Australia dropped at least three catches at least yesterday and everytime commentators commented 'what rarity' , 'how unusual' etc etc. I have seen most of the matches australians played this whole year and they have been dropping catches on most occassions and still its a rarity?? What load of bull crap.
Newzeland have reached 352-9 at lunch on second day thanks to an absolute killer innings from Jacob Oram. He is not out on 125 and have blasted three sixes as soon as he reached his hundred. He has had valuable support from Mills and Vettori. This is Oram's second hundred and first against australia on their home soil in his first innings. Jub chakkay paray thhay gillespie aur kaspo ko tu unn ki shakal dekhnay waali thi, mera tu cable ka rent poora ho gaya :D
Just before lunch when ninth wicket fell, Shane warne placed a fielder right behind gilchrist (slight on the leg side) and start bowling wide of the leg stump to Oram. Aleem dar signalled two wides instantly and recieved boos from crowd. Dar had a word with warne and ponting and they argued that they placed a fielder according to this bowling tactic. Weird!!
newayz australian cowd is pathetic as their playes they r Racist ppl newayz i hope they gonna cheer for SHoaib AKhtar when he steams IN :D
Honours even after Oram hundred](http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2004/NOV/105272_AUS_18NOV2004.html)
Australia 4 for 197 (Martyn 59, Ponting 51) trail New Zealand 353 (Oram 126, Sinclair 69, Kasprowicz 4-90, Warne 4-97,) by 156 runs **
The second day of the Brisbane Test belonged to New Zealand, but in the context of the match, honours were just about even at the close. An hour after tea Australia were wobbling on 4 for 128 in reply to New Zealand’s 353, but a solid end to the session from Damien Martyn and Michael Clarke steadied the ship. The shame was they left the field to a chorus of boos when they accepted an offer of bad light, despite the outfield being bathed in sunshine. They were 4 for 197 at stumps.
Jacob Oram’s terrific hundred dominated the morning and completed a recovery which began in the final session yesterday. He arrived at the crease with New Zealand in trouble at 5 for 138, surviving some hairy moments, especially against Shane Warne. But resuming on 63, he marshaled the tail to such good effect that the last five wickets added 215 runs, of which his share was an unbeaten 126.
And then, after Australia had grown in confidence as the afternoon progressed, they lost three wickets straight after tea. Daniel Vettori removed Justin Langer, plumb leg-before for 34 to one that jagged back and kept low, and Darren Lehmann, caught behind for 8 attempting an unnecessarily flashy drive. In between, Ricky Ponting, who had just reached a far from convincing fifty, was well-caught by Nathan Astle aiming a slightly airy hook off Chris Martin.
Only when Clarke and Martyn reasserted control as the shadows lengthened did Australia gain the upperhand for the first time in the day. Both timed the ball well, were willing to play their shots, and gave the good-sized crowd some much-needed cheer. Martyn set out his stall with a spectacular six guided over the slips in the same over Martin had removed Ponting. For their part the New Zealand bowlers extracted considerable pace and bounce, and had they had a fit Shane Bond to bolster their attack, Australia might really have struggled.
The day started well for Australia with Vettori falling to Michael Kasprowicz in the fifth over, but thereafter Australia were uninspiring. The bowling was ordinary, both in pace and quality, and looked tired, and Ricky Ponting’s decision to give Oram singles to try to expose the tail backfired as Kyle Mills and Martin, a genuine Test rabbit, held firm. The fielding was also shabby, with several routine stops missed, and a clumsy and unnecessary four overthrows adding to the gloom. Even Warne looked out of sorts, the only sparks of passion coming when he bounced Oram and when Aleem Dar called him for successive leg-side wides as he attempted to frustrate Oram into holing out.
There was a danger Oram would be left stranded on 92 when Mill’s dogged 29 ended as an angled defensive push off Warne was well held by Ponting at first slip. But Martin hung around, and poor field placing allowed Oram to steal twos with increasing ease, as well as singles when it mattered.
Once he brought up his century, Oram cut loose, smacking Jason Gillespie for 10 off the next two balls and then launching successive sixes off a tiring Kasprowicz. His hundred had come off 166 balls – the next 25 runs came off 11.
After Warne finally ended Martin’s resistance, Australia had to ensure a difficult hour. New Zealand’s bowlers extracted pace and bounce and caused Matthew Hayden and Langer a few alarms. Hayden was trapped leg-before on the back foot for 8 by Mills, his first Test victim, although the ball appeared to hit him high on the pad. But on a good pitch batting got easier as the ball lost its shine.
