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
super
Daai antw is maklik 😉
Australia 147/6(20 overs)
England 118/1 (13/20 overs)
England will take this
please do tell Super
Paul Kolliehond now coming in….
199 – Blouste, If both teams get to the final. Was going to be completely neutral. Then thought about it a lot today and everyone here has supported us Sharkies blogging here 100%. Everytime my Sharks played you guys supported us. So if Stormers and Bulls in the final. Now will support the Bulls. Decided that only today. Up until yesterday was just going to be neutral. Cause have some nice Stormer friends here too. Ash, Fender, Boerboel, The Pill and Turk. But it was the Bulls supporters here that supported my Sharks all the time even though we never done well. So have to play back the support. If Bulls and Stormers make it that is.
If only Stormers make it my support will be with Stormers. Will always support a Saffa team. If only Bulls make of course will support the Bulls.
In the semi will support Stormres and Bulls.
KP Pietersen c Warner b Smith 47 (31b 4×4 1×6) SR: 151.61
He he he, ek praat net van ‘n braai aksie.
Ek maak die 12de Julie klaar, dan kan ons die groot aksies loods… 😆
Dan is ek los vlos.
play – pay
Good on you Puma
Great decision !!! 😆
213
the Wooden spoon winners are not happy they want to kill.
DB
Lions !!!
Thats my take on it …
215@ Puma – Puma the Bull…. sounds good!
GBS – Joggie het nou net geapply
joggie.grobler – Jy’s in…. gooi mieliessss
Well done Puma – think we might make a bull out of you one day….:-)
DB
Joggie van Pretoria, ‘n Bulls man ?
Thanks GBS
2 quick wickets.. Lets hope the Pom’s dont throw this away.
215
You are a pioneer almost like Livinstone , breaking the norm , breaking old barriers down.
Dont you know it is the rest of SA vs The Bulls.
Great innovator i respect you. 😆
@ Blouste.. dit is 100% correct Joggie van PTA en ook n groot Blou bull
Winston
They will really have to put in a big effort to do that, but hey…Pakistan did !!!
DB
So die man ken sy rugby 😉
Last Bat C Kieswetter b Johnson 63 (72m 49b 7×4 2×6) SR: 128.57
Welkom joggie !!!
@ Blouste vra hom maar self hy is besig om in te log…..maar as jy my vra dan ja die man ken sy rugby..soos enige blou bull supporter…..:-)
229,if its any consolation my bloed is blou for the rest of the tournament,would love to see the Bulls win it again 🙂
Thanks Winston !!!
Thx blouste
lol Winston…that how it starts then before you know it your blood is blue forever….
As much as I dont like the England cricket team its good to see someone else win tournaments for a change..
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