England vs Australia, ODI series in England, 2010

[achilles]

He can only score runs in IPL.

He was the HIGHEST RUN SCORER in England's Domestic T20 Championship last year. Look up cricinfo.

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Ponting keen to make fresh start during England tour Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has said that he has used the brief break before the tour of England to sit back and think about his patchy form over the preceding 12 months. More... Ponting keen to make fresh start during England tour Ani, ANI, 13 June 2010 Sydney, June 13(ANI): Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has said that he has used the brief break before the tour of England to sit back and think about his patchy form over the preceding 12 months. Ponting has not played international cricket since the end of the New Zealand tour nine weeks ago. "It wasn't my best year last year - probably the most inconsistent year I've had, to tell you the truth, particularly in the Australian summer. I probably played a few games I shouldn't have played through the middle of the summer last year [due to injury], but that's the way it goes," The Sydney Morning Herald quoted Ponting, as saying. "That year's behind me now. I've got a really big period of cricket coming up with an Ashes series just around the corner and a World Cup soon after," he added. Ponting also said that he has worked on some issues, which the team needs to implement for success in the next eight to 10 months. The 35-year-old further insisted that he would be back to his consistent self after a few games in England. "For me it's just about getting back into the game. I normally play quite well when I'm fresh, so hopefully I can get some runs under my belt in England to start the season off in a good manner," he added. (ANI)

[saneindian]

His record in England against quality attack isn't quite good. Asif and Amer will give him a torrid time especially if the sun isn't out when he is batting.

[Karan114]

His record in England against quality attack isn't quite good. Asif and Amer will give him a torrid time especially if the sun isn't out when he is batting.

Yes but there is every chance the comical poyzzz fielding will let him off. Remember the series against Pak in Australia, where he had an ordinary couple of Tests but then was dropped on 0 at Hobart, going on to make 200?

[rkt.india]

England Australia had a one days series of 7 matches last year in ENgland and again they are playing in the space of less than a year....England lost 6-1 then

[Sachinism]

Anderson angry over World Twenty20 snub England fast bowler James Anderson has revealed his anger at being left out of his country's ICC World Twenty20 winning squad, and thinks being rested for the tour of Bangladesh that preceded the tournament was part of the problem. Anderson was part of the 15-member squad for the Caribbean but was benched for all games. "I suppose you have to take your hat off to the selectors, don't you?" he told the Express. "But it did take the wind out of my sails and I felt angry about being rested, because I felt that might have had something to do with it. I thought if I had gone there and gone to Abu Dhabi [for the warm-up mini-tour] it might have been different." Not being picked during the World T20 has forced Anderson to re-evaluate where he stands in England's thinking. "I now have to work my way back into the team and unless they play only one spinner I can't see me starting," he said. "I admit it has changed my thoughts on where I am in the side. "During the South Africa tour I felt I was becoming a key part of the team and now I don't feel like that. That said, I believe that if I had played in the World Twenty20 we would have still won. My self-belief remains intact." He also feels the upcoming one-day series against Australia isn't necessary and believes the England players would be better served by playing country cricket. "I don't think there is a need for the ODIs but that is what the ECB wanted to do. For me it would be a perfect time to send the England players back to play for their counties, but it's out of our hands. "That said, every series against the Aussies is huge and we are very hopeful it will be closer than the series we played after the Ashes last year." England were demolished 6-1 in that series and Anderson admitted Australia's uncanny ability to keep producing new players makes it difficult to beat them. "They are a great side who keep bringing out these new players who just slot into the international scene. They keep churning out results, so we know it's going to be very hard for us. "But any time you play Australia it's a big deal and we will be treating it like that. We also know if we get a good series win here it will give us extra confidence." http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/current/story/463195.html Anderson feels they rested him and then forgot about him loll

[zubinpepsi]

wud he have said the samething if England hadnt won the worldcup???

