Australia A Tour

**lemmon** · 01-07-2011, 01:28 PM

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Second game done and dusted, quite a convincing win for the Aussies over SA. We made 214 from our 50, Finch was the only notable with 59 before rolling them for 154, Hastings took 4 while Butterworth and O'Keefe picked up two apiece. Its quite a strong South African batting line up on paper skippered by Jacques Rudolph who a few may remember from the 2006 series so its a decent win.

**lemmon** · 03-07-2011, 10:58 PM

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Aus A just won their third game, four wicket win over Zimbabwe, Ill get some details through when the card has been fixed, at the moment they had Wade opening the bowling so obviously needs some tweaking

**lemmon** · 06-07-2011, 10:50 AM

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Another terrific win for the Aus A boys over the Saffers. SA batted first and made an imposing 290, all the bowlers took some stick but M Marsh was the pick with 2/15 from 5. The Australia batting spluttered, lots of starts but only M Marsh and Ferguson really went on with it 72 and 66 respectively, didnt look like it was going to be enough though untill the last wicket pair of Copeland and Lyon put on 28 in 20 balls, Lyon hit a 6 off the second last ball to win the game. Great win for the guys though Maddison and Wade have come home injured, replaced by Krejza and Hughes.

Scorecard available here- http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/516351.html

**lemmon** · 08-07-2011, 11:59 PM

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Another great game for the Aussie boys, terrific win in the final and we've managed to go through the tournament undefeated. Hughes and Warner put on 206, both getting big tons in a total of 293. The bowlers looked to have the game under control as SA fell to 6/175 but recovered and going into the final over needed 15 with two wickets in hand. M Marsh held his nerve and the final over went 1,1,4,6,W,W with Australia triumphing over a strong SA outfit by two runs. Mitch Marsh took 4 and Lyon with 3 were the pick of the bowlers.

Some really encouraging performances across the series, Ferguson, Hastings and Lyon were the real standouts, M Marsh showed promise with both bat and ball while Im really liking the look of Maddison. A really valuable experience for some of these younger fellas.

**Bornadog** · 09-07-2011, 09:47 AM

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Originally posted by lemmon

Another great game for the Aussie boys, terrific win in the final and we've managed to go through the tournament undefeated. Hughes and Warner put on 206, both getting big tons in a total of 293. The bowlers looked to have the game under control as SA fell to 6/175 but recovered and going into the final over needed 15 with two wickets in hand. M Marsh held his nerve and the final over went 1,1,4,6,W,W with Australia triumphing over a strong SA outfit by two runs. Mitch Marsh took 4 and Lyon with 3 were the pick of the bowlers.

Some really encouraging performances across the series, Ferguson, Hastings and Lyon were the real standouts, M Marsh showed promise with both bat and ball while Im really liking the look of Maddison. A really valuable experience for some of these younger fellas.

Thanks for all the updates, I really didn't even know this tournament was on.

**Topdog** · 09-07-2011, 10:22 AM

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Same here BAD. I didn't even realise we still had an Australia A side!

**lemmon** · 09-07-2011, 10:49 AM

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Still a 2 day game and 2, 4 day games to follow. Hopefully the form continues

**ledge** · 09-07-2011, 11:41 AM

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Hope Wades injury isnt to bad.

**Twodogs** · 11-07-2011, 02:59 PM

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I reallly like the look of Nathan Lyon. He seems to be the type of fast bowler who doesnt over analyse his game. He just runs in and bowls stump to stump and keeps the ball on a good length.

I wouldnt be suprised to see him get a test or two this summer. Of course playing for NSW helps in that regard too.

**GVGjr** · 11-07-2011, 04:25 PM

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Originally posted by Twodogs

I reallly like the look of Nathan Lyon. He seems to be the type of fast bowler who doesnt over analyse his game. He just runs in and bowls stump to stump and keeps the ball on a good length.

I wouldnt be suprised to see him get a test or two this summer. Of course playing for NSW helps in that regard too.

Lyon is an off spinner from SA. Who are you thinking of? Copeland?

**lemmon** · 11-07-2011, 06:08 PM

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Originally posted by Twodogs

I reallly like the look of Nathan Lyon. He seems to be the type of fast bowler who doesnt over analyse his game. He just runs in and bowls stump to stump and keeps the ball on a good length.

I wouldnt be suprised to see him get a test or two this summer. Of course playing for NSW helps in that regard too.

If we are talking Copeland his record is fantastic, shouldnt be anywhere near the one day team though, he's not that type of bowler. Only concern is that hes a genuine medium pacer, tops out at about 130 but nice and accurate with a genuine out-swinger. Praveen Kumar has done okay in his debut series in the West Indies at a similar pace so maybe their is a role in the international game, will be interesting to see how he goes in England.

