pup11
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Not against a gritty grind but not sure this wicket really suits that sort of batting, Hussey basically has blocked all the flow of runs from his end which has just allowed the bowlers to get on top.
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***Official*** Australia in Sri Lanka
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Son Of Coco
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Hmmm, not sure we're ready for a team that has really good bowlers yet 
Hopefully we'll improve though.
Hopefully we'll improve though.
Outswinger@Pace
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With this Aussie attack, 250-275 would be my best guess. A better attack could possibly make 200 look like Mt.Everest on this track.
benchmark00
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Hard to say, but all I know is that this pitch is going to be a **** and a half to bat on in the 4th innings.
NUFAN
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I think about 290-310 would have been a solid first innings score. Unlikely we'll get that much though.
adub
International Captain
ask me after the Lankans bat.
seriously anything over 250 will be a good effort and give us a shot. You don't want to be batting last on this deck.
Son Of Coco
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That's a fair point...am looking forward to seeing us bowl. Although would prefer it didn't happen too soon.
Burgey
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By whom? Just showed all the dismissals. Three at least were to very good nuts.
Prince EWS
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It's often said that you need to see both teams bowl on a wicket before assessing it but in Sri Lanka I'd tend to say the opposite is true and that you need to see both teams bat as Sangakarra, Jayawadene and Samaraweera can make tricky pitches at home look like absolute roads, even against good attacks. The pitch is definitely doing a bit and it looks like it could well get worse so 275 is probably 'par' but I'm reserving judgement. Bring on the splinters.
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adub
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yeah some time after lunch tomorrow will be fine.(more likely half an hour before stumps)
Prince EWS
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Ponting threw it away; the rest were just good balls. Khawaja was definitely a bit lazy in his defence but no doubt it was a top ball, especially to someone who bats as he does. It's really been good bowling; I agree.
adub
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Certainly none of the dismissals have been off rubbish balls. Good pressure bowling and the wicket balls have generally done something (or surprising failed to do anything in Clarke's case) and beaten the batsmen. You can always say a batsman should have played a good ball better than they did, but in the real world...
Burgey
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Look mate,
I don't want to be a pedant. But if both teams have batted on the deck, then both have also bowled.
Prince EWS
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Yeah, I know, but that's not what I meant.
pup11
International Coach
Despite all the grit shown by Hussey and others we still would get bowled under 200, now what I'm saying is that had we batted a bit more positively we might have pushed the bowlers out of their comfort zone which would have made life a lot more easier for our batters.
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the man has a point, PEWS