*Official* Sri Lanka in Australia 2010

[Nate]

Could well see an Australian bowling attack tomorrow that consists of Johnson, Starc, Hastings, Doherty and Hauritz. Will just top myself now and be done with it.

EDIT: I work a few minutes from the SCG, highly unlikely that we'll see a full game.

 

[Spark]

Intermittent rain about?

 

[Nate]

Was absolutely pouring this evening.

 

[Spark]

Yeah that's what this forecast is telling me too

Forecast for the rest of Thursday

Cloudy. Isolated showers, increasing to areas of rain later in the evening. Winds southeasterly averaging up to 30 km/h.

Forecast for Friday

Cloudy. Areas of rain, easing to isolated showers around midday. Isolated thunderstorms along the coastal fringe early in the morning. Winds south to southeasterly averaging up to 30 km/h.

So you never know - we might get lucky

 

[Noble One]

http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/21504-nuwan-kulasekara.html

You sir are a believer. Good read.

 

[Ruckus]

Was absolutely pouring this evening.

Forecast doesn't sound that bad though "Cloudy. Areas of rain, easing to isolated showers around midday. Isolated thunderstorms along the coastal fringe early in the morning".

Isolated showers never eventuate to much, so there still should be a satisfying amount of time for play.

Edit: what Spark said...

 

[Himannv]

Does anyone else actually like Nuwan Kulasekara? I am a big fan, he suffers from an unfair reputation. A smart bowler can succeed despite a lack of pace, and I don't think many limited over bowlers are more canny than Kulasekara. He appears to be a very good judge of the situation of the game and is a vital attribute of a succesful Sri Lankan team.

Never been a big fan. He's just alright, not great by any means. He's very good on a wicket that helps him a bit but otherwise I find the lack of pace and guile disappointing.

Thats bad news about the weather though.

 

[GotSpin]

Forecast doesn't sound that bad though "Cloudy. Areas of rain, easing to isolated showers around midday. Isolated thunderstorms along the coastal fringe early in the morning".

Isolated showers never eventuate to much, so there still should be a satisfying amount of time for play.

Edit: what Spark said...

It's still raining now though

 

[Migara]

Kulasekara is good when pitch assists him a bit and should be a definiete in Brisbane. He'll possibly bowl some WTF jaffas when the pitch has seam. but on flat roads, Fernado gets my choice. He may go for 70 off 10, but picks up wickets and if on a role will break backs of batting line ups.

 

[Ruckus]

It's still raining now though

Yeh I'm sure it will stop soon though. Hopefully the field will dry quick enough so by tmrw morning it will start on time.

Ponting back tmrw, his words from Facebook:

"Quiet night at home tonight ahead of the second ODI against Sri Lanka tomorrow. it's time to break our losing streak and build confidence ahead of the Ashes."

As Bill Lawry would say "is Ponting the man cometh the hour?"

 

[Spark]

About three games late, but I hope so.

 

[Flem274*]

Kulasekara is so undervalued. He was the best ODI bowler in the world at one point.

 

[GotSpin]

Raining fairly hard right now

 

[honestbharani]

ooh get you

Mr Perfect has spoken.

There are a lot of ways to insult Curt Henning but calling PEWS him is NOT something acceptable...

 

[social]

Kulasekara is so undervalued. He was the best ODI bowler in the world at one point.

Good grief, that is so ridiculous

The guy is little better than a very good club bowler - he'd be lucky to average less than 40 in any half reasonable fc comp and wouldnt get a game in OZ even in its hopelessly degraded state

 

[Migara]

Good grief, that is so ridiculous

The guy is little better than a very good club bowler - he'd be lucky to average less than 40 in any half reasonable fc comp and wouldn't get a game in OZ even in its hopelessly degraded state

Neither would be 75% of Aussie FC bowlers on SL wickets as well. Horses are for courses mate. Don't expect him to be a McGrath on flat Aussie wickets. But he's very good on low slow wickets (if he hits the pad, you're basically out) and on seaming tracks. Bowlers like Hasting or Watson will be taken to the cleaners if they played on a SL domestic circuit which offer no bounce. Doherty or Hauritz will just better than a Divison 2 spinner in SL. But on their home tracks all these bowlers can do a very good job.

 

[Oscillatingmind]

Plans for the tail...

 

[social]

Neither would be 75% of Aussie FC bowlers on SL wickets as well. Horses are for courses mate. Don't expect him to be a McGrath on flat Aussie wickets. But he's very good on low slow wickets (if he hits the pad, you're basically out) and on seaming tracks. Bowlers like Hasting or Watson will be taken to the cleaners if they played on a SL domestic circuit which offer no bounce. Doherty or Hauritz will just better than a Divison 2 spinner in SL. But on their home tracks all these bowlers can do a very good job.

Nope

He's a moderately accurate, in-ducker who bowls at medium pace from no great height

If he is (or was) the best ODI bowler in the world then it's no more than a sorry reflection on today's standards irrespective of the conditions

 

[Jarquis]

Well if he can be the best in the world he was clearly better than everything Australia had to offer at that point in time as well...

 

[social]

Well if he can be the best in the world he was clearly better than everything Australia had to offer at that point in time as well...

Your point?

The fact is that IF he was better than any Australian, Englishman, etc etc then we are at a truly low ebb