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Scientist predicts Bangladesh vs India in CWC Final

December 31st 2011 12:27

Back in 2003 I wrote a paper analysing every ball of the Cricket World Cup. I have now taken those results and applied them to the current tournament, predicting that Bangladesh will meet India in the final.

To find out why, visit www.robbrooks.net

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New Zealand Defeat Australia In Women's World Cup

March 8th 2009 07:19

New Zealand has made a terrific start to its ICC Women's World Cup campaign, beating Australia in a rain-marred encounter at North Sydney Oval.

The match was abandoned at 5.22pm (AEDT) with Australia 6-132 in the 33rd over chasing New Zealand's 205.

Under the Duckworth-Lewis method, the White Ferns were declared victors.

New Zealand pace bowler Kate Pulford, who took 3-32, was named player of the match.

Australia, the pre-tournament favourite and five-time World Cup winners, did well to restrict the Kiwis in the field but batted poorly to throw away any hope of victory.

Karen Rolton

The home side's run chase began badly, opener Alex Blackwell out for just four in the third over.

Skipper Karen Rolton (21) joined Shelley Nitschke at the crease and took the score to 49 before mistiming a pull shot to present McGlashan an easy catch at mid-on off Kate Pulford's bowling.

The Southern Stars sunk deeper into trouble when Lisa Sthalekar (six) was brilliantly caught one-handed by wicket-keeper Rachel Priest, leaving Australia a shaky 3-58.

The White Ferns continued to take wickets at regular intervals, Nitschke (27), Jessica Cameron (15) and Lauren Ebsary (one) all falling before rain forced play to be halted with the hosts 6-100.

The Aussies moved the score on to 6-132 when play resumed before the rain returned to wash play out for the day.

New Zealand's 205 looked a little skinny on the postage stamp-sized North Sydney Oval.

The Kiwis were looking at a large score after moving to 3-171 in the 41st over before a dramatic late collapse saw them lose 7-34.

New Zealand skipper Haidee Tiffen (59) played a lone hand at the top of the order, with cameo knocks from Suzie Bates (29), Amy Satterthwaite (38) and Sara McGlashan (29) setting up what should have been a 250-plus score.

But some poor shot selection and steady bowling from Sthalekar (2-35) and Ellyse Perry (3-40) brought the Kiwis undone.

Perry made a brave and remarkable return after earlier leaving the field with a dislocated finger.

Australian won the toss and sent New Zealand into bat in overcast conditions.

The Kiwis made a disastrous start, losing opener Pulford (three) in the fourth over to a brilliant piece of fielding from Sthalekar.

Sthalekar picked the ball up at mid-wicket and through the stumps down at the keeper's end to leave Pulford well short of her ground.

Bates and Tiffen moved the score on to 42 before Bates (29) was bowled after failing to get her feet moving to a beautiful Rene Farrell (1-20) inswinger.

Tiffen was joined by Satterthwaite and the pair was untroubled in posting 67 for the third wicket.

But there was no keeping Sthalekar out of the game.

She enticed Satterthwaite (38) into an ill-advised drive which ballooned to skipper Karen Rolton at mid-off.

Tiffen's well-crafted knock came to an end on 57, the skipper lofting Erin Osborne (2-37) down the throat of substitute Jessica Cameron in the deep.

The captain's departure triggered a dramatic collapse, the visitors going from 3-171 to all out 205 in the 48th over.

But the modest total proved beyond Australia, with rain eventually ending their unlikely bid for victory.

New Zealand innings
Pulford run out (Sthalekar) 3 (12)
Tiffen c sub (Cameron) b Osborne 57 (113)
Bates b Farrell 29 (24)
Satterthwaite c Rolton b Sthalekar 38 (51)
McGlashan c Fields b Perry 29 (54)
Mason c Nitschke b Sthalekar 0 (2)
Browne b Osborne 3 (2)
Tsukigawa c & b Sampson 2 (9)
Priest c Sthalekar b Perry 7 (9)
Devine c Rolton b Perry 13 (7)
Burrows not out 3 (7)
Extras: 21 (3lb, 2nb, 16w)
Total: 205 (10 wickets; 48 overs)
FOW: 1-6, 2-42, 3-109, 4-171, 5-171, 6-174, 7-176, 8-180 9-187, 10-205