Mid-way through the afternoon Ponting survived a close call when Vettori at mid-off checked his run and the looping ball fell just short of his desperate lunge. Two overs later Langer seemed to have got a big edge off Oram but despite long and vociferous appeals, he survived.
Those were the turning points. Thereafter Langer and Ponting found form, and while the run-rate was, for Australia, sedate, the large crowd basked contentedly in the sunshine. After a rather alarming morning, there was a feeling that the usual world order was slowly being restored. Their sense of well-being was again disrupted after the break.
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Shane Warne can't believe Aleem Dar calls him for a leg-side wide, Australia v New Zealand, 1st Test, Brisbane, November 19, 2004
kia frustration hai , he is acting like Kumble ;)
NA and AUS games are normally a treat to watch just like PAK & IND games. Lets see how quickly NZ can bowl out AUS on 3rd day. Will they manage to get some lead, this is a big question !
both Vettori and Fleming are playing? surprised at that - still anyone's game.
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No. :(
good going kiwi’s jacob oram is really a upcoming talent, shabash mate, he recenty rejected a poor county offer as he was being underpaid and now his point of view will get across to the directors’ of the counties b4 they think of tempting him.
a good lower order response from the kiwi’s and a handy 4 wks’ in the bag, come on lads ram it down hard, aussies dominance has to end 1 day.
93 run 10th wicket partership between Gillpsie and Mcgrath 
and they r still going. Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai? 
^ Newzealand's moral is sapped because of this partnerhip and they were just going through the motions at the end of the day. Only one team can win this match now :-/
thanx 4 info
Now this is what you call a rout.
Australia romp to innings victory](BBC SPORT | Cricket | Other International | Australia romp to innings victory)
First Test, Brisbane (day four): Australia 585 beat New Zealand 353 & 76 by an innings and 156 runs
Australia coasted to an innings and 156-run victory in the first Test over New Zealand as the tourists crumbled to 76 all out in their second innings.
The hosts had started the day brightly as Jason Gillespie joined Glenn McGrath in hitting a debut Test fifty.
McGrath and Shane Warne then shone with the ball as New Zealand battled hopelessly to cut the 332-run deficit.
Warne enjoyed figures of 4-15, while McGrath relished in removing the top order with three wickets.
Gillespie and McGrath had put Australia well in the ascendancy with a surprise 114-run partnership, already worth 93 overnight.
The agony finally ended when McGrath hooked Chris Martin to Nathan Astle at midwicket to fall for a Test-best 61. Gillespie was 54 not out in a total of 585.
But a bad Test for the Kiwis was about to get worse as McGrath wreaked havoc with the ball, collecting the wickets of Mark Richardson and Matt Sinclair in his first two overs.
Richardson was the first to fall after just five balls as he edged to Adam Gilchrist behind the stumps and Sinclair joined him back in the pavilion when he was trapped lbw.
When Stephen Fleming then edged McGrath to third slip the score was 19-3.
The fourth wicket fell right on lunch when Scott Styris padded up to Warne without offering a shot and was given out lbw.
Nathan Astle departed soon after the interval when he was caught by Warne at first slip off Michael Kasprowicz for New Zealand’s top score of 17.
And first-innings centurion Jacob Oram fell when he hit the ball off the back of his bat to Matthew Hayden at slip off Warne’s bowling.
The procession continued.
Brendon McCullum was the victim of a terrible umpiring decision when he was given out caught behind to a ball that hit a crack in the pitch and missed his bat by about 10 centimetres.
After that lucky break, Gillespie then had Craig McMillan trapped lbw a ball after he survived a confident appeal for caught behind.
Warne cleaned up the last two wickets to finish with eight in the match and take his world record tally to 549 scalps.
What an emphatic win. Hopefully Pakistan wont suffer like this. Newzeland was in the game until Gillespie and Mcgrath totally destroyed thier hopes with a 114 runs partnership :-/.
p.s Did any one happen to see the dimissal of brendon macculum off gillespie? What a pathetic decision was it by Bucknor?
p.s 1- What Kyle Mills is doing in test cricket is beyond me.
yeah saby i saw that, mcullum was given a pitched up delivery from mr malang and the ball after hitting the deck found conventional swing and totally missed the bat by a good few centimeters and it carried to gilly', the aussie being the cheats that they are, appealed for a caught behind and bucknor who should retire made another blunder
anyways the game was well and truly over the aussies dominated this test match and pakistan might have to face the music :( in december
what a piece of umpiring!!! shabash Bucknor shabash, I guess he will be umpiring even from his grave.
