After the very disappointing Ashes we deservedly go 2-0 up in the ODI’s
3 May 2019
After the very disappointing Ashes we deservedly go 2-0 up in the ODI’s
I am writing this blog at Brisbane airport surrounded by England Squad en route to Sydney. We began the ODI’s in Melbourne in fine fettle after the Aussies posted a below par score of 304/8 England set about targeting it with in form Jason Roy eclipsing many records on his way to 180 and Root looking in fine touch with an unbeaten 91 saw England home by 5 wickets.
We left Melbourne for Brisbane and I was seated next to Cameron White, so of course we chatted about all things Cricket he was expecting the same team in Brisbane with the exception of rotating a fast bowler, we also chatted about the new stadium in Perth there were rumours when we were there that the pitch was not playing too well in the 3 T20 games and Cameron confirmed this, so I look forward to that one hopefully in a unassailable lead.
At Brisbane there were 4 changes in the Australia team with no spinner, all our spinners took wickets although Rashid had a very disappointing start but performed better in his 2nd spell. After we had removed Warner,Finch & Smith, they looked like they would be very short of par after a cameo from Marsh & Carey we reduced them to 270 on a wicket which seemed to help the spinners -not too dissimilar to my last trip to Chandigarh where Ashwin & Jadiera had us in a spin, you have to question why the Aussies seemed very balanced at test level but all awry in white ball game. They clearly wanted an extra batsman but why only go in with 2 quick bowlers and not a recognised spinner? I was sure Smith would bowl but decided against it as England reached the target comfortably.
So we roll on to Sydney once again, we have a lovely group with us again, we have another trip planned to Watson’s Bay and the famous Doyle’s Restaurant this afternoon, if you haven’t been there it’s a lovely trip by ferry with views of the Opera House and the bridge on the way….
Dates for Sri Lanka are now out so if interested Sara and Richard would be delighted to look after your needs.
All the best
Gary
P.S Apologies for the late publishing of this blog – another one to follow shortly
