***Official*** Australia in Sri Lanka

[NasserFan207]

Pressure. Done in the flight

 

[adub]

doesn't matter Herath does him nicely in the flight.

 

[nsniks]

Well that was a bad shot from ponting

 

[Howe_zat]

25, 25, 40. Wasteful.

 

[adub]

Give the bowler credit. Good pill. Tossed it up to invite him out, did him in the flight and spun it to the outside half. Quality spin bowling.

 

[Spark]

Give the bowler credit. Good pill. Tossed it up to invite him out, did him in the flight and spun it to the outside half. Quality spin bowling.

Herath has bowled really well tbf. Mixed up his flight and arm ball really well.

Hopefully this is genuinely a hard pitch to bat on and not just us being dumb.

 

[GotSpin]

****s sake

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Another start by Ponting not converted. Must be so frustrating for him that he can't seem to go on these days.

 

[Outswinger@Pace]

Good package today. 3 wickets to the slow left-armer - one to classical spin, second to the armer and the third deceived by flight.
This guy pretty much has flight as his only main weapon. His whole game seems to be built up around that. Use of crease angles and depths add to his game. This pitch is making him look like a proper turner of the ball which he isn't. Just my two cents!

 

[Spark]

Good package today. 3 wickets to the slow left-armer - one to classical spin, second to the armer and the third deceived by flight.
This guy pretty much has flight as his only main weapon. His whole game seems to be built up around that. Use of crease angles and depths add to his game. This pitch is making him look like a proper turner of the ball which he isn't. Just my two cents!

Yeah that ball to Watto literally is the first ball I've watched him seriously turn, and that obviously makes him far more dangerous.

If Clarke is up to bowling, we could have some lols on the 4th-5th day.

 

[centurymaker]

ponting was looking solid.
either got bored or couldn't resist his aggressive instincts any longer.

 

[SamSawnoff]

Ussie doesn't look at all comfortable against spin, does he? I hope he watches how Huss uses the crease.

 

[Howe_zat]

Herath has no slips in?

 

[Outswinger@Pace]

Yeah that ball to Watto literally is the first ball I've watched him seriously turn, and that obviously makes him far more dangerous.

If Clarke is up to bowling, we could have some lols on the 4th-5th day.

Yeah, if Murali or Warne were playing on this track, this game would never last beyond four days. Had both been playing, I'd give two days and possibly two sessions.

 

[centurymaker]

Ussie doesn't look at all comfortable against spin, does he? I hope he watches how Huss uses the crease.

yeah. nerves maybe..

have just realized that australia could really fold here if they don't put on a good partnership now.

 

[SamSawnoff]

ponting was looking solid.
either got bored or couldn't resist his aggressive instincts any longer.

It's not like he scores runs for fun anymore. Him getting out after looking good is pretty much par for the course these days.

 

[Outswinger@Pace]

Ussie doesn't look at all comfortable against spin, does he? I hope he watches how Huss uses the crease.

Let's give the lad some time at the crease. If Herath allows that ...

 

[pup11]

Don't think any batsmen has really thrown his wicket away, its just that we have just been awful against spin and the fact that the pitch is already playing tricks just has added to our woes.

Would take some doing for us to get to 250 odd from here and batting positively from here on is our best chance of reaching that milestone.

 

[Nate]

Copeland, Harris, Lyon is just a standard tail I think, nothing special but if they have a batsman with them they can potentially last a while.

What what what?! Immense tail is immense. All three are capable of batting at 8 or 9.

 

[Spark]

We might not need that many to have a good score, but nonetheless this is a huge wasted opportunity - it was so useful to bat first.