***Official*** Australia in Sri Lanka

[Outswinger@Pace]

Cannot quite decide which one is worse. Australia crumbling in disastrous fashion or Charu Sharma's commentary!

Am I the only one living the ordeal on TenCricket?

 

[vicky]

Nope... he's proper horrible... almost makes you yearn for Ranjit Fernando.. almost

Reflection of how poorly Aus have played seeing how far ahead Lanka are despite dropping 3 sitters and missing a couple of runout chances...

 

[Outswinger@Pace]

Good day for yorkers, this! First the Zim kid Jarvis bowled two in an over and now Malinga does it here.

I have nets in a bit. The visual effect might rub off on me.

 

[Outswinger@Pace]

Malinga, you beauty! Appropriately, a yorker to finish the match and give him a 5-fer.

Good to see the series still alive. Not the best ODI of the day, but we got to see some good cricket.

 

[Howe_zat]

Malingowned.

 

[Bun]

Note to Aussie selectors: The fact that Smith is a joker is not a good reason to pick him.

Lol, just watched his dismissal, what was he thinking??

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Saw a bit of this match, Sri Lanka did it easily. Probably a good thing though from a neutral point of view as it keeps the series alive. Really not that interested in the one dayers but really looking forward to the test matches.

 

[smash84]

Nope... he's proper horrible... almost makes you yearn for Ranjit Fernando.. almost

haha.....good one

Preshaaaa!!

Smith just kind of walked sideways out of his crease. Is that kid learning anything while with the Australian team? I've not noticed any improvement in anything he does.

He came in as a fantastic fielder so good fielding doesn't count..
Edit: I'm off. This sets up the rest of the series nicely.

This

 

[BlazeDragon]

There was always that fear of what's gonna happen when the big 3 (Ponting, Clarke, Mussey) falls and it did. Its sad I actually had hopes for Dussey but Smith was unsurprisingly useless yet again. Provides nothing with the ball and the same old story with the bat as well. Aussie selectors have to be officially declared idiots for keep dragging him on the team like they did with White.

Haddin is in very bad form. Gotten to the point where he is just making himself look foolish out there. They could have Ponting open with Watson again if necessary or even Marsh. And just knew that picking Doherty as the main spinner was gonna come back and bite them in the ass at some point.

 

[Riggins]

I think my team would be:

Watson
(Marsh)
Ponting
Clarke
Mussey
Ferguson
Haddin
Christian
Johnson
O'Keefe
Lee
Bollinger

That's my 12.

I think Marsh 12th man, batters all moving up one with Poontang to open, but probably change my mind day to day.

 

[Top_Cat]

haha, it's always good fun to watch Watto face an unconventional bowler like Malinga. Gets a look in his eyes like "I'm....not familiar with the thing I am seeing......" Malinga to Ponting early was sensational too. Soft as butter, some of these Aussie outs even taking into account the slow deck. Reckon Bolly's form could have proven handy in the Tests, though......

Also, err, has anyone asked the question about Eranga's bowling action?

 

[Spark]

Not our day, then. Oh well. Please find a new opener for Watto...

Was always going to probably be too much to ask from 3/50 or whatever it was. Don't rate our batting below Mussey tbh.

 

[Migara]

Also, err, has anyone asked the question about Eranga's bowling action?

Is this the typical response when a new Sri Lankan bowler bowls well? First it was Senanaake. Now Eranga.

 

[Top_Cat]

Could you be any more defensive? It's a legitimate question.

Have no idea about anyone else who's been queried, only know what I saw.

 

[Prince EWS]

 

[Top_Cat]

Old meme is old.

/stuffinevergettosayintime

 

[Burgey]

AFDB | Building

 

[Spikey]

F
Def. wanna see the Husses + Smith tested

Predictable result

 

[Bun]

haha, it's always good fun to watch Watto face an unconventional bowler like Malinga. Gets a look in his eyes like "I'm....not familiar with the thing I am seeing......" Malinga to Ponting early was sensational too. Soft as butter, some of these Aussie outs even taking into account the slow deck. Reckon Bolly's form could have proven handy in the Tests, though......

Also, err, has anyone asked the question about Eranga's bowling action?

thought it was just me, and blamed my late night helpings. indeed the slow mo kind of makes his action look a tad tricky tbh. might be terrible wrong so if that's the case apologies to all lankan fans beforehand.

 

[Bun]

Fair play to Malinga. Killed Clarke

Personally don't mind too much. Def. wanna see the Husses + Smith tested

Tbh don't think even nandralone could make smith any better..