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***Official*** Australia in Sri Lanka
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Spikey
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a cricinfo comment has to be approved by someone to be posted, meaning there's two people at fault for me seeing the stupid **** comment
Son Of Coco
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Throw online newspaper comments in there too. Some bloke in the Daily Tele comments section was going off about Khawaja's position not being safe after a Clarke comment the other day. Apparently it's 'ridiculous' for a bloke who has three 20's and a 30 to not have his position guaranteed for the rest of his life.
I reckon we should give him a decent run, as he looks pretty good, but I certainly wouldn't think his position should be guaranteed indefinitely on his current output.
Encouraging signs so far on this tour, but our attack still worries me. We're way too reliant on Harris and Watson for penetration. And next time Harris is injured and Watson scores runs and isn't able to bowl as much (both things which are likely to happen sooner rather than later) then we're going to be in some trouble.
I'd love to see Bollinger in for Mitch. We can't afford to carry Johnson for 4 out of 5 games. We really need the 3rd seamer to front up consistently, given that Harris and Watson both have workload issues and Copeland doesn't look penetrative once the shine wears off. Having said that Johnson will probably have one of his mandatory two good games per year in the third test and take 8-fer
I'd love to see Bollinger in for Mitch. We can't afford to carry Johnson for 4 out of 5 games. We really need the 3rd seamer to front up consistently, given that Harris and Watson both have workload issues and Copeland doesn't look penetrative once the shine wears off. Having said that Johnson will probably have one of his mandatory two good games per year in the third test and take 8-fer
Redbacks
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Nothing stopping Dougeh from training full tilt at the moment though. If he got really fit and shed a few kgs he would be a better bet for the test side.
Furball
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Then you're wrong.
Jayzamann
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Honestly, if you were interning at ESPN, you'd probably approve all the tardbastard comments just for the lols.
Ruckus
International Captain
Pffft. In the few matches he played in the Ashes he performed equally to him (against far better batting), and I'd put my money on Harris outperforming him here if they were playing side by side as well. Anderson has shown he can perform well on relatively lifeless pitches, so I'd back him to do a good job as well, but is it really that outrageous to suggest he wouldn't have better returns than 11 wickets @ 14.54 in conditions that have offered hardly any swing? I don't know if you've been watching but Harris' bowling in this series so far has been outstanding.
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Australia can be satisfied despite not winning. 2 tests in SL and they have totally dominated both and with better weather would be 2 up. At least they can't lose the series now which many would have feared going into the series.
Sri Lanka just don't have the bowlers to cause problems. About as weak as the Bangladesh attack at present.
Sri Lanka just don't have the bowlers to cause problems. About as weak as the Bangladesh attack at present.
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nsniks
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Mendis is out of the third test due to some back problem
Sri Lanka v Australia, 2nd Test, Pallekele, 5th day: Mendis out of third Test | Cricket News | Sri Lanka v Australia | ESPN Cricinfo
Sri Lanka v Australia, 2nd Test, Pallekele, 5th day: Mendis out of third Test | Cricket News | Sri Lanka v Australia | ESPN Cricinfo
Cricket_Champ
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Excellent news.
Cricket_Champ
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MJ hasn't been bad this series and Bollinger certainly hasn't been any better. Anyway, you can't expect your three quicks to all be firing at once. There will always be a standout. This series, it just happens to be Harris.Encouraging signs so far on this tour, but our attack still worries me. We're way too reliant on Harris and Watson for penetration. And next time Harris is injured and Watson scores runs and isn't able to bowl as much (both things which are likely to happen sooner rather than later) then we're going to be in some trouble.
I'd love to see Bollinger in for Mitch. We can't afford to carry Johnson for 4 out of 5 games. We really need the 3rd seamer to front up consistently, given that Harris and Watson both have workload issues and Copeland doesn't look penetrative once the shine wears off. Having said that Johnson will probably have one of his mandatory two good games per year in the third test and take 8-fer
To be honest, I like the way our attack is shaping up at the moment. Harris and Copeland look good with the new ball, MJ has been solid at first change and Lyon has so far looked the goods. Give Copeland and Lyon some time to develop and Harris some time to get back to full fitness and we'll have a very good attack IMO.