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Oz scramble home against Ireland Australia survived a fright before claiming a 39-run victory in their tour-opening one-day international against Ireland in Dublin. More...

[msplash9]

Ohh .. Ireland would have beaten the Aus if they had Ed Joyce and Eoin Morgan coming in after that awsome opening stand... Icc needs to stop England recruiting players from teams like ireland

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Pantomime villain Ricky Ponting may pass the buck to Kevin Pietersen Pantomime villains abound at the Rose Bowl today at the start of the NatWest series. Goading Australia's captain, Ricky Ponting, became such a favourite English pastime during the Ashes series last summer that a reprise must be on the cards. More.. Pantomime villain Ricky Ponting may pass the buck to Kevin Pietersen • Hampshire crowd set to turn on departing batsman • Strauss says five-match series 'no Ashes warm-up' David Hopps The Guardian, Tuesday 22 June 2010 Australia's captain, Ricky Ponting, looks forward to the NatWest series against England starting at the Rose Bowl today. Photograph: Steven Paston/Action Images Pantomime villains abound at the Rose Bowl today at the start of the NatWest series. Goading Australia's captain, Ricky Ponting, became such a favourite English pastime during the Ashes series last summer that a reprise must be on the cards. And who is to say how the Hampshire crowd will react to Kevin Pietersen, who could be making his last appearance on the ground as a Hampshire player after announcing that he planned to leave the county at the end of the season? Ponting has already been heckled at Lord's during Australia's warm-up victory against Middlesex but, as one of the game's greats, he is not about to become meek in the face of it. He was asked yesterday if, after losing to England in both the Ashes and the final of World Twenty20, defeat in the NatWest Series would represent an unholy trinity. "It'd certainly be a bit of a change," he retorted. Whether the Hampshire crowd will grant Pietersen a fond farewell will be intriguing. A solitary Friends Provident t20 appearance against Surrey recently was his first Hampshire appearance for 732 days, an occasion he marked by saying that things were not working out because he lived in Chelsea. Perhaps as a South African he did not quite understand he had uttered one of the most socially dismissive sentences in the English language. Andrew Strauss, England's captain, might become a county team-mate of Pietersen at Middlesex, and he implored him yesterday to reject any notion to ignore the county game entirely. "It would be unhealthy not to have players aligned to their counties somewhere and would not set a great precedent," Strauss said. "It would be contrary to the spirit of the relationship between the counties and the England team. The counties do a lot of work producing players and it's important that when England players are available they give their experience back. "KP would be an asset because he has a wealth of experience and maybe a unique way of looking at batting. He has made a great contribution to England and I hope that Hampshire fans realise that is why they have not seen a lot of him." Whatever the outcome of this five-match series, says Strauss, please do not call it a warm-up for the Ashes. "It is going to be a good gauge of both sides ahead of the World Cup but I think it will bear no relation whatsoever to the Ashes series, win or lose," he said. "This series is about preparation for the World Cup." Australia trounced England 6-1 in last summer's NatWest Series. "It was a watershed for us," said Strauss. Since then England have preached adventure, unearthing Craig Kieswetter, Eoin Morgan and a one-day soul. Australia's fast-bowling quintet in the Ashes – Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Ben Hilfenhaus, Peter Siddle and Stuart Clark – are all absent, as are Nathan Bracken and Shaun Tait. "They are still the team to beat," said Strauss. Australia's new fast-bowling hope, Doug Bollinger, will be backed up by Ryan Harris and Clint McKay, all with scant experience of English conditions. Josh Hazlewood, a 19-year-old quick from New South Wales, remains in the wings. He is known back home as "the new Glenn McGrath" but in England he must make do with a reputation as the new Steven Finn. If Australia are rebuilding, that is nothing compared with the Rose Bowl. A wonderful ground is rising in the Hamble Valley but, as workmen scrambled to complete the latest phase yesterday, it was not rising quite quickly enough. Even India does not cut it this fine. If Rod Bransgrove, Hampshire's chairman, has donned a hard hat this morning, then they may make it minutes before the toss. "There may be a few fingers in dykes at the back of house but what people will see will be fine," he said.

