Furball
Evil Scotsman
In fairness, Clarke's 60 at Galle was worth a century.
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***Official*** Australia in Sri Lanka
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uvelocity
International Coach
12 months avg's
Watson 45.41
Hughes 17.30
Ponting 30.92
Clarke 19.41
Hussey 51.91
Haddin 36.90 (actually very close to career avg)
Ruckus
International Captain
Yeah was a fine knock, but given's Clarke's form coming into this match from the practice game and the OD series he really has been pretty disappointing.
You have to cash in when you are seeing the ball well, and he has failed to do that.
Ruckus
International Captain
Still doesn't make for great reading.
Spark
Global Moderator
As DeusEx said though, he's in faaaaar better nick than just that. But he keeps throwing it away with dire shot selection. The last two dismissals have come completely out of nowhere, and it's so irritating.
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Ruckus
International Captain
Hasn't had a problem in FC. His conversion rate is fine...don't know what his deal is.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Has had a problem in Tests though. Poor mentality combined with better bowlers = bad conversion rate.
Spark
Global Moderator
Better start doing it soon then. Not exactly a spring chicken.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Nah, he's too limited a player to do that IMO.
Son Of Coco
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Alistair Cook can manage...although Alistair has it in spades over Watson when it comes to the mental approach I think.
Ruckus
International Captain
Well assuming his body doesn't bring him down, he should have another 5 years in him at least. That's a pretty long time. Have a gut feeling he will have a massive year sometime soon.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Cook has some dodgy technical issues but isn't particularly limited in terms of the shots he can play to score runs. Watson is poor at turning over the strike and is useless against spin.
Son Of Coco
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Yeah fair enough, Cook never seems to get bogged down for too long.
stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
The WA boys are proping up the team at the moment it see. Probably honours even, though ever so marginally in Sri Lanka's favour after today. Tomorrow is key. Hope Hussey gets another ton, just to rub it in to all his critics who were writing him off before the Ashes. His whole career has been a series of a golden two years followed by an arid two years in a constant cycle. Which means we should get another year and a half out of him in this form (at least). His next prolonged form slump will see his exit however.
adub
International Captain
Honours even I reckon. Another 50 runs and we'd be in front, another wicket the Lankans would definitely be on top.
I'm a terrible judge of a cricketer. I believed Watson had not earned his spot when recalled, Hussey was the old man that needed to go before the ashes and that Marsh wasn't up to test cricket. Well done to all three (although Watson does need to pick up his conversion rate). Marsh has batted like a true test batsman so far - I'm happy to chow down on the humble pie so long as he is happy to keep putting a high price on his wicket.
I think today will be Haddin's day and I have a feeling in my waters that the right combination of stars are in alignment for Johnson to have a good day so we could see him chipping in with a 50. 450+ for mine. (throw stones when we collapse in a heap for 270)
I'm a terrible judge of a cricketer. I believed Watson had not earned his spot when recalled, Hussey was the old man that needed to go before the ashes and that Marsh wasn't up to test cricket. Well done to all three (although Watson does need to pick up his conversion rate). Marsh has batted like a true test batsman so far - I'm happy to chow down on the humble pie so long as he is happy to keep putting a high price on his wicket.
I think today will be Haddin's day and I have a feeling in my waters that the right combination of stars are in alignment for Johnson to have a good day so we could see him chipping in with a 50. 450+ for mine. (throw stones when we collapse in a heap for 270)