**Official** Bangladesh in Sri Lanka

[chaminda_00]

Why play 3 vs BD and 2 vs Aus, dosent make sense.

Cus Australia want to play 4 v India, leaving only two Test left in the summer. Don't know why they wanted to play 3 against Bangladesh, i think BCB asked really nicely.

 

[sparkey]

I think this summer for Australia should of been 3 against each Sri lanka and India

I think Sri Lanka will give Australia a big test this summer with Australia without Langer,Warne and Mcgrath brings them back to the field a bit.

Plus Sri Lanka have a pace attack capable of causing australia plenty of troubles

 

[Mahindinho]

I think this summer for Australia should have been 3 against each of Sri Lanka and India

Yeah, but it's the Indians who fill the stadiums.

Money money money and all that

 

[NUFAN]

I think this summer for Australia should of been 3 against each Sri lanka and India

I think Sri Lanka will give Australia a big test this summer with Australia without Langer,Warne and Mcgrath brings them back to the field a bit.

Plus Sri Lanka have a pace attack capable of causing australia plenty of troubles

No they don't. Vaas is only decent against Australia. Maharoof is a terrible test bowler, Fernando doesn't have the confidence against the big teams and Malinga well yeah he might trouble the tail.

 

[silentstriker]

This is getting way too tedious.

 

[Perm]

I think this summer for Australia should of been 3 against each Sri lanka and India

I think Sri Lanka will give Australia a big test this summer with Australia without Langer,Warne and Mcgrath brings them back to the field a bit.

Plus Sri Lanka have a pace attack capable of causing australia plenty of troubles

Australia should be able to whitewash Sri Lanka 2-0 without too much trouble. They have the superior batting, bowling and fielding unit and I can't see Sri Lanka coming close TBH.

If you think an aging Vaas, an inconsistent Maharoof and Fernando and a wayward Malinga are going to trouble Hayden, Ponting and Hussey then you are a bit dillusional.

 

[Perm]

This is getting way too tedious.

They were in a similarly poor position in the last Test yet Ashraful and Mushfiqur managed to lift them up to a decent score, I'm hoping that is the case tomorrow.

 

[Pup Clarke]

If you think an aging Vaas, an inconsistent Maharoof and Fernando and a wayward Malinga are going to trouble Hayden, Ponting and Hussey then you are a bit dillusional.

Malinga will definetely trouble them imo. Bit harsh to call Malinga "wayward" isn't it?. That's usually reserved for Sajid Mahmood or Liam Plunkett.

 

[Mahindinho]

Australia should be able to whitewash Sri Lanka 2-0 without too much trouble. They have the superior batting, bowling and fielding unit and I can't see Sri Lanka coming close TBH.

If you think an aging Vaas, an inconsistent Maharoof and Fernando and a wayward Malinga are going to trouble Hayden, Ponting and Hussey then you are a bit dillusional.

I think that's a bit harsh -- Malinga on his day can trouble anyone, and Vaas can still make the ball talk, albeit at medium pace.

If I was a betting man, I'd put my money on Aus 2-0 SL as the Australians are just too good at Test level. However, I wouldn't be hugely surprised (but absolutely delighted!) if it ended up 1-1.

 

[Perm]

Malinga will definetely trouble them imo. Bit harsh to call Malinga "wayward" isn't it?. That's usually reserved for Sajid Mahmood or Liam Plunkett.

Malinga has a very good yorker and bowls at good pace, that's all ATM. I can see him picking up wickets in bursts, particularly if he gets his yorker working as a new batsman is trying to establish himself, or maybe running through the tail but I think a batting lineup of Australia's quality shouldn't have too much trouble. No, I think it is fair to call him wayward, even if he isn't quite as bad as Mahmood or Plunkett.

 

[Perm]

I think that's a bit harsh -- Malinga on his day can trouble anyone, and Vaas can still make the ball talk, albeit at medium pace.

Vaas isn't the force he once was, especially in Test cricket. I've no doubt he will be accurate and probing, possibly being the best seam bowler for the Sri Lankans but I really don't think he will do too much of note.