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Strauss celebrates Morgan heroics England skipper Andrew Strauss hails Eoin Morgan's century against Australia as "one of the best I have seen." More...

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'We must make it harder for England' Australia captain Ricky Ponting accepts his bowlers must cut out "easy boundary options" for England's batsmen when the NatWest one-day series continues in Cardiff Thursday. More...

[coffee_rules]

One 100 doesn't a summer make.

[Clarke]

This guy is so not used to winning.

[Roshanrocks]

Andrew... you should watch more cricket :headshake:

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Ponting sprays bowlers Australian captain Ricky Ponting accepts his bowlers must cut out 'easy boundary options' for England's batsmen when the NatWest one-day series continues in Cardiff on Thursday. More... Ponting sprays bowlers 24/06/2010 5:58 AM Australian captain Ricky Ponting accepts his bowlers must cut out 'easy boundary options' for England's batsmen when the NatWest one-day series continues in Cardiff on Thursday. England, led by undefeated centurion Eoin Morgan, plundered 33 fours and two sixes as Australia wilted at The Rose Bowl on the series opener. The boundary blitz accounted for more than half of England's total on its way to a four-wicket win completed with 24 balls to spare. And Ponting knows any repeat showing at the SWALEC Stadium could leave Australia 2-0 down with just three games left to play in a 50-over series Australia won emphatically last year. "We've got some work to do, we were a long way below our best," Ponting admitted. "We saw when (Nathan) Hauritz first came on, the way he (Morgan) reverse sweeps is difficult to set fields for." "But the way our quicks and medium-pacers bowled to him, we gave him too many easy boundary options." "There aren't too many guys in international cricket who will not put a half-volley away if you bowl them one." "He hit a lot of cover drives for four so we have to address that and do so pretty quickly for the next game. He did everything right, there is no doubt about that." "He played and missed at a few, and edged a few down to third-man, but he didn't offer us a chance." "We have to make it harder for good players like him to find the boundaries through those middle overs." Australia looks set to again field an inexperienced seam attack featuring the likes of Ryan Harris, Doug Bollinger and Josh Hazlewood, at 19 his country's youngest one-day international cricketer. "I thought he handled himself pretty well, probably more so in his first spell than in his couple of overs coming back," added Ponting, reflecting on Hazlewood's debut at The Rose Bowl. "But it was a tough time to bowl when he came back. The first ball (a full toss that Kevin Pietersen drove for four) was probably a little bit nervy, but after that I thought he settled in quite nicely." Hazlewood agreed with his captain's assessment that Australia must tighten up. "There were a lot of boundaries hit last night. I felt when I was bowling there were one or two bad balls an over which they capitalised on," he admitted. "It's a massive learning curve for me, but also a great opportunity to show what you can do. I feel a bit more part of the team now I've played a game." "You've just got to make sure that with very opportunity you get, you make your mark. That's all you can do." As for England's performance, Ponting said: "They're just maybe getting a few more results now." "That doesn't necessarily mean there has been a change in attitude, it might just mean that they're actually playing better, executing their skills when they need to a little bit better." "I know they won with 20-odd balls to go, but for the majority of the game I thought it was right in the balance." "We have just got to make sure we're a little bit better prepared next game." "We are 1-0 down with four games to go, so we've got to make sure we are in the best shape we can be, physically and mentally, for the next challenge."

[Roshanrocks]

sprays? :hmmmm2:

[Sachinism]

sprays? :hmmmm2:

hahaha thats what got me to enter the thread great title :haha::haha::haha::haha:

[Lord]

^:haha::haha: btw,wat happened to his hearing?Javagal let him off?

[DomainK]

sprays? :hmmmm2:

Damn....unbelievable what these Aussies do sometimes.:headshake: