Musings about sports in general, & Cricket in particular. With baseball season coming up, will look into that, too. And lots of good cricket in 2007, including the World Cup.
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20030423
At 2:37pm local time at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad, the Australians completed another whipping of the Windies, winning by 118 runs & leading the 4 Test sereis 2-0. And it's not just that they're winning, but HOW they're winning: can't remember ever seeing a Test match won without the skipper ever coming to bat. By declaring on 4 wickets in the 1st Innings & 3 in the 2nd, Captain Waugh took a gamble that his bowlers could deliver the goods. They did. Windies Captain Brian Lara had a great match, with 91 in the 1st Innings & 122 in the 2nd, but when he was out with 159 runs & 3 wickets left, you knew the jig was pretty much up.
I love Waugh-captained sides, because his aggressive style makes matches so interesting. What could have been another boring draw (& very likely would have been if not for the declarations) turned into an exciting 5th day at Queen's. All of the premier Aussie batters fattened their averages (with the exception of Waugh, whose strategy robbed only him of a chance to get some easy runs...but that's Waugh all over, sacrificing personal stats for a team win). On the bowling end for the Aussies, Jason Gillespie took 6 wickets & Brett Lee 5 in the match (although Lee needs to work on that run rate). It was a total victory for the tourists, & it must leave the Windies praying that hurricane season comes early this year.
In county news: Kent 245, Leicestershire 101/3 in the 1st Innings; Hampshire 381/5 Glamorgan yet to bat in the 1st Innings; Lancashire 354, Nottinghamshire 0 in the 1st Innings; Sussex 239, Middlesex 79/4 in the 1st; & Durham 185, Somerset 126/5 in the 1st. All scores are at stumps.
7:15 PM
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