**Twodogs** · 12-07-2011, 09:50 AM

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Originally posted by GVGjr

Lyon is an off spinner from SA. Who are you thinking of? Copeland?

Originally posted by lemmon

If we are talking Copeland his record is fantastic, shouldnt be anywhere near the one day team though, he's not that type of bowler. Only concern is that hes a genuine medium pacer, tops out at about 130 but nice and accurate with a genuine out-swinger. Praveen Kumar has done okay in his debut series in the West Indies at a similar pace so maybe their is a role in the international game, will be interesting to see how he goes in England.

Actually the guy I am thinking of is Mitchell Starc.

He played for Australia A against Sri lanka A last month. He's tall and uses his height to get enough bounce off a good length to trouble batsmen. Did he play a T20 game at the start of last summer because I can remember seeing him on TV?

**lemmon** · 12-07-2011, 12:30 PM

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Originally posted by Twodogs

Actually the guy I am thinking of is Mitchell Starc.

He played for Australia A against Sri lanka A last month. He's tall and uses his height to get enough bounce off a good length to trouble batsmen. Did he play a T20 game at the start of last summer because I can remember seeing him on TV?

Seemed to do well against Zimbabwe but struggled against the Saffers, higher quality opposition seemed to play him better.
Played an ODI against the Sri Lankans for the aussie team after pretty much everyone else had fallen over and picked up four at the SCG I think. Looks a prospect but has been lucky with the amount of NSW injuries to quick men, at one point they had Copeland, Cameron, Hazelwood, Lee, Bollinger, Clark, Cummins, Cockley and Bracken floating around. In all honesty I prefer Hazelwood as a prospect, could be a wonderful player if he gets on the park.

**lemmon** · 13-07-2011, 02:44 PM

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Alright the two day warm up game done and dusted, found a scorecard on a Zimbabwean Cricket Facebook page so sorry if its a bit tough to dissect:
Result: Match drawn
Toss: Australia ‘A’ chose to bat

Australia ‘A’ innings:

David Warner c Chinouya b Mushangwe 152 (141 b, 21x 4s, 4 x 6s)
Philip Hughes b Ncube 27 (34 b, 4 x 4s)
Usman Khawaja c Chakabva b Chigumbura 8 (30 b, 1 x 4s)
Callum Ferguson not out 156 (214 b, 15 x 4s, 1 x 6s)
Aaron Finch c Jarvis b Masakadza 63 (78 b, 6 x 4s, 1 x 6s)
Tim Paine not out 18 (46b, 2 x4s)
Extras (nb 3) 03
Total (for four wickets in 90 overs) 427

Fall of wickets: 1-58 (Hughes, 12.5 ov), 2-96 (Khuwaja, 22.2 ov), 3-231 (Warner, 44.5 ov), 4-377 (Finch, 74.3 ov)

Bowling: Masakadza 12-0-53-1 (nb 2), Panyangara 13-0-56-0, Jarvis 15-2-59-0, Ncube 11-1-59-1, Chigumbura 12-2-51-1, Mushangwe 9-0-70-1, Waller 18-0-78-0
Zimbabwe XI innings:

Tinotenda Mawoyo c Paine b Butterworth 16 (63 b, 2x 4s)
Chamunorwa Chibhabha b Paine b Siddle 32 (71 b, 4 x 4s)
Vusi Sibanda c Hughes b Copeland 0 0(16 b)
Regis Chakabva c Krejza b Beer 47 (104 b, 4 x 4s, 1 x 6s)
Elton Chigumbura b b Beer 95 (148 b, 12 x 4s, 1 x 6s)
Malcolm Waller c Copeland b Beer 25 (23b, 4 x4s)
Foster Mutizwa b Beer 67 (70b, 5x4s, 2x6s)
Shingirai Masakadza c Hilfenhaus b Beer 00 (2b)
Tinashe Panyangara c Ferguson b Beer 07 (14b, 1x4s)
Kyle Jarvis not out 00 (16b)
Natsai Mushangwe not out 09 (18 b, 1x4s)
Extras (nb 4, lb 1,b 3) 08
Total (for nine wickets in 90 overs) 306

Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Mawoyo, 19.5 ov), 2-51 (Chibhabha, 24.1 ov), 3-54 (Sibanda, 44.5 ov), 4-134 (Chakabva, 57.3 ov), 5-168 (Waller, 63.4 ov), 6-249 (Chigumbura, 76 ov), 7-249 (Masakadza, 77.2 ov), 8-284 (Panyangara, 82 ov), 9-297 (Mutizwa, 85.3o

Bowling: Hilfenhaus 11-2-25-0, Copeland 12-3-25-1 (2nb), Butterworth 11-5-24-1, Siddle 14-5-22-1 (1nb), Beer 22-3-109-6 (1 nb), Krejza 19-2-96-0, Warner 1-0-01-0

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