Bowling
Sampson 9 – 0 – 33 - 1
Farrell 7 – 1 – 20 - 1 (6w)
Perry 6 – 1 – 40 – 3 (2nb, 2w)
Nitschke 6 – 0 – 37 - 0 (2w)
Osborne 10 – 0 – 37 - 2 (2w)
Sthalekar 10 – 1 – 35 – 2 (2w)

Australia innings
Nitschke lbw b Pulford 27 (41)
Blackwell c Mason b Devine 4 (8)
Rolton c McGlashan b Pulford 21 (28)
Sthalekar c Priest b Pulford 6 (12)
Fields not out 26 (53)
Cameron c Browne b Devine 15 (27)
Ebsary c Priest b Mason 1 (5)
Perry not out 17 (27)
Extras: 14 (3lb, 2nb, 9w)
Total: 132 (6 wickets; 33 overs)

FOW: 1-12, 2-49, 3-58, 4-71, 5-98, 6-100

Bowling
Devine 7 – 2 – 19 – 2 (1nb, 1w)
Burrows 3 – 0 – 15 – 0 (2w)
Browne 7 – 0 – 25 – 0 (1nb, 1w)
Pulford 7 – 0 – 32 – 3 (4w)
Mason 6 – 1 – 21 – 1 (1w)
Bates 3 – 0 – 17 - 0

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Posted By: Oracle of Delphi - Category: One Day International, Women's Cricket, Australia, New Zealand

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Australia Rain Supreme Over New Zealand

February 14th 2009 01:50

Australia has retained the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy after a stop-start game five was finally abandoned due to heavy rain with the game delicately poised at the Gabba.

Chasing a revised total of 156 from 20 overs in the series decider after Brad Haddin and Callum Ferguson struck unbeaten half-centuries to propel the hosts to 4-168 off 22 overs, the Black Caps progressed to 6-123 through 14 overs before rain intervened.

The Kiwis, who still had their two-over batting power-play up their sleeves, needed a further 33 runs off 36 deliveries to claim a rare series win on home soil.

Opener Martin Guptill was the star with the bat smashing an unbeaten 64 from 34 balls to put the Kiwis within sight of a famous victory.

Debutant Brendon Diamanti provided solid support with a timely 26 off 22 as the pair put on an unbeaten 50-run stand.

The series finished all tied up at two apiece after the Australians clawed their way back from a 2-0 deficit to set up the decider.

Ricky Ponting walks off the field as the rain falls

New Zealand made the worst possible start to their pursuit when Ben Hilfenhaus (1-28) bowled Brendon McCullum for two with the second ball of the innings.

But Guptill made his intentions clear depositing Nathan Bracken (2-33) over the mid-wicket fence before Peter Fulton chimed in with consecutive boundaries.

The onslaught continued when Hilfenhaus conceded 21 runs from his second over but Fulton's luck ran out on 22 when he skied Bracken to Callum Ferguson.

Guptill welcomed Mitchell Johnson (1-28) into the attack with a massive six behind square but Johnson soon had reason to smile when he removed the dangerous Ross Taylor for four.

The lanky opener continued to plunder the attack but the wickets kept falling as Grant Elliott (0), Neil Broom (0) and Kyle Mills (1) all went cheaply.

Guptill continued to score freely and finally found support in Diamanti as the Kiwis took the ascendancy before the weather spoiled their party.

Earlier Haddin continued his fine series blasting an unbeaten 88 off 65 deliveries to guide the hosts to a respectable total.

The in-form gloveman appeared in total control throughout striking five boundaries and three sixes, but his patience under pressure defined his knock.

Haddin didn't do it all on his own, however, with Ferguson continuing the dream start to his international career with a brilliant 55 not out off 35 balls.

Having joined Haddin at the crease at 4-70, the pair added an unbeaten 98-run-stand to steal the upper hand at the midway point.

James Hopes (5) got the Australian innings going with a boundary in the second over but his aggression soon cost him his wicket.

Mills (2-22) kept the pressure on the home side when he removed captain Ricky Ponting (2) caught behind with a well directed out swinger, and when game-four hero David Hussey fell for six the hosts were in early trouble.

