Rain ruins New Zealand’s clash against arch rivals http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 – Cricket News
Much anticipated match between the most competitive teams (Australia and New Zealand) in the ongoing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Champions Trophy was washed out by rain on Wednesday, June 12, at Edgbaston, Birmingham.
This was a do-or-die match for the Australians, the New Zealanders needed this win to confirm a place in the semi-finals.
While New Zealand failed to grab the victory points, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-McClenaghan-c1975, however still proved just why he is the most dangerous bowler in this competition, as he bagged four wickets and left the Australians
in disarray. The bowler is certainly going to be a major player for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 in the knockout games. With him in form, the only Achilles heel that New Zealand has is their fragile batting which can collapse least when expected.
After winning the toss, Australia chose to bat first and with rain expected later in the day, it was important for them to score quick and big. New Zealand needed to halt the Australians from getting carried
away in order to save the game in case of rain.
New Zealand made early inroads by nabbing their first wicket with only five run on the board, when McClenaghan had http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558 caught for five.
With ten runs on the board, the batting side lost another wicket, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Phillip-Hughes-c2185 run out on nil. This put the Australians on their back foot and any acceleration they were looking for had to wait.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Bailey-c1480 then had to rebuild the innings, as they kept the scoreboard ticking without taking too many risks. It was crucial for this pair to stop New Zealand’s bowling onslaught
in order to avert a disgraceful end. The batting duo led their side towards 74, before the departure of Wade, who was trapped in front of stumps by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/NL-McCullum-c2120 after scoring 29 runs off 57 deliveries.
Bailey was then joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Voges-c925 and the two batsmen launched a blatant offense by hammering the bowlers everywhere and taking the score to 151, before this lethal partnership was brought to an end by McCullum.
The Australian captain found his way back to the pavilion after scoring 55 runs. Meanwhile, Voges jabbed an inspirational knock of 71 runs off 76 deliveries to help his side post a decent score of 243.
New Zealand then lost their first wicket with 18 runs on the board as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Luke-Ronchi-c73300 for
14. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849 on nine when play was stopped due to rain.
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