Man that was a massive choke from Kaspers!! I wonder if that over will come up in the selection room when they are picking the test side for Perth.

I don't blame him for the loss though, that blame should sit well and truly with our middle order. How we only scored 246 aftre the start we had is beyond me.

Anyways, that loss should make the Sydney game a hell of a lot more exciting now that the Aussies have to win it!

Unfortunately not a good game for the Qlders. Personally, I don't know that Kasprowiscz should even be in the One-day team, at least not in Australia. Much rather have Bichel than Kasper in a one-dayer here.

Yes, you're right that our middle order stuffed up, and they were helped along by a couple of dubious decisions. Even given our poor batting though, we still could have defended it with McGrath and Gillespie out there. I just simply hate the way we gave New Zealand a head start by leaving out our two best bowlers.

By the way, I'd probably have MacGill in my team too, but he's obviously never going to play for Australia again, so I guess I'll have to give up on that one.

You are right about leaving both Gillespie and Mcgrath out - I know they need to be rested but I was under the impression that they would take it in turns. It shows a total lack of respect for the Kiwis doing that and tonight it came back to bite us on the ass.

I don't know about Macgill, he is a great bowler but that is about it. Hogg can handle the bat and he fields very well. He was awesome tonight chasing down balls to save runs and his contribution with the bat was very handy. If anything we need Warney back!!

Well yeah, I agree that MacGill's pretty hopeless with the bat and in the field, but he gets wickets and plenty of them. He's been probably the best bowler in ING Cup Cricket for years now and I still think they could give him a go (at least in Sydney). Anyway, as I said that simply isn't going to happen and Hogg played pretty well last night. Yes you're right. I think they miss Warne though.

Yeah, if just one of them was out there last night, I'm pretty certain we'd have won. You're right, it shows a total lack of respect for the kiwis AND this series. I mean, why didn't they just play their strongest team and try to win the first two games. If they did, then they could have rested whoever they liked in the 3rd game.

SPORTZ....we need it.

Hi all, I thought the Kiwi's were a good bet @ $3.45 (was a bit anxious till the 22 off 6) but I'm swinging towards the Aussies @$1.30 for Sydney. It looks like being a bit wet though and I'd favour the Kiwi's big hitting in a rain-shortend match. What's the better bet? (Kiwi's are still around $3.45).

Another thing, why isn't Gillespie back in as well?

Are you sure he's not playing? I heard that they were originally planning on resting him for the first two matches, but after they lost the first one, I thought they might bring him back for this game.

I also thought the Kiwis were pretty good value in Game 1 with our weak bowling lineup, but when Australia won the toss and batted first, I decided against betting.

Same thoughts Gillespie.