Diamanti (0-25) was unlucky not to remove Haddin with his first ODI delivery but the in-form right hander put things right with a boundary from the next delivery.

Haddin continued to plunder the new-comer but Vettori (1-24) halted Australia's momentum when Hussey (9) hit a long-hop straight to Diamanti at mid wicket.

Ferguson was lucky not to depart for two when Grant Elliott failed to throw down the stumps in his follow through, and the South Australian made the visitors pay hitting Tim Southee (0-49) for three-consecutive boundaries in the first over of the batting power-play before Haddin took 14 runs off the final over.

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Posted By: Craig Hill - Category: One Day International, Australia, New Zealand

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Australia Win Fourth ODI Against New Zealand

February 11th 2009 05:52

Australia has kept the Commonwealth Bank Series alive with a six-wicket win in game four at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday. Needing 245 for victory, the Aussies posted 4-247 with 10 balls to spare.

David Hussey ran out Brad Haddin in the 25th over when the opener was on 43 but made amends by registering a career-best 79 from 96 balls.

He joined forces with brother Mike (75 not out from 71 deliveries) to compile a match-winning fourth-wicket partnership of 115.

Mike Hussey hit a mid-on six off Kyle Mills to win the game while Callum Ferguson, playing his first ODI on his home ground, was unbeaten on 13.

Iain O'Brien took 2-54 off his 10 overs while Tim Southee was the other wicket-taker.

Craig Cumming dropped Mike Hussey in the deep when he was on 40 but apart from that spill the Black Caps had limited chances to change the course of the game.

Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke

And despite a rush of runs in their batting powerplay, their total of 244 was never going to be enough against a desperate Australian unit.

Both sides have won twice meaning the series will be decided in game five at the Gabba on Friday.

In the end it was a comfortable victory for the Aussies but the run chase had been tighter at the half-way mark of their dig.

Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting were back in the shed without making much of an impact while Haddin was run out when the score was 101.

David Hussey called the wicketkeeper through for a second run and then left him stranded metres from the striker's end and an accurate throw from outfielder Cumming to wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum made sure of the breakthrough.

It was a massive blow for the home side as Haddin had been controlling the innings with some clean hitting.

However the Husseys' union brought the game back into Australia's favour with the brothers running hard and hitting the bad balls to the boundary - especially during the batting powerplay (overs 42 to 46).

David Hussey was eventually bowled but the crowd weren't too upset - the dismissal bringing to the crease home-town hero Ferguson.

In the afternoon a fruitful batting powerplay helped New Zealand post a competitive total.

Clusters of wickets and cheap dismissals made it difficult for the tourists to accelerate earlier in the innings but they bludgeoned 53 runs - between overs 45 to 49 - to finish with 8-244 from their allotment.

Ross Taylor led the charge with 76 from 72 deliveries while some lusty blows saw Mills chip in with a handy 23 from 27 balls.

Openers Martin Guptill (45) and McCullum (33) were the other major contributors.

Mitchell Johnson finished with 3-51 while James Hopes (2-37) and Michael Clarke (1-23 off eight overs) were also handy with the ball.

New Zealand made a steady start to the contest with McCullum and Guptill putting on 69 for the opening stand but in a matter of minutes the tourists had slumped to 3-86 and the Aussies were on top.

The Kiwis' innings regained momentum when Taylor and Grant Elliott went after Cameron White and combined for a flowing 55-run stand.

Cumming and Neil Broom went cheaply before Taylor and Mills came together for an explosive 53-run partnership.

Before the game the players, umpires and spectators held a minute silence to pay their respects to the bushfire victims in Victoria.

The Commonwealth Bank Series Bushfire Appeal has raised more than $6 million for people affected by the natural disaster.

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Posted By: Oracle of Delphi - Category: One Day International, Australia, New Zealand

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Australia Defeat New Zealand In Third ODI

February 9th 2009 07:47

Australia has kept the Commonwealth Bank one-day series alive after defeating a courageous New Zealand by 32 runs in game three at the SCG.

Set a massive 302 to win their third straight match against Australia, the Black Caps looked dead and buried when they slumped to 7-183 in the 37th over.

