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

[Prince EWS]

Is there something I'm supposed to be tasting or something?

 

[Spikey]

M. Johnson man of the match 4 evr

 

[uvelocity]

Been having way too much of a life of late.

#hairextensions #pointlesshashtagging

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[ajdude]

#GetAMobileVersionOfCWHappeningPront0

cricketweb viewer's verdict: is spikey a ****?

 

[Spikey]

i'm magic

 

[ajdude]

i'm magic

like jono

 

[morgieb]

Cribb has a life? dafuq?

 

[andyc]

Jesse Hogan ‏@Jesse_Hogan

Aus skipper @MClarke23 says his selection view for Syd - @Gmaxi_32 or 4th seamer - won't be influenced by dead rubber and looming India tour

Seems silly. Why bother keeping Usman in the squad if he's got no chance of playing?

 

[chaminda_00]

One test series from the last 11 Test series. I think it is time to seriously take a look at our team and be honest. Are we still Test standard?

This performance isn't a one off, it has been building for a while.

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Bird just has to play doesn't he? Seems the logical heir to McGrath/Clark. Has to be in there if you want the profligacy of Johnson or Starc.

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Someone had to

 

[chaminda_00]

Will be interesting to see what they do with the line up for the next game. Not sure if there is 11 fit players.

Tillakaratne Dilshan
Dimuth Karunaratne
Tharanga Paranavitana
Mahela Jayawardene (c)
Thilan Samaraweera
Angelo Mathews
Dinesh Chandimal (wk)
Suraj Randiv
Shaminda Eranga
Rangana Herath
Nuwan Pradeep

I presume Prasad injuried as well. I don't think he has ever played two Tests in a row in his whole career.

 

[chaminda_00]

BTW Mendis isn't injured he has taken 15 wickets this month in OD domestic competition. He just out favour from the Test team behind Herath and Randiv. He will probably play in the ODI tour with Dananjaya and Herath rested. Though the 3rd mystery spinner is also bowling well, Tharindu Kaushal (12 wickets @ 10).

 

[Scaly piscine]

68 overs has to be one of the lowest combined batting efforts in a Test of recent times surely?

I would imagine Bangladesh may have just about beaten it somewhere and maybe one of those matches when India toured New Zealand (100 played 120 type games). Seriously awful.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Argh Maxwell.

Please play four seamers.

Can't see how, for the life of me, anyone can seriously think Maxwell's little offspun pies are anything above a fill in at test level.

He either plays because he's one of the best six bats (,,,) or not at all.

 

[aussie tragic]

Yep, Maxwell a great allrounder replacement for Watto....1 century from 9 times past fifty and 1.5 wkts per match in FC cricket

Although he has a demanding case for selection with 90 runs @ 22.50 in FC cricket this season

 

[ajdude]

68 overs has to be one of the lowest combined batting efforts in a Test of recent times surely?

I would imagine Bangladesh may have just about beaten it somewhere and maybe one of those matches when India toured New Zealand (100 played 120 type games). Seriously awful.

2nd Test: Australia v Pakistan at Sharjah, Oct 11-12, 2002 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

i was surprised to find that zimbabwe faced more than 68 overs here Only Test: New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Napier, Jan 26-28, 2012 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[The Sean]

Not sure if it's been mentioned elsewhere but I just saw that after this latest Test Clarke has now hit 900 points on the ICC ratings, only the seventh Australian batsman ever to do so.

Tendulkar's highest ever rating - 898.

Clarke > Tendulkar. Like anyone didn't already know that anyway, obvs.

 

[Prince EWS]

2nd Test: Australia v Pakistan at Sharjah, Oct 11-12, 2002 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

i was surprised to find that zimbabwe faced more than 68 overs here Only Test: New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Napier, Jan 26-28, 2012 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Haha Zim only managed it because they batted so ****ing turgidly in the first dig.

 

[social]

Drop Lyon and play Maxwell + 4 quicks

Siddle is supposedly our best bowler

Starc has taken 14 wickets in his last 2 tests

Johnson has just destroyed SL's tour

Bird looks quality

Lyon is irrelevant so let's see whether Maxwell can be a stop gap (doubt it btw) for a few overs and bat a bit

If we ever have a full complement of quicks to choose from, then it would be madness to pick Lyon so lets prepare for the future

Easy

 

[Spikey]

I'm not really SL can count in this chat anyway. I mean, 3 people didn't finish their innings. that's kinda important in a lowest-overs-ever thing