[Story] | Australia's Darkest Sporting Day - From Turmoil to Triumph

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Brilliant work with this story so far mate. Really really enjoying it. Kudos for the amount of effort you are putting into it. Cheers mate - am following with great interest!

Thanks very much.

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SECOND ODI v ENGLAND IN ENGLAND - CARDIFF

England XI:

J BAIRSTOW
A HALES
J ROY
J ROOT
B STOKES
E MORGAN
J BUTTLER
C WOAKES
A RASHID
L PLUNKETT
D BESS

(Dom Bess in for David Willey)

Australia XI:

D SHORT
A FINCH
T HEAD
S MARSH
M STOINIS
G MAXWELL
A CAREY
A AGAR
K RICHARDSON
A TYE
B STANLAKE

Notable moments -

> Australia win the toss and send England in to bat.

> Bowlers kept things very tight early, but without much luck. England managed to sneak a couple of 18+ run overs in at the back end. Overall quite happy with the bowling performance.

> Shaun Marsh stood tall as wickets fell around him, making his fifty off 58 balls.

> Ashton Agar gave us a late chance taking it to the last over, but pushed a bit too hard and fell.

> In much the same way as us with the ball, the English restricted run scoring really hard and Dom Bess on debut benefitted the most. Just couldn?t get a major partnership going.

Five match series tied 1 - 1.

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THIRD ODI v ENGLAND IN ENGLAND - NOTTINGHAM

England XI:

J BAIRSTOW
A HALES
J ROY
J ROOT
B STOKES
E MORGAN
J BUTTLER
C WOAKES
A RASHID
L PLUNKETT
D BESS

Australia XI:

D SHORT
A FINCH
T HEAD
S MARSH
M STOINIS
G MAXWELL
A CAREY
A AGAR
K RICHARDSON
A TYE
B STANLAKE

Notable moments -

> Australia won the toss and elected to bowl first.

> Absolutely fantastic with the ball, kept it so tight throughout. Maxwell pinning Alex Hales played a pivotal role in keeping the total under 200. Richardson outstanding.

> D?Arcy Short dropped on 0. Could be costly.

> Aaron Finch races to fifty off just 49 deliveries.

> Shaun Marsh leaves Aaron Finch stranded on 99*, hitting a boundary to win the game. I don?t believe it. Shaun Marsh striking at 164.30.

Australia lead the five match series 2 - 1.

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Really enjoying this series!
will you be roating the squad for the last couple of games?
Have you thought about moving maxwell up to 3 and moving head down?

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Really enjoying this series!
will you be roating the squad for the last couple of games?
Have you thought about moving maxwell up to 3 and moving head down?

Hi Muzzy. Thank you.

I intend on rotating once the series has been won if that makes sense. Whether it be one or two games will depend on how good the first team have been on a series by series basis, but I am keen to get Chris Lynn and Jhye Richardson into the side. Although looking at my seam bowlers this series, dropping one will be a harsh act. In short, kinda.

I don't imagine you'll see Maxwell bat at three under my reign, I'd say the only way that happens is if our openers put on 250 and I'm looking for a laugh. He'll be staying in that lower order type role.

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FOURTH ODI v ENGLAND IN ENGLAND - DURHAM

England XI:

J BAIRSTOW
A HALES
J ROY
J ROOT
B STOKES
E MORGAN
J BUTTLER
C WOAKES
A RASHID
L PLUNKETT
D BESS

Australia XI:

D SHORT
A FINCH
T HEAD
S MARSH
M STOINIS
G MAXWELL
A CAREY
A AGAR
K RICHARDSON
A TYE
B STANLAKE

Notable moments -

> Australia won the toss and elected to bowl first.

> Not much to write about with the ball, batting friendly setting but I always prefer chasing.

> Shaun Marsh makes another ODI fifty, this time off 48 balls.

> Shaun Marsh posts a stellar hundred off 108 deliveries.

> Alex Carey makes his first ODI fifty, off 58 deliveries.

> Alex Carey and Shaun Marsh's sixth wicket partnership of 115 is a new record against the English. The previous record was 111.

> OH MY! Six needed off the last ball and Kane Richardson launches Ben Stokes for six over cover. Absolutely incredible scenes!

Australia lead the five match series 3 - 1.

