The New Zealand vs Australia ODI series is shaping up nicely after the T20I series-levelling win by the Black Caps the other night, followed by their victory in the first ODI in Napier today.You’d expect a heated affair - the two sides don’t regularly send each other postcards wishing the other glad tidings. Australia has some extra fire in the belly because their golden summer just lo...
In December 2009, Sulieman Benn, Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson were involved in a downright ugly altercation at the WACA test. Johnson wasn’t really the trouble-maker then, but less than three months later, during the Napier ODI against New Zealand, he was the instigator.
After being smacked for consecutive boundaries by Scott Styris in the last two balls of his 10-over quota (46th over ...
New Zealand’s Scott Styris and Australian Mitchell Johnson literally butted heads when they played each other an ODI. Johnson was fined 60% of his match fee and Styris 15%.
This isn’t the first altercation that Mitchell Johnson has been involved in, remember the incident with Sulieman Benn?
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Day 1 was a bit of a disaster for Australia. The worst moment for me was towards the end. I'd been listening to the coverage on the radio while working but took a break when Pup got into the 90's - seeing him score a century would've been the one bright moment in the day. When Tubbie Ryder bowled a clever off-cutter that slipped through the gate to upset Clarke's furniture, I exclaimed in dismay. ...
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