*Official* Australia in Sri Lanka 2016

[Top_Cat]

On form, is the best left-arm wristie of all time.

 

[Gob]

weldone

weldone was a sarcastic weldone not a well done weldone

 

[weldone]

On form, is the best left-arm wristie of all time.

Ajinkya Rahane is a better batsman than Viv Richards.

 

[Spikey]

On form, is the best left-arm wristie of all time.

Tell ya what though, jokes aside, I had no idea Lindsay Kline's record was so good. I remember a post Vic made, I think about Casson, after his heart thing forced his retirement, about how he had picked basically the hardest disciple you could. There's no margin for error, because if you drag it down, you're being whacked over mid-wicket.

anyway I hope Sandakan can have a good career and be the best bowler in the world. Or at least take 50 wickets

 

[Black_Warrior]

That is almost total bollocks. Unless you're taking current form to mean "the last three years". Younis looks so bad at the moment, despite clearly being a great player in the past I am not sure anyone can have confidence he can regain it. AB had a rough 12 months in Tests. Amla probably a fair one to put near Root/Smith and on par with Williamson.

YK averages 55 with 12 hunreds from 2012 to 2015.

Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

He had 2 bad test matches. Just 2. There are players who have had lean patches as long as some players have careers. So you're basically saying he is finished based on 2 games.

 

[Black_Warrior]

In the context it quite clearly meant at the moment. If you think otherwise you're either lying or are incredibly dumb.

I don't think there is any disagreement to be honest. If 91jmay meant currently, so did weldone.

I think the problem here is you guys don't like each other..so even if you guys don't really disagree, a choice or wording then becomes the point of contention.

 

[91Jmay]

YK averages 55 with 12 hunreds from 2012 to 2015.

Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

He had 2 bad test matches. Just 2. There are players who have had lean patches as long as some players have careers. So you're basically saying he is finished based on 2 games.

I am not saying he is finished, I am saying he looks so uniquely odd at the moment it is hard to see him regaining confidence. He could easily ton up at the Oval though, he is still clearly a world class player.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Yeah he is struggling there is no doubt about that. But even if he doesn't get a score in the entire series, that's still 1 bad series after almost half a decade of excellence.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Yeah he is struggling there is no doubt about that. But even if he doesn't get a score in the entire series, that's still 1 bad series after almost half a decade of excellence.

Guess the big question is can he find any sort of form away from the UAE pitches? If he can't Pakistan are in trouble as they need his runs. I have no doubt when you play a series in UAE again he will go big.

Anyway back to this game, with play called off it is a case of up early and see a great climax.

 

[Top_Cat]

Yeah he is struggling there is no doubt about that. But even if he doesn't get a score in the entire series, that's still 1 bad series after almost half a decade of excellence.

He gets less leeway because he's 38, though. You don't keep picking a guy for the next 3 years because his last 3 years were good at his age. He's a series by series proposition. As Burgey said, the game don't get easier...

I'm a fan, always have been, and frankly he's in trouble.

 

[Furball]

He gets less leeway because he's 38, though. You don't keep picking a guy for the next 3 years because his last 3 years were good at his age. He's a series by series proposition. As Burgey said, the game don't get easier...

I'm a fan, always have been, and frankly he's in trouble.

There's that, and just how bad he's looked at the crease.

If you weren't aware it was Younis Khan you were watching you would wonder what the **** he'd done to deserve being picked with a technique like that.

 

[Spikey]

remember when dravid would randomly look like the worst player in the world

maybe it only happened once but whatever

 

[Top_Cat]

Yeah, is what I'm getting at. The guy looks awful right now.

 

[weldone]

Yea the crouching position he gets into before the ball is bowled shouldn't work on any pitch that has decent bounce. He had a clearly different technique a few years ago afair.

 

[Black_Warrior]

I am a bit more hopeful about YK simply because he managed to survive that early uncomfortable phase in 2 innings. In both, he started looking a bit more comfortable as the he occupied the crease, and gave away his wicket to Moeen Ali which you can call error in judgement rather than technique or ability. Having watched YK for his entire career, this is not the first time I have seen him struggle like this. His first morning against Australia in the 2014 series was bad. I saw him struggle like this in South Africa and still manage a hundred. What he is going through is not unique.. I have read various great batsmen express similar kind of situations in their careers where they felt they did not quite belong there. Whether YK will come out on top or not, I don't know and yes you are right, his age is against him and he is not going to get 3 more years, probably the end of current season. There is already talk about moving Shafiq up the order.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Yea the crouching position he gets into before the ball is bowled shouldn't work on any pitch that has decent bounce. He had a clearly different technique a few years ago afair.

Yepp. This pretty much nails it

Blogs: Hassan Cheema: The truth about Younis Khan and Yasir Shah | Cricket Blogs | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Howe_zat]

So when is Younis gonna be playing in the Sri Lanka-Australia series

 

[Gob]

So when is Younis gonna be playing in the Sri Lanka-Australia series

Replaced O'Keefe in the Aust squad iirc

Weather looks ok for tomorrow to forge a result. Who ever wins the first session tommo will go a long way towards winning the test

 

[TheJediBrah]

Yeah he is struggling there is no doubt about that. But even if he doesn't get a score in the entire series, that's still 1 bad series after almost half a decade of excellence.

That's sometimes all it takes to end a career at his age

So when is Younis gonna be playing in the Sri Lanka-Australia series

Who cares. I'm more interested in finding out whether Australia doctor their home pitches or not.

 

[Black_Warrior]

So when is Younis gonna be playing in the Sri Lanka-Australia series

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