 

[chaminda_00]

The thing is it will be a new look Australia line up. I can see Malinga creating problems for Hayden and Jaques/Rogers with the new ball. Especially the one of the new guys. Murali should be handful for the Australia batsmen outside Ponting. I back Ponting to dominate him at home. Vaas and Dilhara will be just used as support role, Vaas can do that fine, not sure about Dilhara, Jayasuriya might have to do a lot of bowling.

Batting it similar Lee and Tait are as unproven as anyone. Can Clark lead an attack and is MacGill good enough to dominate a Sri Lankan batting line with good players of spin. I'll be surprised if Australia don't win 2-0, but i think it will be a lot closer then people might think.

The real question is who out of Atapattu, Vandort, Dilshan and P Jayawardene will play. I hope its the first two personally.

 

[Lostman]

Australia should be able to whitewash Sri Lanka 2-0 without too much trouble. They have the superior batting, bowling and fielding unit and I can't see Sri Lanka coming close TBH.

If you think an aging Vaas, an inconsistent Maharoof and Fernando and a wayward Malinga are going to trouble Hayden, Ponting and Hussey then you are a bit dillusional.

SL managed to draw a test last time they played in Australia, and with no Mcgrath I expect SL to push Australia a lot closer this time.

 

[Nishan]

Well I think Sri Lanka will struggle but i am looking for 2 draws, Our bowling is fine should be able to restrict them to under 400, Our batsman are unpredictable we will be having a very inexeprience opeining combo (without Marvan) and from number 5,6,7 the contributions can be minimal.

This is what happend in 2004 Sri Lankan bowlers did really well and the batsman did their bit for 1 innings but when the aussies fought back Btsman cracked.

BTW Sri Lanka is on 49 test wins out of 169 i know most of those were against understrength teams but still some sort of achievment to win 50 tests, if i remeber NZ has only won about 60 all these years as an example.

 

[TT Boy]

Malinga has a very good yorker and bowls at good pace, that's all ATM. I can see him picking up wickets in bursts, particularly if he gets his yorker working as a new batsman is trying to establish himself, or maybe running through the tail but I think a batting lineup of Australia's quality shouldn't have too much trouble. No, I think it is fair to call him wayward, even if he isn't quite as bad as Mahmood or Plunkett.

Malinga, comfortably goes at under five runs an over in ODI cricket, so he can't be that wayward and as many pundits have remarked his control is excellent considering his action.

Length is the problem for Lasith, overpitching and what not but his lines are usually pretty good and as his shown on numerous occasions (usually against New Zealand) he has definitely more than just pace and a yorker. His spell of bowling against Ross Taylor (in the World Cup S/F) was top draw with hardly a yorker in sight.

And not forgetting that he has already troubled the Australians once before, on debut 2004.

 

[Lostman]

i hope murali plays all three tests, im in SL right now and would love the chance of being in kandy to see him take wicket number 700

looks like im going to be in kandy during day 4/5
just hope the rain stops

 

[Nishan]

700 could come if it stops raining i think it will maybe lanka will contrive to give himhis 700th, that will be 500 and 700 at same venue i think

 

[Raghav]

looks like im going to be in kandy during day 4/5
just hope the rain stops

If the rain stops , the match would not extend to 4th or 5th .

It should be the rain that should stop the match until 4th, 5th day, so that you can watch...

Rain is a bigger threat for SRL than Bangladeshis

 

[Perm]

Malinga, comfortably goes at under five runs an over in ODI cricket, so he can't be that wayward and as many pundits have remarked his control is excellent considering his action.

Length is the problem for Lasith, overpitching and what not but his lines are usually pretty good and as his shown on numerous occasions (usually against New Zealand) he has definitely more than just pace and a yorker. His spell of bowling against Ross Taylor (in the World Cup S/F) was top draw with hardly a yorker in sight.

And not forgetting that he has already troubled the Australians once before, on debut 2004.

Considering his action then yes I agree his accuracy is pretty good, but it is only average compared to other top class bowlers. Malinga is definately better off when he pitches the ball up as it allows his swing and pace to have more of an effect. I have seen him get hit around a bit as soon as he drops short and it isn't very hard for the batsman to start dominating when his length goes missing.

He went for 5 an over in his debut series, not very impressive.

 

[Perm]

Good haul for Muralitharan, disappointed to see the Bangladeshi batsman lacking resistance.