2007/2008 Summer of Cricket Discussion

jamesgould said:
Hmm, we get a fair bit of womens cricket on over here. When the Rosebowl is on in NZ we definitely get all of them on tv. When the world cup was on here in 02 I think there were heaps of matches televised. Ahh, that was a great win for NZ!!! Anyone remember that Aussie chick getting bowled down the legside right at the end and the bail took a while to fall off?
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na ive rarely seen a womens game, its hardly televised here..
 
It was 2000, NZ won the final by four runs. 184 all out to 180 all out for Aus. Great day!!!
 
Phil Jaques will replace Justin Langer at the top of the Australian batting order, but there are still questions about the exact make-up of the national side ahead of the summer's opening Test against Sri Lanka at the Gabba.

Australian selectors named a 13-man squad on Thursday, a week out from the long-awaited return to the Test arena.

Andrew Hilditch, David Boon, Jamie Cox and Merv Hughes put together the line-up which, for the first time since any of the quartet joined the national selection panel, did not have include either Shane Warne or Glenn McGrath.

The squad will be trimmed back to 12 by Wednesday before a 12th man is named on the opening morning of the Test.

Squad: Ricky Ponting (c), Adam Gilchrist (vc), Phil Jaques, Matthew Hayden, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Andrew Symonds, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark, Stuart MacGill, Shaun Tait, Brad Hogg
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bring on the summer of cricket .. one wk 2 go!
 
Gilchrist hits world record 100th test six

November 17, 2007 - 7:16PM

ADAM Gilchrist today became the first player to hit 100 sixes in Test matches before Australia declared at a commanding 5-542 late on the second day of the second Test against Sri Lanka.

The tourists reached no wicket for 30 from 12 overs before stumps were called because of bad light with 20 overs remaining.

Left-arm quick Mitchell Johnson created one chance for the Australians in the field but Ricky Ponting was unable to grab a difficult overhead catch at second slip from Michael Vandort's blade when the left-hander was on nought.

Vandort was 12 not out at stumps with Marvan Atapattu on 18.

Gilchrist was unbeaten on 67 from 77 balls with seven fours and three sixes when Ponting's declaration came.

The hard-hitting West Australian blitzed the touring side's injury-depleted pace attack in an 86-minute partnership of 95 runs with Andrew Symonds (50 not out).

After clipping paceman Lasith Malinga for six over mid-wicket, Gilchrist went for broke in spinner Muttiah Muralitharan's 46th over, sweeping two consecutive deliveries over the mid-wicket fence.

The second of those two sixes went over the scoreboard and out of the ground to wild applause from the 5,381 patrons as Gilchrist reached his "ton" of sixes.

Australia lost only two wickets today. Mike Hussey fell for 132 after bringing up his seventh century in 18 Tests.

Michael Clarke followed eight overs later for 71.

Australia resumed this morning on 3-329 with Hussey on 101 and Clarke on eight after opener Phil Jaques scored a punishing 150 yesterday.

Hussey and Clarke added 63 runs in an 18-over morning session which was shortened by rain.

Dilhara Fernando (2-134) struck in the third over after lunch, trapping Hussey lbw at 4-410 after a 125-run partnership with Clarke.

Hussey hit 18 fours and one six and batted for 18 minutes shy of five hours, lifting his average to 84.63.

Only Don Bradman, who averaged 99.94 in his 52 matches, boasted a better record for players with a minimum 20 innings.

Clarke was 29 runs short of his sixth Test century when an attempted leg glance was caught low down by wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene as Lasith Malinga claimed his first wicket in his 30th over.

Muralitharan took 1-140 to lift his career tally to 703, five behind Shane Warne's world record of 708 wickets.

The touring side struggled today after Farveez Maharoof (0-82) didn't take the field today because of a foot injury.

Australia leads the two-match series 1-0.
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Bummer, it was Chris Cairns he overtook to get the record. :( And I may be wrong, but Cairns had a better strike-rate, he was about equal with Viv Richards for sixes per test.
 
Na this is it as it stands:

Test matches

Most sixes in career

Player - 6s
AC Gilchrist 100
BC Lara 88
CL Cairns 87
IVA Richards 84
ML Hayden 79
 
Lara also took over Cairns after Cairns retired then, but I'd say Gilchrist overtook him before Lara did. Got the amount of tests each of them has played? Or the number of runs they have scored in tests?
 
I must have been Remembering that Cairns was miles ahead of Richards on strikerate.

Gilchrist may have made 100, but that list proves Cairns has the best strikerate!
 
It proves who is best at hitting sixes! And sixes are what everyone wants to see.

I dream of the day I will hit one, I actually got sort of close yesterday with an uppercut to a short ball, but I didn't give it everything I could have. :(
 
jamesgould said:
It proves who is best at hitting sixes! And sixes are what everyone wants to see.

I dream of the day I will hit one, I actually got sort of close yesterday with an uppercut to a short ball, but I didn't give it everything I could have. :(
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yea but in test matches i dont see the point of counting, but it is awesome to see.

lol dw james, your day will come...
 
I don't know if it will, I'm not really strong enough. Even my fours come from either timing or deliberate edges, never power.
 
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