*Official* Sri Lanka in Australia 2010

[Jono]

Iron Man been used on The Sofa already

 

[Ruckus]

Best bowler today by a bit itbt.

Na I think his figures flatter him tbh

 

[benchmark00]

Iron Man been used on The Sofa already

Worst ****s.

Na I think his figures flatter him tbh

Gotta be kidding me. He's been outstanding. Are you watching the same game? Could easily have 5 at the moment.

 

[Jono]

Worst ****s.

Response I wanted

 

[Flem274*]

Sri Lanka.

 

[Jayzamann]

There's definitely no lack of chances being provided here. Interesting to see whether they dry up after they're 8-fer again :P

 

[Ruckus]

Gotta be kidding me. He's been outstanding. Are you watching the same game? Could easily have 5 at the moment.

Been watching the whole thing. Two of his wickets were inside edges and dragged onto the stumps, whilst his other one was Matthews who took a big swipe. He has been good, but not that outstanding imo.

 

[Jayzamann]

Malinga duck or ton, get on it.

 

[benchmark00]

Been watching the whole thing. Two of his wickets were inside edges and dragged onto the stumps, whilst his other one was Matthews who took a big swipe. He has been good, but not that outstanding imo.

What about the times he's beaten the outside edge? Surely you can term that to be unlucky if you're going to say the dismissals were lucky...

 

[Ruckus]

What about the times he's beaten the outside edge? Surely you can term that to be unlucky if you're going to say the dismissals were lucky...

Yeh he has been getting some past the bat with some nice swing etc., but so has Mckay, Watson and even Johnson. The pitch is clearly very lively, plus the Sri Lankan's don't look really like they are compltely focussed (some pretty poor shots have been played).

 

[pup11]

He could bat at 7, and Haddin at 8, it doesn't really make much of a difference. But I was just talking about for the Gabba, not the entire Ashes.

The problem is, if Anderson gets some good swing and it happens to be one of his amazing days, then our fragile batting order could collapse (like it has so many times in the past). So at least with Smith, we would have good batting all the way down to 8, without sacrificing any of the bowling attack.

That's not the point, why would you have a proper batsman batting as low as 8, it doesn't matter if its Haddin or Smith, whoever bats that low, is pretty much wasted.
In Johnson and Hauritz we have pretty good #8 and #9, so we don't need to stuff in a batsman there, at the cost of our bowling.
Also, don't think, we would see Watto bowling too many overs, if he bats for long periods.

 

[benchmark00]

Yeh he has been getting some past the bat with some nice swing etc., but so has Mckay, Watson and even Johnson. The pitch is clearly very lively, plus the Sri Lankan's don't look really like they are compltely focussed (some pretty poor shots have been played).

What does the latter have anything to do with Starc? Seems like you're trying to find an excuse to run down his performance. Did he run over your dog or something?

Starc has extracted more bounce and seem movement than Watson and McKay, no question.

 

[Jayzamann]

Fullish and on the stumps. Low order wicket as a result!

Shock!

 

[Ruckus]

What does the latter have anything to do with Starc? Seems like you're trying to find an excuse to run down his performance. Did he run over your dog or something?

Starc has extracted more bounce and seem movement than Watson and McKay, no question.

Na no excuse, just don't think he has been impressive as you are saying. Pretty sure I'm allowed a different opinion to you.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Been watching the whole thing. Two of his wickets were inside edges and dragged onto the stumps, whilst his other one was Matthews who took a big swipe. He has been good, but not that outstanding imo.

Don't think inside edges always = unlucky for the batsman to be honest. Why is an outside edge that gets caught at slips good bowling, but an inside edge that hits the stumps just lucky? Starc's been bowling a good length for most of the day from what I've seen.

And I also can't see how a ball that was short of a length and bounced getting an edge through to the keeper = a bloke taking a big swipe. Didn't look like a big swipe to me, and i just saw the replay again. In fact, just saw it again...there's no way he had a swipe at it.

 

[benchmark00]

Na no excuse, just don't think he has been impressive as you are saying. Pretty sure I'm allowed a different opinion to you.

Sure, but I can also point out that your opinion is a poor one.

 

[pup11]

Yeh he has been getting some past the bat with some nice swing etc., but so has Mckay, Watson and even Johnson. The pitch is clearly very lively, plus the Sri Lankan's don't look really like they are compltely focussed (some pretty poor shots have been played).

You obviously are watching some other game, Starc has been brilliant today, they way he has varied his length, the zip and bounce he has been getting, have all been pretty top notch.
He has looked like a top class operator, and he definitely looks good for the future.

 

[Ruckus]

That's not the point, why would you have a proper batsman batting as low as 8, it doesn't matter if its Haddin or Smith, whoever bats that low, is pretty much wasted.
In Johnson and Hauritz we have pretty good #8 and #9, so we don't need to stuff in a batsman there, at the cost of our bowling.
Also, don't think, we would see Watto bowling too many overs, if he bats for long periods.

The reason is because our batting is fragile as it is, and if Anderson can get some good swing we could collapse like a pack of cards. The only negative would be that, as you said, Watson would have to bowl a lot of overs, which I'm definately not that keen on.

 

[Ruckus]

Sure, but I can also point out that your opinion is a poor one.

Yep, alright I'm wrong.

 

[Spark]

Well, so apparently so tailender wickets fell during the powerplay on the slog.

Must've been because of an umbrella field. Nothing to do with bowling full, no.