aussie just got home against Safrica A thanks to a 28 run last wicket stand between Nathan Lyon & Trent Copeland. Mitchell Marsh was the best performer for Aus with both bat & ball. Callum Ferguson got 66 while Rudolph hit 90 for the saffies.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/516351.html