Andrew Symonds 104 vs Pakistan - 2004 Lords
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00:00Enter Andrew Symons. Australian 99 for 3.
00:07Had a terrific World Cup game against Pakistan.
00:111.43 not out. Australians look down and out.
00:17They had a brilliant knock. 99 matches. Good average, good all-round cricketer.
00:21Brilliant strike rate.
00:24He can be such a destructive player, Andrew Symons. He can turn a game on its head.
00:30That's one of the reasons he's in this very strong Australian side.
00:34He can win a game on his own.
00:37That's played away nicely. Waited for the ball.
00:52And played it fine.
00:56Good running by Darren Lehman. Came back for the third.
01:00Australia 1.15 for 4.
01:10Just a feather.
01:12And that puts it in the gap.
01:17Andrew Symons on nine. Lehman on three.
01:20Symons facing 26 deliveries.
01:23You don't see that too often, but he's just investing some time to get himself in.
01:30Extremely delicate little sweep shot from Symons.
01:33Normally the Symons show his performance of big shots.
01:39But that was very subtle from Andy Symons.
01:43Something that Andrew Symons does do well is sweep.
01:45These two spinners are bowling and doing a pretty good job, really.
01:49Going around about three and over.
01:53Oh, what a shot that is. What a shot by Symons.
01:58That is the latest of late cuts, and it's gone really quickly.
02:01That's brilliant. Very, very good shot by Andrew Symons.
02:05He was using the pace of the ball.
02:07Shahid Afridi has pushed this one through.
02:09And he's just waited and waited for that.
02:11And just let it run off the face of the bat.
02:13He not only can bully bowling straight down the ground,
02:16but he also can have the finesse both on the offside and the leg side.
02:23There's the delicate sweep again.
02:27And he's back for two. Brilliant running.
02:36Andrew Symons again showing he has got a nice touch.
02:41This time the late sweep.
02:46Over the top.
02:49And four.
02:53Andrew Symons having the opportunity to free his arms here.
02:59He can hit the boundary when he chooses to.
03:02Lovely shot. Just gone in out on that.
03:04Found the gap over extra cover.
03:07And it off. It's too straight to track that one down.
03:13And there's four more.
03:15So Symons has suddenly switched gear.
03:27Late cut on this occasion.
03:29Beautifully played.
03:32Again, the time that he spent early in his innings,
03:35getting himself in, getting adjusted to the spinners,
03:37getting adjusted to the pace of the wicket.
03:39Looks like it's paying off.
03:54And he's up against Andrew Symons.
03:58The Australians run really well.
04:01They look for the third.
04:04But excellent running once again.
04:08There's a bit of trouble there for a little while.
04:11There's confusion.
04:13Will they go back for the second?
04:15But a poor off-balance throw from the boundary.
04:18Michael Clarke.
04:21First wanted two.
04:23Symons late to react.
04:24But a poor throw off-balance from the long boundary
04:27out towards the tavern.
04:29There's always two if they both went.
04:33Zamaan really will have to rethink his fielder.
04:37Feeling deep.
04:39It's Abdulrazak who doesn't seem to have a great arm.
04:48Age and that'll run away.
04:51Schwerbacher is quick.
04:54All it required was that edge from Andrew Symons.
04:57It went away to the boundary very quickly.
05:01Could be an argument of whether you need a slip in Schwerbacher.
05:04He could see off the innings here.
05:07It's a bit of lottery.
05:08Bit of a lottery. Bit of guesswork.
05:11Needed about a third slip there.
05:14As it was.
05:15There's no one there.
05:16It was four runs.
05:17Australians have just up the run rate in the last couple of overs.
05:21A poor over from Alfredi.
05:24Now already six.
05:26First two balls of Schwerbacher's comeback over.
05:32Once again the width there.
05:35Andrew Symons has hit a blistering cut shot.
05:38What a shot.
05:43Three boundaries in that area.
05:45Bowling from the nursery end.