But a frenetic 69–run union between century-maker Grant Elliott (115) and Brendon McCullum (36), batting with a serious shoulder injury, threatened to steal the match.

Elliott's dismissal in the 45th over ended the New Zealand fightback, allowing a relieved Australia to claim a desperately-needed victory after five successive defeats.

The Kiwis, bowled out for 269 in the 48th over, lead the series 2-1 heading into game four in Adelaide on Tuesday.

But the visitors are unlikely to have the services of keeper-batsman McCullum, who was struck by a rearing delivery from Kyle Mills while standing up to the stumps during the Australian innings.

Brad Haddin

He bravely played on, batting in obvious pain, and will undergo scans on Monday.

Back-up wicket-keeper Gareth Hopkins will fly over from New Zealand to join the squad ahead of Tuesday's game.

McCullum's injury added to a testing night for the Kiwis, who struggled to keep pace with Australia for most of the match after winning the toss and asking their hosts to bat.

Brad Haddin's first century at one-day international level underpinned Australia's imposing target, the Black Caps' chase beginning poorly.

After sliding to 2-16 in the sixth over after losing Martin Guptill (six) and Ross Taylor (four), Elliott and Peter Fulton (40) repaired some of the early damage with a stand of 80 for the third wicket.

But Fulton's departure just before the halfway mark put the Black Caps back behind the eight ball.

Wickets continued to tumble at regular intervals – Neil Broom (15), Mills (two), Daniel Vettori (two) and Tim Southee (17) departing in quick succession.

Elliott and McCullum, batting at No 9 due to his injury, gave Australia a massive scare before James Hopes (2-49) returned to the attack to remove Elliott, caught at deep mid-wicket by Michael Hussey.

The South African-born Elliott faced 124 balls in peeling off his first one-day international ton, striking eight boundaries.

McCullum perished soon after to extinguish any thought of a cricketing miracle.

Earlier in the day, Haddin blasted eight fours and three sixes in an entertaining 114-ball stay to give the hosts every chance of keeping the series alive after they dropped the opening two matches.

Haddin, promoted to the top of the order, raised his arms in triumph after bringing up the three figures with a sharp single.

He was eventually dismissed in the 38th over, run out by rival gloveman Brendon McCullum after attempting to pinch a single.

A bright 62-run partnership between Callum Ferguson (28 off 23 balls) and Michael Hussey (51 off 32) late in the innings ensured Australia topped 300.

"It was very special to get the opportunity to open (and) great to get one (a century) out there today," Haddin said after his dig.

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Posted By: Oracle of Delphi - Category: One Day International, Australia, New Zealand

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New Zealand Beat Australia In Second ODI

February 7th 2009 14:07

New Captain, different team, same result. Australia's lean run continued, with a six-wicket loss to New Zealand in the second Commonwealth Bank one-day international at the MCG on Friday night.

Not even a stellar 98 from stand-in captain Michael Clarke and an intelligent 75 from his deputy Michael Hussey could prevent Australia from sinking to its sixth defeat from seven matches.

Playing only his 13th game, Grant Elliott proved the unlikely hero for New Zealand, making a career-best 61 not out to steer the visitors past Australia's modest 5-225 with seven balls to spare.

Australia's best chance for victory came after Ross Taylor threw away his wicket on 47 with an unnecessary slog but an unbeaten 50-run stand off 44 balls between Elliott and Neil Broom snuffed out hopes of a come-from-behind win.

Chancing their arm, Elliott and Broom regularly cleared the fingertips of desperate Australian fieldsmen by only a matter of inches.

Grant Elliott

The loss saw Australia move down to third place on the latest ICC rankings, one point behind India and only four clear of the Kiwis.

Another victory in Sydney on Sunday for the Black Caps will give them an unassailable three-nil lead in the best-of-five series and ensure the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy heads across the Tasman.

This was a match which the visitors assumed control of almost from the get go.

Fielding one of its most inexperienced line-ups in recent times, Australia could not afford another poor start with the bat.

If Clarke's promotion to open the batting was designed to calm a relatively inexperienced top order, it did not work.

David Warner, Brad Haddin and David Hussey were all back in the pavilion by the 18th over - the trio guilty of a rush of blood or a lack of judgement, or in Warner's case a bit of both.

