*Official* Australia in Sri Lanka 2016

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On topic, Australia should be winning this series. Every decent Test side should be beating this SL team home and away.

 

[YorksLanka]

Australia rope in Muttiah Muralitharan as consultant ahead of Sri Lanka Tests | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

smart move by the Aussies..

 

[aussie tragic]

Why is there no warm up game? I would of thought at least 1 game would be there to shake off the rust and adapt to conditions.

 

[TheJediBrah]

There's hardly ever warm up games these days. Doesn't stop touring sides' fans using it as an excuse though.

 

[YorksLanka]

there should be tbh, the only possible reason I can think of is that our A team is currently here in England so if the board put an XI together for a warm up, it wouldn't be a very competitive side at all..again though to be fair to the opposition, I do think there should be at least two warm up games..

 

[TheJediBrah]

there should be tbh, the only possible reason I can think of is that our A team is currently here in England so if the board put an XI together for a warm up, it wouldn't be a very competitive side at all..again though to be fair to the opposition, I do think there should be at least two warm up games..

That's all irrelevant. Serious warm up games are simply impractical most of the time in modern international cricket.

 

[YorksLanka]

That's all irrelevant. Serious warm up games are simply impractical most of the time in modern international cricket.

they may be impractical but this doesn't negate the fact that they shouldn't be..

 

[NUFAN]

"With players like Kusal Mendis, Kaushal Silva, Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews, the batting line-up did really well. Some of the innings of 20s and 30s, I would like to see them go and get a big 100 or 200.

Hate reading stuff like this. From chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya.

 

[burr]

Is this series being covered by abc radio?

 

[Gnske]

Lol

 

[YorksLanka]

Hate reading stuff like this. From chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya.

yes me too, he is just trying to defend his position..

 

[Jono]

Sanath is probably 2nd behind Vaughan in terms of being a person liked during their playing career and then becoming annoying post retirement

We all knew Warne was a dick so he doesn't count.

 

[Daemon]

So it turns out there is a warm up. Good to see Starc back in whites.

 

[Spikey]

Sanath is probably 2nd behind Vaughan in terms of being a person liked during their playing career and then becoming annoying post retirement

We all knew Warne was a dick so he doesn't count.

langer bro

 

[TheJediBrah]

Unsurprisingly Steve O'Keefe completely outbowling Lyon

 

[Gnske]

Typical showing from Gaz in a sub-continent tour match then

 

[Spikey]

i mean, the dude hasnt performed outside of test matches for 5 years now

 

[TheJammyTurtle]

SOK's brilliance coupled with Lyons mediocrity in the warm up surely means Australia are nailed on to play 2 spinners?

 

[Black_Warrior]

Sanath is probably 2nd behind Vaughan in terms of being a person liked during their playing career and then becoming annoying post retirement

We all knew Warne was a dick so he doesn't count.

Vaughan is on twitter so we get to hear him a lot. Genuine question.. what else has Sanath done? I haven't really heard anything spicy from him

 

[Spikey]

this very tour 5 years ago we were blessed with his commentary. i for one considered suicide