05:47Short and wide.
05:49Symons very strong.
05:51In that area very strong cutter of the ball.
05:55Watch how wide this is.
05:56Gives him room.
05:58Perfect slot for the cut shot.
06:01McTowell's going to have to be a lot straighter.
06:03Sometimes bowling from the nursery end.
06:06You tend to go down the slope a little bit.
06:08You fall away.
06:24So runs flowing from the back of Andrew Symons.
06:26And once again great running.
06:29Only a direct hit would have made life difficult for Clark.
06:33But once again extremely good.
06:35Efficient running.
06:36Good early call from Clark.
06:40Schwerbacher under pressure in this over.
06:44Alfredi deciding to throw.
06:46Big arm Alfredi.
06:48It hit.
06:49Clark was struggling.
06:50Good backing up from the Pakistan side.
06:52But they have looked ragged.
06:54They dropped catch earlier.
06:58Just been run ragged now by Symons.
07:00He's moved on to 49.
07:05Schwerb from a shot and run up.
07:08And that's, well, probably a little bit of bat.
07:14No appeal from anyone.
07:16I thought put him on his back foot.
07:20The ball.
07:21Well taken.
07:27Picks up a run.
07:29Picks up his 50.
07:32Brilliant innings from Andrew Symons.
07:37He's 11.50 in one day international.
07:40Coming from just 65 balls.
07:44Pakistan, his career best against Pakistan in the last World Cup, and there you go, 50
07:50off just 65 deliveries, looks in good touch, he's played a lot of his cricket in England,
07:55he'll know the grounds well and he could have a big impact on the ICC Championship.
08:02Good player of spin, Andrew Simons, that's why he has a good record against Pakistan,
08:06you have to play spin well, in to out, generally on the offside, a little bit of luck, he's
08:12run well, he's cut well, really in a difficult situation like Andrew Klintoff yesterday,
08:18he's played well.
08:24That's sliced away by Andrew Simons, he does play nicely through that square area on the
08:29offside, but most of these players pretty much pick themselves.
08:39Simons there looking to target the short boundary, he's hit it hard, he'll come back
08:49for two, I think time it properly or to his liking, but runs made at this stage, so Australia
08:56will take them, it's just a seven iron for Andrew Simons, not the full driver out yet,
09:07takes the offside, he's an in to out player, he also has a pretty decent slog over mid-wicket,
09:15surprised he still keeps going to the offside, that shot he played there, possibly could
09:19have gone for six on the leg side, fine leg is up, he's beaten the fielder, but it's Yasser
09:29Hamid who gets around that one, subtle play from him, not only can he flatten the ball,
09:41but he can play those working shots, that the fielder in mind, once again delicately
09:59played for a run, it's a good thing about Simons, he hasn't really played a big shot
10:08yet this over, and yet he's managed five or four deliveries, I think he's leaving it
10:12to Clark to play the big shots, he's going to try and back through, blowing a little
10:19bit there, he might back through Michael Clark in the last two deliveries of this 45th over,
10:26try and push it up to 7, 8, 9, possibly 10 off the over, let's put it away, it's Yousef
10:38Yohanna who gathers that, throws it in on the bounce to Mohamed Sami, Australia after
10:4545 overs 2.19 for 5, well he hasn't been economical so far, as he's shown back to over a runner
10:52ball so far,
11:08it was only
11:10forty minutes ago that
11:12we were talking about how crucial it was for Andrew Simons to be there with five overs to go, he's done that for his team,
11:19hasn't he done it well,
11:22his fastest ball today is 94.2, the one that's right in the block hole,
11:34it's another superb timing from Simons,
11:40absolutely unbelievable, he fainted to go one way as if he was going across, he stumped, then he backed off,
11:48he's timed that brilliantly,
11:51again unless it's absolutely perfect,
11:55it's going to go to the boundary and another full ball,
11:58Choback does, trying to get it in the block hole, you cannot
12:03blame his effort, you can see that he's trying to get it up there, but it's just a little bit off line,
12:10he's actually better off bowling a half volley than a full toss to stand, that's the way he's playing,
12:16there's a change of length,
12:21I was going to mention that bowling at that pace too,
12:25a quick bouncer, particularly when you've got your fine leg and your deep backward square on the boundary,
12:31is a good variation as well, Andrew Simons
12:34does have a hook and a pull, but he's not renowned as a brilliant hooker and puller, he's a competent one,
12:40but it just keeps the batsman guessing, if he knows that the ball's going to always be full and straight,
12:45or attempted to be full and straight, with the odd slow ball, he can set himself,
12:51throwing the odd bouncer at ninety miles an hour,
12:55suddenly you've got something else to think about.