Warner made just two, continuing a topsy-turvy start to his international career.

Predictably, Australia appeared most settled when its two most senior batsmen - Clarke and Michael Hussey - were at the crease.

Showing the patience that comes through experience, the pair took few risks in their 133-run stand, preferring instead to pick holes in the field.

Not that the Black Caps, with Kyle Mills and Iain O'Brien more than capable bookends to their bowling innings, gave them many balls with which to find or clear the rope either.

Mills, who claimed 1-12 from his six overs with the new ball, and O'Brien denied Australia a final flurry at the death.

O'Brien was particularly effective, taking the key wickets of Clarke and Michael Hussey.

Despite an early wicket from Nathan Bracken, Australia's attack again lacked penetration.

James Hopes, a non-descript all-rounder who rarely lets the team down, lifted the home side's spirits by removing Peter Fulton and key man Brendon McCullum.

Hopes was the pick of the Australian bowlers, taking 2-30 from 10 overs.

With victory in sight, the composure Taylor showed early in his innings evaporated.

He was dropped on 37 in the deep by Michael Hussey in the 37th over then surrendered his wicket four overs later when he was caught behind trying to slog Mitchell Johnson into another postcode.

Fortunately for Taylor, Elliott and Broom ensured his mistake did not spark a remarkable comeback.

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New Zealand Defeat Australia In ODI

February 2nd 2009 07:43

New Zealand has produced a dramatic two-wicket victory over Australia off the final ball in the first Commonwealth Bank Series match at the WACA.

A brilliant performance by the Black Caps in the field saw the home side bowled out for 181 but New Zealand made hard work of overtaking the meagre total.

Needing five off Nathan Bracken's last over to win the match, New Zealand lost Tim Southee (three) with the second ball, a slower delivery from the New South Welshmen who claimed 3-35 from his 10 overs.

But skipper Daniel Vettori (seven not out) held his nerve to slip the final delivery of the innings through a packed infield, seeing New Zealand finish with 8-182 as Australia slumped to its fourth consecutive one-day international loss.

To make matters worse for the hosts, opener Shaun Marsh appeared to badly injure his left hamstring chasing a ball in the outfield, the Perth local slipping to the ground in agony.

Daniel Vettori

Despite the loss of Marsh, Australia's attack continued to press and the combined effort of Bracken, Shaun Tait (2-40) and Michael Clarke (1-18 from six overs) reduced the Black Caps to 5-105 in the 38th over.

But a match-winning half-century from Ross Taylor (64) in a 62-run stand with Kyle Mills (26) steadied the ship and all-but saw the Black Caps home before Mills was bowled by Tait in the 47th over.

While his team-mates didn't have much luck, Taylor enjoyed a life on 15, dropped by Mitchell Johnson in the 17th over off James Hopes (1-23) bowling, the ball slipping through Johnson's hands as he stared into the setting sun.

As Tait and Bracken claimed five wickets between them, they were ably supported by Hopes, Clarke and Johnson (1-34), who took one of the catches of the summer to dismiss Peter Fulton caught and bowled in the 14th over for seven.

Mills, though, walked away with the Man of the Match award, having taken 4-35 for New Zealand as Australia struggled to impose itself on the contest with the bat.

The bowler opened his account early on, claiming the wicket of Marsh (15) in the seventh over and David Warner (seven) 11 deliveries later. Both openers were dismissed in identical circumstances, sharply caught at short cover by the towering Fulton as they attempted to drive on the rise.

Mills also claimed Haddin's (31) wicket just as he and Australian top scorer Michael Hussey (49) had compiled a 61-run stand that looked set to blossom into a solid partnership for the hosts.

Michael Hussey led the resistance with the bat as his team-mates departed around him.

After Marsh and Warner fell, Australia lost skipper Ricky Ponting and vice-captain Michael Clarke to unnecessary run-outs, both players falling victim to exceptional throws by Broom and Martin Guptill in the outfield.

Johnson (20) and the unbeaten Tait (nine) produced a late flurry at the end of Australia's innings after Bracken lasted four balls for his duck but their efforts weren't enough to give Australia a confidence-restoring win.

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