England won by 7 wickets (18 balls remaining)
Australia 147/6(20 overs)
England 148/3 (17/20 overs)
Australia
1 Shane Watson, 2 David Warner, 3 Brad Haddin (wk), 4 Michael Clarke (capt), 5 David Hussey, 6 Cameron White, 7 Michael Hussey, 8 Steven Smith, 9 Mitchell Johnson, 10 Dirk Nannes, 11 Shaun Tait.
England
1 Michael Lumb, 2 Craig Kieswetter (wk), 3 Kevin Pietersen, 4 Paul Collingwood (capt), 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Luke Wright, 7 Tim Bresnan, 8 Graeme Swann, 9 Michael Yardy, 10 Stuart Broad, 11 Ryan Sidebottom.
Regardless of whether England emerges triumphant against Australia, the form team of the tournament, they have turned a corner in terms of public perception. In many ways, the tale of their shortcomings in ICC global events is less a matter of their failure to take home any trophies, but their failure to give themselves a chance to compete. On two occasions in the modern era of one-day cricket, they’ve found a formula that came close to ending the drought – namely, at the 1992 World Cup, when their greatest player, the ageing Ian Botham, was arguably their weakest link, and in the 2004 Champions Trophy, when Michael Vaughan’s men were already building towards the following summer’s Ashes.
In almost every other tournament of note they have been little short of a rabble, and that includes their previous forays in the World Twenty20, in South Africa in 2007, when they opened the batting with the bits-and-pieces Darren Maddy, and in 2009, when the Netherlands (including a certain Dirk Nannes) stunned them in the tournament curtain-raiser. At the third time of asking, however, England have hit upon a formula that deserves to succeed precisely because it doesn’t see success as a birthright. Every player from 1 to 11 is up for a scrap, and against an Australian side that doesn’t know when it’s beaten, a scrap is precisely what they can expect.
It has taken the Australians five years to shed the view that Twenty20 is a format for fun. However, Michael Clarke’s team is playing the game in the same serious, clinical and tunnel-visioned manner that has been so successful for them in Tests and ODIs over the past decade. Under Clarke’s captaincy the side’s worst result in 14 matches is the tie against New Zealand in February, which turned into a Super Over defeat.
Since then they have won six matches in a row, including the breath-taking semi-final triumph over Pakistan, in a record that is more suited to Ricky Ponting’s all-conquering outfits in 50-over World Cups. Not only are they well balanced, with frightening bowlers and muscular batsmen, but they now expect to win everything. And the only thing that can motivate them more than capturing a trophy they have never held is to beat England in doing it.
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Australia squad
MJ Clarke*, DT Christian, BJ Haddin†, RJ Harris, NM Hauritz, DJ Hussey, MEK Hussey, MG Johnson, DP Nannes, TD Paine†, SPD Smith, SW Tait, DA Warner, SR Watson, CL White
England squad
PD Collingwood*, JM Anderson, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, C Kieswetter†, MJ Lumb, EJG Morgan, KP Pietersen, A Shahzad, RJ Sidebottom, GP Swann, JC Tredwell, LJ Wright, MH Yardy
He he he
Well good luck !!!
Julle moet more bietjie uitkyk vir die spanne kies ek gaan nie weer team of the week insit nie. Ons gaan team of the Super 14 kies. Ja dit is voortydig want daar is nog van ons spanne wat games het. Maar tans het van die ander spanne min belang oor so dus kies ons eers die span uit die League gedeelte van die Super 14. Kyk wat Jaque Fourie ookal doen ons weet hy is klaar die beste 13 in SA. So is daar baie ander wat reeds bewys het hulle is die beste.
Na die finaal gooi ons weer een op waar die skadu Springbokspan gekies kan word.
Daar gaan ook polls kom vir speler van die reeks, agter speler en voor speler van die S14
Q Cooper was ongetwyfeld die beste losskakel in die toernooi !!!