13:00Another slower one,
13:04eleven runs from the Albert,
13:08really has rocketed them along,
13:11very expensive today, sure back tight,
13:14there's the Australian balcony,
13:17got the away dressing rooms,
13:19did he toss up or was it first come first served?
13:22I think they might have got to where the ground earlier,
13:26we're going in here, we like it in here, we've had some success over the years,
13:31in this dressing room,
13:37well that's spectacular,
13:40nothing less,
13:43just the one bounce I think,
13:48again Andrew Simons giving himself room,
13:51looking for that cover boundary on this occasion,
13:55straight over extra cover, that's a wonderful shot,
13:58got to remember here that Sammy Bowles,
14:01up to ninety miles an hour,
14:03has just fallen short of six over extra cover,
14:12well he's really annoyed with himself there, for missing that one,
14:16just one thing Tom, if they have changed the ball, it could be in the batsman's favour,
14:21because if it's harder than the one they've replaced, it's going to travel further,
14:25well inevitably it is harder because the older balls do discolour,
14:29so generally it is a harder ball,
14:32and also the older ball can reverse swing,
14:36so certainly Sammy might be looking to tail the ball in with the older ball,
14:43he's struggling to do that when the ball's changed,
14:47it's certainly bouncing and going through,
14:50it may have got slightly discoloured,
14:53but I think actually it penalises the ball inside often,
14:58it certainly can, particularly on good wickets,
15:01naturally the ball is going to wear and discolour,
15:05and the bowlers had to work very hard to get to the point,
15:09with about five overs to go,
15:13they get a harder ball to bowl with,
15:16especially Pakistani like a ball that gets scuffed,
15:19because they can reverse swing it,
15:22and it's one of their rights being able to do that,
15:25and all of a sudden, I'm not saying it's definitely been taken away from them,
15:29because the ball's been changed, but it won't have aided them,
15:32but that's what's happened,
15:34I just wonder who requested the ball to be changed,
15:39plugged to forward.
15:44Very, very good shot, Andrew Simons has been looking to give himself room,
15:48to open up the offside on this occasion,
15:52Chauvac bowling the slow ball,
15:56angling down leg,
15:58and he's just muscled that ball over wide bin on.
16:04It certainly was a muscle shot,
16:08but it was a good ball.
16:19What does Actire bowl now?
16:21He's had more success with back of the length balls,
16:24than he has the full ones.
16:28There's another back of the length,
16:30is that going to be out too? Should be.
16:32Oh dear me.
16:34Well, you see for yourself,
16:36I'm afraid,
16:37that's a bowling.
16:41Well, that's the second drop catch of Andrew Simons,
16:44and I think Bob Warmer, the coach, has just fallen off his seat,
16:48because, I'm sorry, this is an easy catch at this level,
16:52and he's misjudged that completely.
16:55He's got a hole in his hands.
16:57I don't think he's got his hands on it, he never looked comfortable.
17:02Does he touch his fingers? I don't think he does.
17:05He's totally misjudged that, and from a senior player as well,
17:08it's not what Inter Marble Huck, the captain, would be hoping.
17:19A big cheer now if he stops that one.
17:22You can hear it.
17:26He may have stopped it, but it wasn't a very good throw.
