***Official*** Australia in Sri Lanka

[mono]

Why on earth is everyone comparing mcgrath to copeland. Mcgrath was 135-140 throughout his career, except towards the very end when he dropped to around 125-130.

 

[Ruckus]

Because people are stupid. Whatever the case the whole debate about Copeland's speed is just ****ing boring...move on already for ****s sake.

 

[mono]

The ideal situation for sri lanka is for dilshan to come around tea tomorrow. and then go ballistic

 

[Top_Cat]

Mid-140's sometimes, even as late as 2003. McG's operating speed was much slower than what he was capable of.

 

[Howe_zat]

The ideal situation for sri lanka is for dilshan to come around tea tomorrow. and then go ballistic

If Jayawardene and Sangakkara have been in that long, they'd be more than capable of putting the foot down anyway.

 

[Spark]

Christ, this is gonna end really, really badly, ain't it?

EDIT: Especially if Johnson continues to serve pies over in/over out.

 

[Andre]

It's been a struggle for him ever since The Police disbanded. Can't get the gigs nowadays.

Hope your well mate, not crossed paths with you in a long time now.

 

[mono]

Christ, this is gonna end really, really badly, ain't it?

EDIT: Especially if Johnson continues to serve pies over in/over out.

on the bright side you get to enjoy mahela's lazy cover drives

 

[Howe_zat]

Well we though 316 was pretty below par, and it's looking a touch on the miniscule side right now. These two get to the end and I think we can expect well over 450.

 

[Speersy]

We'll get there, predicting a 450 ish score for sri lanka. Eventually a draw, we win the series dissapointingly

 

[SamSawnoff]

We'll get there, predicting a 450 ish score for sri lanka. Eventually a draw, we win the series dissapointingly

Can't believe the expectations on this board. We are in a position to win this series, the other side isn't.

Quite frankly considering the rank pus that our batting has been for a lot of the time - well for a lot of the time in the past 12 months - we are well ahead of the game.

 

[smash84]

SL's RR is pretty slow. They need to declare by end of 2nd session tomorrow or max by day end tomorrow with a lead of at least 250 if they want to win the game

 

[Howe_zat]

SL's RR is pretty slow. They need to declare by end of 2nd session tomorrow or max by day end tomorrow with a lead of at least 250 if they want to win the game

It's only day 2, they're going fine.

 

[Noble One]

SL's RR is pretty slow. They need to declare by end of 2nd session tomorrow or max by day end tomorrow with a lead of at least 250 if they want to win the game

That would mean scoring 400 runs by your stipulated declaration timing. Unless Dilshan goes berserk, that is not going to happen.

 

[Spikey]

all the bowler averages are almost back past 30 again

 

[Noble One]

all the bowler averages are almost back past 30 again

Other than Johnson, I don't believe Copeland, Siddle, Lyon and Watson have bowled badly as a combination today.

This is a typical Sri Lankan pitch and we are trying to dimiss two cricketers who have made a career out of thriving in these conditions. I am thankful that Samarawera isn't playing, these are the pitches in which he dominates.

 

[smash84]

It's only day 2, they're going fine.

Not if they want to win it.........they are extremely slow....unless they plan to accelerate later on

That would mean scoring 400 runs by your stipulated declaration timing. Unless Dilshan goes berserk, that is not going to happen.

yeah at this rate it is looking impossible

 

[Spark]

New ball due in 15. If we can't get a brace with it then we're in real strife. After that, I guess our plan should be to keep the RR to an absolute minimum and pray for something stupid in an effort to force the game.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Why on earth is everyone comparing mcgrath to copeland. Mcgrath was 135-140 throughout his career, except towards the very end when he dropped to around 125-130.

Because they're desperate for him to be the next McGrath. I thought McGrath spent a lot of time around the 130-133 mark, especially later in his career.

 

[Spikey]

Other than Johnson, I don't believe Copeland, Siddle, Lyon and Watson have bowled badly as a combination today.

This is a typical Sri Lankan pitch and we are trying to dimiss two cricketers who have made a career out of thriving in these conditions. I am thankful that Samarawera isn't playing, these are the pitches in which he dominates.

Oh I don't think any have been dreadful, sack worthy etc. They was just a lot of praise after the first test about the attack and the averages etc which I thought was mad, considering there's a damn good chance the attack we send out on boxing day could be entirely different bar watson (harris injured, copeland, lyon and johnson dropped ftr)

On the whole, this series for me hasn't answered as many questions as I would have liked, given the first test performances were a write off due to the pitch, as this one will be for the bowlers