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Thursday
November 2nd 2006
Racing
Without Makybe Diva in the Melbourne Cup
market, the honours for Cup favouritism goes to the
overseas raiders. Tawqeet has jumped in the betting
after his fantastic Caulfield Cup win, with UK horse
Yeats remaining as joint top pick. Yeats jockey Kieren
Fallon has rated him as a certainty in the Cup. On
the next line of betting are the Japanese horses Pop
Rock and Delta Blues. Of the local hopes, Our Smoking
Joe is rated highest in the betting with Zipping coming
back into contention after his win on the weekend.
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Rugby
League Tri Nations
The Kangaroos will take on Great Britain in the
fourth Tri Nation game to be played at Aussie Stadium
this Saturday night. The Lions were sub standard last
week against the Kiwis and will need to improve if
they are to beat the classy Aussie outfit. The strength
of the Lions team is their forward pack with the likes
of Morley, Peacock and Fielden more than capable of
looking after themselves. There should be a great
competition up front with the Aussie big men raring
for the chance to prove that they are the dominant
forward pack in world League. However, it will be
the class of the Australian backline that will decide
this game. The changes that Coach Ricky Stuart has
made should make no difference to the attacking prowess
of the Aussies. Sportingbet offers telephone only
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NBL
Basketball
The New Zealand Breakers will host the Melbourne Tigers
tonight and they will have to get over their regular
third quarter slumps if they are to challenge for
the win. They have looked good early on in past matches,
only to watch the game get away from them after half
time. The Breakers attack is being effective and scoring
points though it is the team's defence that is letting
them down. The Tigers will not show any mercy to a
weak defence and the Tigers will be looking for their
seventh win when they travel to the Shaky Isles.
Soccer
English Premier League.
Australian Tim Cahill will be in action for Everton
when they travel to Craven Cottage to play Fulham
this weekend. Cahill scored first to take Everton
to the lead against Arsenal, only to see the Gunners
come back and score a late equaliser. Everton has
only lost once, to Middlesbrough, in the past month
and it will take a good display for Fulham to deny
them the points this week. Lucas Neill and the Blackburn
Rovers will take on Aston Villa this weekend, with
the Rovers looking to bounce back from their loss
to West Ham. Arsenal will prove to be a tough task
for the Rovers especially after their UEFA Cup match
against Basle tonight.
Cricket
ICC Champions Trophy.
The winner of the South Africa v West Indies Champions
Trophy semi-final to be played tonight will have the
somewhat unenviable task of playing the Aussies in
the final. South Africa have a terrible record against
Australia in recent matches, while the Windies will
feel confident going into the fnal if they were to
win this match as they beat the Aussies in the group
stage. The South Africans demolished Pakistan in their
last group match to top their group. Makhaya Ntini
was awesome with the ball, taking 5 wickets.
The
Windies batting line up can be the best in the world
if they all play to their potential, so the South
Africans need to make sure no one gets a start. The
South African batsmen will have to back their bowlers
up as the Windies also boast speed in their line up.
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Thursday
November 9th 2006
Soccer
Melbourne Victory has definitely been the form team
of the 2006 A-League season. They will host Perth
Glory tonight and a win will all but qualify them
for the play-offs. In an often fiery encounter with
the Mariners last week Melbourne recorded their first
draw for the season, coming back from 2-3 with nine
players. While Perth can still make the play-offs
their form would suggest that they are a long way
off this season - they are sitting on 11 points and
one win off Sydney who is fourth. Beating Melbourne
this week will be a difficult preposition for the
Westerners.
Cricket
The most anticipated Ashes series in years will start
later this month. After England's thrilling victory
in last years Ashes series, the cricket world has
focused on the form of these two teams over the last
12 months. The Aussies have had the better of form
and injuries. They have enjoyed a very good record
with series wins over South Africa and the West Indies,
while the English have struggled against Pakistan
and Sri Lanka. Injuries to Simon Jones, Andrew Flintoff
and Michael Vaughan have also dented the preparation
of the English squad.
Rugby
League
There has been a lot of controversy surrounding this
seasons League Tri Nations series, with the 'Granny
Gate' affair and the sometimes lax and inconsistent
interpretation of the rules. The Kiwis will be revved
up after being docked two points for fielding the
ineligible Nathan Fien. They made the Lions look ordinary
in defence the last time the teams met and even after
the Lions beat the Aussies, there are still big questions
about the English ability to control the game. Both
of these teams will be reliant on the power of their
forwards to gain metres with the Kiwis looking a little
more dangerous in the backs. The winner of this match
will have the chance to meet the Aussies in the final
and with both teams having beaten them in the last
12 months, both teams would fancy their chance to
win.
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Thursday
November 16th 2006
Basketball
After two bad losses on the road the Kings will now
travel to New Zealand to take on the Breakers. After
years of dominating the competition the Kings have
been brought back down to earth over the last fortnight.