17:30He'll be getting some stick down there, I would guess.
17:33Probably not as much as when he gets back in the dressing room.
17:39He's done his job for his team.
17:41He's now there to hit boundaries.
17:44Shane Watson's there to get him back on strike,
17:47so Andrew Simons can hit more boundaries.
17:50If you get Watson on strike, he's got a strike rate of 200.
17:57Change of pace.
17:59Just a single.
18:04Two-fifty-two for six.
18:06Last over, just about to start.
18:12Oh, my goodness.
18:15What a shot that is.
18:18We were just saying the back of a length ball works,
18:21but that's gone into the tavern.
18:25What a strike.
18:27That has gone a long way in front of square,
18:30and no-one's catching that except for one of those fans.
18:37Maybe you want to, Andrew?
18:39No, I don't think so.
18:41I think it's a bit of a shame.
18:43I think it's a bit of a shame.
18:45I think it's a bit of a shame.
18:47I think it's a bit of a shame.
18:49I think it's a bit of a shame.
18:51I think it's a bit of a shame.
18:53I think it's a bit of a shame.
18:56Maybe you want to, Andrew?
19:00This time he's gone offside,
19:02and that's going to go as well, is it?
19:04No.
19:05Just pick up two.
19:10Sometimes you have to second-judge what a bowler's going to do.
19:13I reckon this next one might be very full.
19:16It's probably going to be a very fast Yorker or a slow ball.
19:20I don't think he's going to go halfway down again,
19:23as Simon is setting himself to either pull it.
19:26He's opening up that left side of his.
19:28He's either going to pull it
19:30or try to slap it over point or cover.
19:32Four balls left.
19:35There's the full one, but it hasn't worked.
19:37It's beaten two.
19:39They've both dived over it.
19:43That takes him to 99.
19:48I'm not sure, but I can't believe he's been treated like this.
19:54Again, a full toss.
19:56Brilliant timing.
19:57Backward point, having no chance there.
20:01And deep cover, doing the Sydney Harbour.
20:05Andrew Simon's on 99 now.
20:07He's only previously got 101 dance nationals,
20:10which was last year in the World Cup against Pakistan.
20:16Well, that's it.
20:17And he'll look to come back for two as well.
20:20That is a brilliant energy.
20:22He's drilled to bits, no wonder.
20:26His second 100 in one day of international cricket
20:30at the home, Lourdes.
20:33Brilliant effort.
20:36I think that's probably one of the things that pleases him the most,
20:39is that he's done it at the home of cricket, Lourdes.
20:43It's very special for every cricketer to play here at Lourdes,
20:46but to achieve something like scoring 100
20:48or taking five wickets is something very special.
20:52And he has come in today when Australia was looking for someone
20:57to stand up to be counted,
20:59and he's done every bit of that.
21:02Two balls left.
21:05He smashed that one as well.
21:08Greenfield is charging after it.
21:10Hasn't timed it.
21:12And then a pick-up for three.
21:15We've got one ball left in this over.
21:18As Andrew Symons gets his breath back.
21:21And we've already had 17 off this over.
21:26And that's the 100 celebration.
21:28Doesn't that feel good?
21:45Out? No, not out.
21:49Well, that completes Australia's innings.
21:53Spectacular fare.
21:57And there's the star mark.
21:59Andrew Symons.
22:01104, not out.
22:03And 103 balls.
22:06And he's worked it out when he first came in.
22:08It wasn't easy.
22:10But he's paced it brilliantly.
22:12He's paced it brilliantly and exploded towards the end.
22:17A wonderful display.
22:25Team mates appreciating what was a special knock here.
22:29Helped Australia to get to a pretty good total of 269.
22:39This is Andrew Symons.
22:42Knocked it off in delicate fashion.
22:45And then, once he gets his arms free.
22:509-4 is a 1-6.
22:54And he's really laid into short of act time.
23:02But it matters.
23:07There he is, bouncing on the sea.