Australia vs West Indies and India vs South Africa

This week there has been quite a lot of action around the world with the One Day International Series kicking off between Australia and West Indies and already they have shown that this current Australian team is too good for a West Indies team that is in transition and is in dire need of strengthening their squads so that they can compete with some of the top teams around.

I think the funniest thing was in the Twenty20 Internationals against Pakistan at the end of last week when Shaun Tait was bowling at around 160 kph which is about 99.86 mph and without a doubt it was some seriously good quick bowling and Brad Haddin was talking to the commentators and saying that without a doubt it was the quickest he had ever kept to and that even though he was halfway back to the boundary it was still hurting his hands.

Elsewhere it is the battle of the top 2 in the test arena with the first test between India and South Africa taking place. After South Africa batted first and slipped for 6-2 Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis then proceeded to put on 340 runs with Hashim Amla making a good double century and Kallis making a good score of just under a double century and they posted a good score of 558 declared.

The Indian reply got off to a good start and when Sehwag was finally out they had reached 192-4 but enter Dale Steyn and just a short while later they were all out for 233 and Dale Steyn had finished with figures of 7-51 and the follow on was enforced. India are currently 242-6 in their second innings and are still trailing by 83 runs and without a doubt are looking at a heavy defeat be it by an innings or by South Africa knocking off a small amount of runs.

So with England starting their tour of the United Arab Emirates to play against Bangladesh then there is more cricket coming up including the Australia and West Indies tour and the rest of India vs South Africa.