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***Official*** Australia in Sri Lanka
- Thread starter Spark
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Jayzamann
International Regular
The comms were suggesting that Dilshan was saving him for the tests or later in this ODI series. If there's any semblance of truth there, they have very little faith in Mendis once batsmen have 'figured' him out.
BlazeDragon
Banned
Ahh its been ages since Ponting and Clarke looked this comfortable.
Good win to start with.
Good win to start with.
pup11
International Coach
Sometimes I wonder whether Clarke plays with bats that were used in yesteryears, its just annoying to see the number to **** balls he just blocks or nurdles for 1's & 2's, like I have said in the past a batsman of his ability needs to show more confidence in himself.One of his more serene 50s (and gee there's been a few)
his annoyance at not putting some of the bad stuff away has been amusing tstl
Good win nonetheless but we shouldn't get complacent AFAIC the Sri Lankan team just didn't turn up today but that won't always be the case, apart from Johnson the bowling really wasn't that impressive and there is massive scoop for improvement.
Positives to come out of this game are obviously Clarke's attacking captaincy and the way we handled spin tonight, though its gotta be said that pitch played quite well right through the course of the whole game.
BlazeDragon
Banned
Watson is pretty much the perfect LO opener even if he does get out after 50+
If only his team mates could take advantage of that like Punter and Clarke did today they would have big scores on the board all the time in ODIs.
Lostman
State Captain
Well that was beat down by Australia.
Gad I went back to sleep when the score was 89/4.
From the few overs I saw was very impressed by Clarke's captaincy.
SL needs some minor tweaks in the batting order for the next game though. One of Sanga and Mahela need to man up and come at 5-6, without leaving 3 rookies at the end. Hopefully no major changes to the side itself, other than maybe a swap for Lakmal/Kulasekera
Johnson has had his performance of the tour, so it should be smooth sailing against him for the next 2 weeks at least.
Gad I went back to sleep when the score was 89/4.
From the few overs I saw was very impressed by Clarke's captaincy.
SL needs some minor tweaks in the batting order for the next game though. One of Sanga and Mahela need to man up and come at 5-6, without leaving 3 rookies at the end. Hopefully no major changes to the side itself, other than maybe a swap for Lakmal/Kulasekera
Johnson has had his performance of the tour, so it should be smooth sailing against him for the next 2 weeks at least.
Spark
Global Moderator
He's shown of late that he has extra gears, but when the RRR is two point something, no need to use them.
Yeah the pitch was placid though.
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BlazeDragon
Banned
All time!? He's not that good.