Scrumsaam doen goed op die Sports Pool kompetisie , mooi voortou geneem daar.
Thanks bud. I’d have Andy Goode is flyhalf of the tournament.. Joking :p Quade Cooper is a freak of nature,Bakkies needs to introduce his shoulder to him..
England should win this easy. Not as exciting as I thought it would be. Very on sided here.
183 – Blouste, have to agree. Cooper was brilliant for the Reds and for me too was the best FH in the tourney this year.
186 – on = one
Super bul/GBS – ek het een van my vriend in pTA genooi om die wesbsite te join…hy het geapply hy was vir approval…sal baie nyc wees as julle hom kan approve..sy naam is joggie
180 – Winston, that sounds great. Then you can have a choice which one to join. Good luck.
ja maar ons kies net tussen SA spelers.
Ek het onder TEAMS n lys van al die spelers wat s14 gespeel het vir SA spanne opgesit, weet nie of almal regtig uitgedraf het nie. Maar dit is die info tot my beskiking.
Wyane Julies is bv. in die Bulls groep, ons moet die lyste bietjie deurgaan en seker maak.
188@ Deben – Se vir Joggie hy’s in…
Pietersen is the key Puma,if he goes they could fall like a pack of cards. But I like how they are being so aggressive,notice how they try keep up with the rate.. South Africa could take a real leaf out of their books instead of leaving everything up to Morkel..
178 – Blouste, How you doing? Must be excited for the Bulls semi coming up. You going to the game or going to chill out with friends to watch?
Joggie se naam wys noggie op die wat apply het nie….
Current partnership 78 runs, 8.5 overs, RR: 8.83 (Pietersen 33, Kieswetter 39)
het joggie die regte adres…. maak seker hy weet dis http://www.rugby-talk.com
GBS – het hom nou gebel, sorry ek het gedink hy het al apply maar hy gaan nou, hy se hy sal onder joggie apply…
Joggie het Noggie apply nie…
Hi Puma
Yes it’s a big game coming up, but I’m confidant.
Not yet sure about the semis, will see about the final though…
Who will you supporting between Bulls/Stormers…
End of over 11 (16 runs) England 89/1 (59 runs required from 54 balls, RR: 8.09, RRR: 6.55)
200 !!!
192 – Winston, Pietersen is a big winner for them. Just too easy for England here. Taking Aussie apart here.
WE left everything for our bottom order to do not good enough. We have a good team but not in this kinda tourney. We fall apart when we know we have to try and win a cup. Only the cricket. Rugby is different though. At least we really world class in one sport.
Shyte, uit met een, story of my bru aswell this year 🙁
England are running away with it now..
Poms coasting now….
super
Hoe lyk jou Woensdae ?
Ek dink dis die 9 de ?
Mos klein saterdag… 😆
Guess were i saw this.
They should be sorry, but they aren’t. They should feel ashamed of themselves but they don’t. They should resign but they won’t. They should get fired – but by who?
Unfortunately South African rugby is not a democracy, it is in fact a very draconian like and rigid hierarchy where the administrators have positioned themselves comfortably right at the top, above the sponsors, players and supporters and probably in that order too. Who would dare challenge or question their judgment? Who would dare hold them to account for their decisions and negligence? And even if such a challenge was levied, would it even make a difference? Why even bother if the defendant, judge and jury are one and the same.
Boycott the games! they say, but has anyone managed to convince all the Stormers, Bulls and Sharks fans that flock into our stadium each time their team comes to visit?
Whats the most irritating is that we keep doing the same stupid things over and over again.. England seem to be innovators here.
BULLS vs stormers in the final… Just one thing i’m very worried about us craig Joubert..he ref both the games we lost overseas and killed us in each game…just hope its going to be a fair contest………
Cant wait to see the stormers faces when the REAL Bulls team clap them off the field……..
NOU die BLOU!!!
Ek maak vinnig n plan , watwo n Woensdag vat sommer die week af. 😆
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