LOL even he couldnt believe himself.if you see his vagon wheel its perfect shoots all over the ground. brilliant knock by a night watchman i woonder if he will get promoted now

Double hundred by Dizzy, wow what is there to say, unbelievable stuff and congrats to him, he has really come back to the fore in the test team.

Bangladesh 195-4 at the moment, Nafaes going well on 75 not out but i dont think they will even reach the 385 target they need to make Aussie bat again, looks like a win for Aus here, normal service resumed.

lol Ferrari agreed, it does seem to be normal service, the first test wa sa bit of a scare, but Bangladesh are getting a team together now, everyone starts at the bottom and then builds up.

Gillespie played well though

cannot believe i would see gillespie get a double century

Gillespie getting the double ton - amazing stuff. He's always looked very assured at the crease for a tail ender. I never thought I would see him get to 100, let alone 200 though. Good on him. Great to see he's got rid of that ridiculous hair too. He apparently had a bet with Matty Hayden. Whoever got a double century would have to do a nude run. Gillespie doesn't sound to keen on holding up his part of the deal though. Wise man.

Incredible achievement for Dizzy, he joins an elite club who have passed the 200 mark. I think his total even surpasses Steve Waugh's highest ever test score (200 I think) albeit against a dispirited Bangladeshi side.

As for nightwatchen's totals, he's definately the first to pass 200 with only two nightwatchmen previously scoring centuries in test matches.

Just watching Dan Cullen bowl yesterday makes me think that he should not have been picked for the test. Theres no doubt hes gonna play test cricket at some point but I think hes been thrust into it way too early.

Game finsihed. Bangladesh all down for 307 runs. Nafeez scored 79 runs i thinka dn Rafique entertained everyone and scored 60 od runs at the end when the game was over. Stuart Mcgill took 4 wickets , I hope he is picked in the next series now because he is consistently taking good amount of wickets. Looking forward to the One Day Internationals now

Alas despite any amount of wickets Stuart MacGill takes I doubt he will feature in the Sydney test of the Ashes series. Although I really think he should be picked for the Gabba test cause Shane Warne has an excellent record there and I think it suits the spinners on the 3-5th day. He wont play in Perth and Adelaide because of the fast bowlers pitch and the fact that Adelaide is a batsman's paradise and he'll got for too many runs. He might play in Melbourne if Australia is losing the series and he'll definately play in Sydney. Also stand by I'll give my player ratings for the series.

It doesnt matter whether the pitch suits him or not. Frankly whenever i have seen him play with warne he has done better than Warne. No reason that both of them should play in the game. They have Lee , Gillespie , Clark , Magill and Warne

no place for McGrath? Yeah it shouldnt matter whether the pitch suits him or not but the Australian selectors will look it at that way. I'd never thought i'd say this but England are quality opposition and the amount of runs MacGill goes for will be a concern especially with players like Flintoff, Pietersen in the England team. MacGill long hops in Adelaide will be smashed out of the park in Adelaide. In my opinion i'd say MacGill is the unluckiest cricketer of all time and possibly one of the unluckiest sportman of all time. Born in any other era or playing for any other team he'd be a legend.

If Glen Mcgrath is fit than have him in place of Stuart Clark. I was talking about the current situation

yep ohk fair enough.

ohk guys here are my ratings for the series. I'll also put in how I think each of the Aussies players will fair in the Ashes series.
Australia
Matthew Hayden 6 (A mediocre series by his standards. Must have expected more runs on the sub-continental pitches after his brilliant series in 00/01 agaist India and the fact that he was playing opposition of a low quality. Made a couple of good knocks but looked a tad exhausted after a long summer of cricket. Will get a well earned rest before the Ashes campain. Looks a better player though and will be after revenge against the Poms)
Michael Hussey 7.5 (Thrown in the opening role and Mr Cricket again showed that he can do anything. Smashed a massive ton in the second test and was always a present force. Gave 110% percent in everything he did and showed why hes such a vital part of the team. Durham must be over the moon that such a player will be playing for them. More runs to come against England after a good natwest series last year.)
Ricky Ponting 8 (Excellent series with the bat and played a match saving innings to secure victory in the first test. Needs to tone down his attitude with the umpires but other than that he is the best batsman in the world. The poms will have to get him if they're any chance of winning the ashes.)
Damien Martyn 2 (Again found out badly by the spinners with Mohammad Rafique bamboozling him. His career is in danger. Will need to score alot of runs in county cricket if he plays it if he wants to feature in the Ashes.)
Michael Clarke 2 (Given another crack at test cricket and is still not ready for it. Like Martyn will need to work on his game if he is to play in the Ashes but the talent is there.)
Adam Gilchrist 7 (Played a brilliant knock in the first test which will give him confidence. Will need to learn to become more consistant and will have alot of work to do in practicing facing reverse swing if he is going to make runs in the Ashes. If Flintoff get him he'll have a shocker of a series, if Gilchrist gets on top of him England are in trouble. Englands fortunes will depend on him.)
Shane Warne 8 (The Deshies must have thought they found a weakness in him after the first innings of the first test but alas it was only a sore shoulder that stopped him. Absolutely bamboozled them for the remainder of the series and gave us a masterclass in leg spin. An absolute legend. More tortue is to come for the Poms as Warne just keeps getting better and better and his fitness is improving too which means he'll be bowling more overs and more trouble for the Poms. The Poms like in the home series will just have to figure out how to win the Ashes by getting around Warne as nothing can tame him.)
Brett Lee 5 (Looked tired and deservedly so after a huge summer of cricket. Tires his heart out and is bowling faster and better than ever. The Poms will have to watch his yorkers especially Andrew Strauss as he is now the spearhead of the Australian attack. Will look for some luck against the Poms.)
Jason Gillespie 8.5 (Australia's man of the series and its really good to see him playing well. Got some of his old pace back and looked threatening. His 201* will go down as one of his finest moments and was a fantastic achievements. Will surely feature in the Ashes series but his form at Yorkshire will be monitored. It is a bonus for them.)
Dan Cullen 4 (Thrown into test cricket way to early but the talent is there. Probably wont feature in the Ashes but he'll get his chance once Warne calls it a day.)
Stuart MacGill 8 (Bowled really well capturing 8 in the first test and more in the second innings and the second test. Would like to see him in the Ashes series but alas will only play in Sydney. The only opening i can see for him is if Warne absolutely domiantes the Poms in the first couple of tests which will allow Australia to expose a big weakness against Leg Spin. Like Warne has a good record against the Poms.)
Stuart Clark 4 (Not experienced enough to deal with the sub-continent pitches but will gain it. Clark fans dont dispair as more tests are to come for him and will feature in the Ashes if any of the quicks lack form or fitness)
Phil Jaques 6 (Played in the last test and made a half century. The heir apparent to either Hayden or Langer and may play in the Ashes if either of them lack form. More runs await at first class level in English country cricket)

