No they still will, Murali's bad record in Australia and Malinga's inexperience, Vaas isn't enough to make a good attack.Yeah, if the Aussies score some runs against Murali, Malinga and Vaas operating in combo maybe they'll finally get some respect without the qualification "oh, but that was our worst bowling attack", or "a horribly out of form bowling attack"!
Hopefully Those three will crush Aus and then they will be named as a good attack.
Without Muralitharan I don't think they would stand a chance. Dilhara is a loose unit, has a no-ball problem and is terribly inconsistent. Vaas is aging and is no longer the force he was, while Malinga is still pretty new to Test cricket and I still feel the Australians will handle him well.
The wickets will be exactly what we've seen in Australia for the last three seasons: flat as a tac at all venues.
Have to be realistic though.... the 20/20 encounter (while you can't read too much into it) and SL's performance at World Cup v Australia and past Test series all show what a real Mental Edge (as well as Talent Edge) the Aussies have over us.... So unless we play out of our skins and lot of Luck goes our way, I can't see anything but a 2-0 loss pessimistic you might say...but that's the realist in me saying that....much much better, so happy to see you back to your pessimistic self, was a bit worried when you said that SL will beat Aus about a month ago.
) and by Innings or massive margins...
) and they will probably never enforce a follow on if it means batting last v Murali ...to negate the effect ( and possibly to stop him getting Warneys record in Australia)
I'm certain they'll be much more interested in winning matches than Warne's record.One thing I am certain, Australia will try to bat first to negate Murali effect on the 4th inings (if we get to the 4th innings
Thanks for sharing. Would be nice if you focused on the real issues for a change though.
Most Sri Lankans will be pleased about that as that can be a real issue against Australia in Australia as many a Team has found summer after summer....
The fact that this is complete rubbish, was my point. Carry on theorising though.
With neutral umpires?
Yeah, everyone loves Australia.
How neutral is a Neutral Umpire ? We haven't had any issues with Neutral Umpires before??? Darrell Hair anyone..
....The World Cup Final Fiasco where overs were cut haphazardly after the rain interruption, for another ....
Darrell Hair wasn't a neutral when he was umpiring Aus-SL.