Sunday, August 30, 2009

Live Twenty20 - England v Australia

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Twenty20 international, Old Trafford:

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By Pranav Soneji

1405: Match referee Ranjan Madugalle tosses the coin and Michael Clarke calls tails, only for the coin to land on the Queen's head. Paul Collingwood opts to bowl first on what looks like a flat Old Trafford deck, so we could be in for some top-notch boundary plundering. The teams are as follows:

England: Paul Collingwood (captain), Ravi Bopara, Joe Denly, Matt Prior (wk), Jonathan Trott, Owais Shah, Luke Wright, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Ryan Sidebottom, James Anderson.

Australia (from): Michael Clarke (capt), Tim Paine (wk), Nathan Hauritz, David Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Dirk Nannes, Adam Voges, David Warner, Shane Watson, Cameron White.

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Graeme Swann at Old Trafford on Twitter: "Watching the Gooners and Man U warm up, very similar to our warm ups, only our three touch footy is a much more rustic version of the game..."

1358: Like me, I imagine there is a small urn-shaped hole in your lives since the conclusion of the Ashes series last week and not even a glut of Twenty20 and one-day action will quite fill the void. And don't even start with that X-Factor nonsense - unless Graeme Swann turns up with his band Dr Comfort and the Lurid Revelations. Share your lack of five-day cricket misery via the TMS inbox, text 81111 (with the word CRICKET before your message) or use the 606 website (link above).

1353: Hmmmm, anyone else get the feeling that this two-match Twenty20 series is a bit like seeing Joe "Shaddup You Face" Dolce walk on stage after watching an epic four-hour, sweat-dripping, gong-burning, solo-twiddling Led Zeppelin romp?

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