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you wish.. :p
did Bucknor's umpiring decided the test game? yeah he made a mistake or two but hey - gotta give credit to the Aussies' spankin' :D
**Langer puts Australia in command **](BBC SPORT | Cricket | Other International | Langer puts Australia in command)
**Second Test, Adelaide, day one: Australia 327-3 (close) v New Zealand **
Justin Langer hit an unbeaten 144 to put Australia in a commanding position after day one of the second Test against New Zealand in Adelaide.
The left-handed opener faced 277 balls and struck 19 fours during the day as the home side reached 327-3.
He put on 137 for the first wicket with Matthew Hayden (70), taking their total as an opening pair past 4,000 runs.
Langer also shared a second wicket stand of 103 with skipper Ricky Ponting, who made 68.
Australia named an unchanged side, having won the opening Test by an innings and 156 runs, while the Kiwis recalled James Franklin and spinner Paul Wiseman.
Ponting chose to bat after winning the toss and Langer gave them a flying start by hitting Chris Martin’s first ball for four and then adding four boundaries as Franklin’s opening over cost 18 runs.
The home side were 86-0 at lunch, and Langer and Hayden raised their 13th century partnership as an opening pair soon after the resumption.
They were finally separated after further controversy over the ‘walking’ debate - with Hayden given out by the TV umpire after refusing to accept Wiseman’s claim that he had taken a return catch cleanly.
He and Langer have now scored 4,049 runs as an opening pair - a total exceeded only by Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes (6,482) and Marvan Atapattu and Sanath Jayasuriya (4,159).
Ponting batted fluently either side of tea.
He collected eight boundaries in reaching 50 off only 54 balls and adding three more before he was stumped off Daniel Vettori with the total on 240.
Damien Martyn, the batting star of the recent tour to India, did not last long.
He faced only 14 balls before he was caught edging a cut, Stephen Fleming holding a chance off Wiseman.
But Darren Lehmann kept Langer company to stumps as Australia added 142 runs in the final session.
Langer’s 20th Test hundred arrived off 212 balls on the ground where he made his Test debut in January 1993 and he also raised 1,000 runs for the calendar year - the first time he has done so.
The shot that brought him his century was a leg-glance that was technically a chance to wicket-keeper Brendon McCullum.
But generally, he traded in a series of cuts and cover-drives, and took four boundaries off successive Franklin deliveries shortly before stumps.
Australia: Ricky Ponting (cpt), Justin Langer, Matthew Hayden, Damien Martyn, Darren Lehmann, Michael Clarke, Adam Gilchrist (wkt), Shane Warne, Jason Gillespie, Michael Kasprowicz, Glenn McGrath. (12th man: Brett Lee).
New Zealand: Mark Richardson, Mathew Sinclair, Stephen Fleming (cpt), Scott Styris, Nathan Astle, Brendon McCullum (wkt), Jacob Oram, Daniel Vettori, James Franklin, Paul Wiseman, Chris Martin. (12th man: Hamish Marshall)
y isn't langer given chance in odi's surely gilly can drop down the order in odi's he does well in tests and he's getting on a bit now so i think it's slightly harsh just like slates' he did well in tests but wasn't given enough time to proive his worth in odi version of the game.
- it's ridiculous how michael clarke wasn't a automatic selection for this test!
Looks like another innings defeat in the making. Hope we fare better than the NZ team.
Australia take control after Langer double-century](http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2004/NOV/112223_AUS_27NOV2004.html)
Close New Zealand 2 for 56 (Fleming 38, Wiseman 4) trail Australia 8 for 575 dec (Langer 215, Lehmann 81, Hayden 70) by 519 runs**
Australia followed up another day of effortless dominance with the bat by grabbing two important wickets in an absorbing final session, as New Zealand’s slim hopes of a series-levelling victory were left in tatters at the end of the second day’s play at Adelaide. At the close, they still trailed Australia by 519 runs with eight wickets standing and, judging by the edgy manner with which they fended off Shane Warne in an exploratory five-over spell, New Zealand’s initial target of 376 to avoid the follow-on remains an eternity away.
Australia’s main man, for the second day running, was Justin Langer, who converted his overnight 144 into a superb 215, his third double-century in Test cricket. He batted all the way through the first session in partnership with Darren Lehmann, who made 81, and by the time Adam Gilchrist and Warne had contributed a pair of cameo half-centuries, New Zealand’s fielders were begging for mercy in the baking sun.