Great post aussie, interesting to see your thoughts.

First One Day game was won by Australia. Bangladesh played well and you can seriously see nice improvement in their team.The second game is going on at the moment Australia scored 250 runs on a slow low wicket Andrew Symond scored a very good century. Bangladesh are lil behind the required runrate at the moment 150/5 in 40 overs

this is actually the second ODI. Australia now has a 2-0 lead.

Well Bangladesh chasin 251 and starting so badly going down to 8-3 i didnt think anything more than an Aussie victory and i was right, great 103 from Symonds who has shown again that he is a top ODI player. Think the 2-0 scoreline so far is well deserved, only one more ODI after this one right?

yes mate 3 match series!!!! i think aussie will play that real fat opening batsman

He's a fucking champion.

Do you speak of Cosgrove?

i aint sure about the name i remember he was dropped from the south australian side because he was overwieght and he can reduced alot recently

neva undermine any opponent peepz....rememba....BAN had blasted the Aussies....

Yep, that's Cosgrove. He's a gun, apparently.

I think he's over-rated. Im a New South Welshman though. I dont think he`ll get a run.

Bracken and Hogg better play in the World Cup next year. Bracken better get selected for the Ashes series. If Dizzy gets a spot and bowls like poo again i will be very very pissed off.

I think Brad Hogg's the most underrated cricketer in the world at present. I think any nation in the world would want him in their team and IMO he is a world class bowler. He can bowl pretty much all the deliveries in a leg-spinners armoury and has proved himself in almost all conditions, yet he barely rates a mention when Australia's one day successes are discussed. Western Australia dont even play him in their first-class squad and hes take 2 wickets or so every game for Australia. He is also often underused, he should be playing more than 1 in every two games. His batting is also decent enough for him to claim a spot as a bowling all-rounder and it is absurd that no english county has signed him in the aussie off-season.

The team playing today is the worst team Australia has put out in a long while.
Dorey? Johnson? Hopes? Cullen?
I know we are looking to the future, but this isn't where to start, especially the first two.

Fuck Dorey is shit. Johnson has potential but Dorey is just shit, plain and simple.

Well Australia take the series 3-0 and what an easy way to end the ODI series, a poultry target of 125 to chase and they did it with ease and Cosgrove hit 74 off 69 until he was bowled. Katich pictched in with a good 42 too and all in all a very comfortable series victory.

Bangladesh started the tour brilliant and could have won the first test, but now theyve ended it with a whimper.

i wont say Bangladesh didnt play well they gave their all in the field that is while bowling. Rafique, Mortoza, Razzaq and Enamul were very good indeed and Bashar batted well for them. Bangladesh's batsman have no concentration, majority of the time they are unable to bat the 50 overs which is a real shame. They are improving tho. Nice win for Aus well done

I am going to retract my statements about Cosgrove.

He handled himself fantastically and i think Katitch will be very very hard pressed trying to make the WC squad over him.

Fine display. Took to all of the attack and really reminded me of Tubby Taylor but with Boof's wrists.

But honestly. Did anyone think that the Bangers would keep steady for a 3 test series then 3 one dayers? it just shows how seasoned the Aussies are that after 2 and a bit days of pummeling they still have the heart to turn a test around.

Tis a shame they dont playmore cricket cos i tihnk they could develop into another strong cricketing nation.

Katitch is pus. Very overrated in my opinion.