***Official*** Sri Lanka in Australia 2012/2013

[Ruckus]

Starc... just another useless selection

#Johnsonis****
#worsethanJohnson

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Starc with early Christmas gifts to Dilshan

 

[ajdude]

if hilf is ruled out of the next two matches or something at least we won't get siddle/hilf/johnson

 

[Johnners]

Can we use a super-sub?

 

[Ruckus]

I swear to god if they replace Hilf with Johnson next test match and we end up with Siddle, Starc, Johnson I might just kill myself.

 

[ajdude]

the bird is the word imo

 

[Ruckus]

yeah but the thing is, Mark Nicholas, Starc isn't bowling quick because he has no confidence in his accuracy. He is bowler slower to gain more control, and if he has to do that in test cricket he simply shouldn't be in the team. That's exactly the kind of thing he needs to be honing in shield cricket.

 

[Pup Clarke]

From watching Starc recently I think his action is a bit 'mixed' - neither fully front-on or horizontal to the crease. Swing is his major weapon imo so McDermott could just look at getting him in a sideways position at delivery.

 

[Ruckus]

that was a brutal shot. crack off the bat was awesome

 

[Noble One]

Matthews - can play a good pull shot.

 

[Spikey]

soft tasmanian

 

[Pup Clarke]

that was a brutal shot.

Slats beat ya.

 

[Ruckus]

Hope they continue to attack Lyon here.

 

[ajdude]

I hope dilshan fails every other innings so we can hear 'it's the way he plays'

 

[wellAlbidarned]

From watching Starc recently I think his action is a bit 'mixed' - neither fully front-on or horizontal to the crease. Swing is his major weapon imo so McDermott could just look at getting him in a sideways position at delivery.

Would be quite a feat of acrobatics to achieve that. Should send him to live with shaolin monks imo.

but seriously you're talking out of your arse. His action is very well aligned.

 

[Jono]

This is a good partnership for the Lankans. Impressive stuff.

 

[centurymaker]

hilfy out injured?

why do they keep picking unfit quicks?

 

[Pup Clarke]

It's not the optimum action for getting swing though. He's far too front-on to get it hooping regularly - which is why he's very much 'straight up and down'.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

keeping everyone on edge here Dilshan

 

[Spark]

Fine innings.