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FIFTH ODI v ENGLAND IN ENGLAND - MANCHESTER

England XI:

J BAIRSTOW
A HALES
J ROY
J ROOT
B STOKES
E MORGAN
J BUTTLER
C WOAKES
D WILLEY
A RASHID
L PLUNKETT

(David Willey in for Dom Bess)

Australia XI:

D SHORT
A CAREY
T HEAD
C LYNN
S MARSH
M STOINIS
A AGAR
AJ TYE
K RICHARDSON
J RICHARDSON
B STANLAKE

(Chris Lynn, Jhye Richardson in for Aaron Finch, Glenn Maxwell)

Notable moments -

> England won the toss and have elected to bat first.

> Bowling group did really well. Stanlake elite taking two very early, Kane Richardson controlled the middle of the innings alongside AJ Tye.

> Chris Lynn at his brutal best at times, smashing his first ODI fifty off 58 balls.

> Alex Carey joined him at fifty just two overs later (Lynn now 72*) off 55 deliveries.

> I hate Marcus Stoinis.

Australia win the five match series 4 - 1.

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SERIES STATISTICS

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ONE OFF T20 SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT - TOUR OF ENGLAND

[muzzy]

Alex Carey so unlucky finishing on 99 not out!
Im interested to see if you persist with Travis Head for the next odi series after his poor performances. Would love to see Lynn given a go for the next series.

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Alex Carey so unlucky finishing on 99 not out!
Im interested to see if you persist with Travis Head for the next odi series after his poor performances. Would love to see Lynn given a go for the next series.

Needed eight more runs and Stoin was on strike so I figured the chances of Carey getting one would be pretty high. Then he finished it

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T20 v ENGLAND IN ENGLAND – BIRMINGHAM

England XI:

J BAIRSTOW
J BUTTLER
A HALES
J ROY
J ROOT
E MORGAN
B STOKES
C WOAKES
A RASHID
L PLUNKETT
C OVERTON

Australia XI:

D SHORT
A FINCH
T HEAD
C LYNN
M STOINIS
G MAXWELL
A CAREY
A AGAR
K RICHARDSON
A TYE
B STANLAKE

Notable moments -

> England won the toss and have sent Australia in to bat.

> Marcus Stoinis really saved our bacon towards the back end as we weren’t progressing well before his innings of 45.

> Bowling performance not up to standard. Kane Richardson had 16 runs up his sleeve and almost blew it conceding 15 off the first 5 deliveries before a dot ball came off the sixth bringing the field up.

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T20 SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT - TRI-SERIES v ZIMBABWE & PAKISTAN

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FIRST T20 v PAKISTAN IN ZIMBABWE – HARARE

Pakistan XI:

A SHEHZAD
F ZAMAN
B AZAM
S MALIK
U AKMAL
S AHMED
I WASIM
S KHAN
F ASHRAF
M AMIR
Y SHAH

Australia XI:

D SHORT
A FINCH
T HEAD
C LYNN
M STOINIS
G MAXWELL
A CAREY
A AGAR
K RICHARDSON
A TYE
B STANLAKE

Notable moments -

> Australia won the toss and elect to bowl first.

> Quite unhappy with the economy rates of the bowlers, in what were very bowler friendly conditions. Unable to build any sort of pressure.

> Aaron Finch posts fifty off just 32 deliveries.

> Chris Lynn soon follows with his fifty coming off 33 deliveries.

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SECOND T20 v ZIMBABWE IN ZIMBABWE – HARARE

Zimbabwe XI:

S MIRE
C ZHUWAO
B TAYLOR
S RAZA
C ERVINE
R BURL
P MOOR
D TIRIPANO
B MAVUTA
G CREMER
T CHATARA

Australia XI:

D SHORT
A FINCH
C LYNN
T HEAD
M STOINIS
G MAXWELL
A CAREY
A AGAR
K RICHARDSON
A TYE
B STANLAKE

Notable moments -

> Australia won the toss and elect to bowl first.

> Decided to bowl Billy Stanlake’s four overs in one hit. Usually fully against things like this but he was doing really well and I didn’t want to mess with him. Ashton Agar also brilliant.

> Kane Richardson put down a tough caught and bowled chance with Donald Tiripano on 17 (9).

> Chris Lynn, who has moved up to three today, posts fifty off 32 deliveries.