Firstly, they gave newcomers the South Dragons their
first ever win and then they self destructed in Perth
when they played the Wildcats. For the Breakers this
game is a perfect opportunity to inflict more pain
on a team that will be down on confidence.
Tennis
Andy Roddick will be ruing the three match points
he let go against Roger Federer in their ATP Masters
tie earlier this week. That match was the hardest
Federer has been pushed in a long time and Roddick
looked the goods until late in the second set. David
Nalbandian will be a different proposition for Roddick
with the Argentine more inclined to come into the
net and mix his game up. This could negate Roddick's
massive forehand. Nalbandian has shown that he does
not handle the big serves well. In his last match
he let in 30 aces in his 2 sets to one loss to defending
champion Ivan Ljubicic.
Rugby
League
When the Lions take the field this Saturday night,
they will know that only a win will keep their 2006
Tri Nations hopes alive. After the thumping they received
from the Kiwis last week the Lions will need to regroup.
This will prove difficult with the controversial sending
home of Sean Long, who played a man of the match game
when they played the Aussies in Sydney. The Aussies
were outplayed up front when they last played the
Lions and coach Ricky Stuart has upped the ante at
training attempting to get the complacency out of
the Kangaroos' play. The Aussies are guaranteed a
place in the final after their two wins over the Kiwis,
so the Lions have it all to play for in this match.
Thursday
November 23rd 2006
Basketball
The Breakers have had a good season so far and they
are sitting in the top 8. Their last up loss to the
Kings was disappointing for the home fans and they
can't drop too many more home games if they are to
make the play-offs. The Sixers are travelling terribly
at the moment and were lucky in their win over West
Sydney. The Breakers have already beaten Adelaide
this season and they will have to beat the likely
wooden-spooners again this week or the task of playing
higher placed teams may be too much.
The
Kings and Wildcats will clash in the neutral venue
of Canberra. A fortnight ago Sydney played the Wildcats
in Perth and experienced a passionate home crowd so
the Kings players and fans will miss the opportunity
to return the favour. In that game the Kings were
right in it until the offense imploded and they scored
2 from 26. The Kings will again look to pressure the
Cats all over the court and tire the big men from
Perth. This strategy will benefit from the return
of David Barlow.
Rugby
League
In a repeat of the 2005 Tri Nations final Australia
will play New Zealand. Last year, the Kiwis absolutely
smashed the Aussies winning 24 - 0. So far this season
the Aussies have won both of their preliminary matches
though have looked far from their best. There should
be some great fireworks in this match with Willie
Mason out with a point to prove. The forwards are
the Kiwis main asset, so the Aussies will need to
be dominant up front. The Australian backline boasts
a lot of talent and if they get the space to run New
Zealand will be in trouble.
Soccer
In the EPL this week the match of the round will
be the top of the table clash between Manchester United
and Chelsea. In the Champions League during the week
Man U went down to Celtic, though in the EPL they
are travelling well dropping just the one match. Last
season's winner Chelsea have dropped just the two
matches and a win here will have the teams level on
points.
Thursday
November 30th 2006
Basketball
After a poor start to the season new franchise South
Dragons are on fire. Coach Shane Heal has turned the
fortunes of the club around and now they are in play-off
contention. The Dragons are one of the form teams
of the NBL and are coming off back to back wins. The
Perth Wildcats on the other hand are looking mediocre,
especially after last week's performance against the
Kings. The Wildcats will need to lift as the Dragons
will be a handful on their home court.
Cricket
Justin Langer got the Australians off to a perfect
start in the first Ashes Test, hitting a much needed
82. Captain Ricky Ponting also started in style, dominating
the English attack to get 196. Michael Hussey and
Michael Clarke also notched up 50s in the first innings.
Glenn McGrath, who some English commentators had written
off prior to the first test, had a whale of a first
innings finishing with 6 for 50. Brett Lee and Stuart
Clark also chimed in, taking a combined four wickets.
Shane Warne however finished with no wickets in the
first innings, although in the second, he came out
and took four wickets, destroying any hope the English
had. Stuart Clark also took four wickets in the innings.
With the bat in the second innings Langer again starred,
notching up his 23rd test century while Ponting scored
60.
For
the English their second innings with the bat was
probably the only time they looked threatening. After
scoring 16 in the first innings Kevin Pietersen came
out in the second and scored an impressive 92. Paul
Collingwood also made a vast improvement on his first
innings, scoring 96 in the second. The only other
batting highlight for the English was Ian Bell's 50
in the first innings. With the ball the English bowlers
have a way to go before the second test in Adelaide
with only Captain Andrew Flintoff having any effect
in slowing down the run rate.
The
teams now head to Adelaide to prepare for the second
Test. Australia will have the same thirteen that they
used for the Brisbane Test at the expense of Stuart
MacGill, who was tipped to make the squad. England
needs to do something with their bowling attack as
Steve Harmison was ineffective and James Anderson
was way too expensive to be a serious threat.
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