The valiant efforts of Lou Vincent, Chris Cairns, Jacob Oram and Brendon McCullum have done down the drain as NZ have lost an absolute nail-biter against the Aussies by 2 runs. One particularly feels for McCullum who had got the side in a winning position where they needed just 4 off 4 balls with 2 wickets in hand. That coming after he had boldly proclaimed that he would take the fight to Lee, his old enemy who has attacked him with beamers several times in the past. In fact, he did the same today, bowled a beamer which was summarily dismissed for FOUR. But Lee went for 84 runs off his 10 overs which should be some consolation after his demonic figures of 3 for 5 off 6 overs the other day.
Btw, the Aussie innings featured a scarcely believable 156 off 120-odd balls by Andrew Symonds. The Clarke Symonds partnership that came together at 101/4 put on 22o in super-quick time - to put things in perspective Aus actually doubled the score they had at the 35-over mark !! (not the 30 over mark as you are usually supposed to) Maybe such an innings did not deserve to be on the losing side. But NZ did not deserve to either. Were they in the end ? Maybe, cricket was the winner after all. But indeed, a tie would have been an appropriate result.
As an aside, who the hell is this new guy Michael Lewis of Australia ? He was the supersub and did splendidly well, picking up 3 wickets and giving just 3 runs in the crucial last over when 6 were needed. What type of bowler is he ? Does he *look* like he has it in him ? Where is he from ? How old is he ?
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