New Zealand did, however, perform considerably better than they had done on the opening day and for that they owed everything to their spin pairing of Paul Wiseman and, especially, Daniel Vettori, who wheeled his way through 55.2 overs for a hugely deserved five-wicket haul. After four sessions of unchecked Australian dominance, the pair belatedly gave their side something to cheer, as they grabbed three quick wickets in space of nine overs after lunch. But with Warne eyeing up the vagaries of the wicket with interest, it was success laced with foreboding.
Neither man enjoyed any luck whatsoever. Numerous top-edges landed between the fielders, teasing deliveries were flat-batted into the stands, and lbw decisions were at a premium despite some dicey pad-play. New Zealand’s seamers, on the other hand, were woeful for a second day running, and it was their profligacy that was to blame as Langer and Lehmann picked up where they had left off on Friday evening. The honourable exception was Jacob Oram, whose disciplined leg-stump line was the only thing to cause Langer an iota of discomfort in his innings.
Langer belied his reputation as an attritional batsman with a series of audacious attacking strokes, including two vast sixes off Wiseman, the first of which took him to his double-century. He brought up his 150 with a bottom-edged pull for four before hoisting Chris Martin over midwicket for six, and when the hapless James Franklin entered the attack – after being pummelled for 84 runs in 14 overs yesterday – he was carted for fours off his first two deliveries. Lehmann, meanwhile, was playing a very contented second-fiddle, as Australia maneuvered themselves towards an unassailable position.
Langer didn’t last long after the lunch break. Aiming a sweep at Vettori, he was plucked out of the sky by Oram, reaching across to his right as he ran round from square leg. At 4 for 445, it brought to an end an excellent 184-run partnership and, as is so often the case in such situations, a fifth wicket was not far behind. Michael Clarke has been in ballistic form since entering Test cricket at Bangalore last month, and with so many runs on the board already, he was in no mood to play himself in. Vettori, however, took advantage to nail him for 7, plumb in front of middle stump, with a clever arm-ball.
That left Lehmann to hold the fort while Gilchrist found his range. With his future as a Test cricketer under some scrutiny, he had clearly set his sights on a century on his home turf but, just when three figures seemed inevitable, he was dragged out of his crease by another teasing delivery from Wiseman, and bowled off his pads for 81. Australia had lost three wickets for 20 runs in nine overs, and New Zealand were briefly dictating the terms – for the one session at least. But it was never going to last. With a full licence to play their shots, Gilchrist and Warne milked a tiring attack in a 78-run stand for the seventh wicket.
Warne, with nine single-figure scores in his last 11 Test innings, had been jokingly threatened with relegation down the order after that extraordinary partnership between Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie at Brisbane last week. But he responded with a full repertoire of crashing boundaries, as he posted a 63-ball half-century. Gilchrist was eventually plucked out for an even 50 by Vettori, leaping to his left in his follow-through, and Vettori then completed his five-wicket haul as Gillespie carved a sharp catch to backward point.
That left New Zealand with a tricky 22-over session to negotiate, and they made the worst possible start as Mathew Sinclair chased a wide one from Gillespie to give Warne a simple catch at first slip. Mark Richardson and Stephen Fleming knuckled down, however, and Fleming even managed a brief counterattack, as Mike Kasprowicz was slapped for three fours in a row in his first over.
But Kasprowicz struck back with a beautiful delivery that zipped off the seam to clip Richardson’s off bail, just moments after he had been reprieved by umpire Shepherd, who failed to spot an inside-edge onto the pad as Lehmann grabbed a superb one-handed catch at short-leg off Warne. The nightwatchman Wiseman was sent into the fray to see out the rest of the day, as Australia contemplated another excellent day at the office.
NZ r 324 behind in the first innings....
and No follow on, Australia will be batting again....
what the hell is wrong with them....
kambakht aik match india se haar ge after enoforcing follow on and now they wont go for a follow-on even if the other team is 1000 runs behind....
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NZ r 324 behind in the first innings....
and No follow on, Australia will be batting again....
what the hell is wrong with them....
kambakht aik match india se haar ge after enoforcing follow on and now they wont go for a follow-on even if the other team is 1000 runs behind....
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they r simply looser and pathetic.no team would ever do that as aussie r doing.despite being no1 still don't enforce follow on.how pathetic :D