*Official* Australia in Sri Lanka 2016

[Gnske]

Hahahahaha

Last I saw the score it was something like 60/0 and I just knew a middle order collapse was brewing. Never change against spin you ****ing plebs.

 

[Burgey]

#intent

 

[Spikey]

Just seen the replays of the dismissals. I think I've seen Smith get out like that before. Some learning would go a long way. As for Moises, just WTF?

yeah he got out like that in this series

 

[DriveClub]

Is this starc innings flukiest one ever, virtually every ball running off the edge

 

[91Jmay]

I am a fan of Nevill, but at some point a keeper averaging 20 is not going to cut it at this level.

 

[91Jmay]

100-1 to 157-8.

We've got another to add to the list

 

[Jono]

Steve Smith

Nevill

Is any cricketer that Spikey bangs on about not a joke?

 

[OverratedSanity]

This is such a perfect climax to this series.

 

[Starfighter]

100-1 to 157-8.

We've got another to add to the list

Does our first innings collapse go as well?

 

[Spikey]

Steve Smith

Nevill

Is any cricketer that Spikey bangs on about not a joke?

starceh

jack leach

 

[Gnske]

I am a fan of Nevill, but at some point a keeper averaging 20 is not going to cut it at this level.

I'm all for the return of the uncouth bogan or the trying out of Sam, son of Rich Whiteman

 

[vcs]

Seriously, this is worse than their capitulation in India in 2013. They showed some brief fight every now and then in that series.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Herath now has 8 fourth innings 5-fers, overtaking Warne and Murali, who both had 7.

Herath>Warne,Murali objectively.

 

[morgieb]

Seriously, this is worse than their capitulation in India in 2013. They showed some brief fight every now and then in that series.

We never should've lost this Test or the first Test in some of the positions we were in, but here we are......

India in 2013 was pretty dire too though, losing all four Tests despite winning the toss in all of them is pretty horrendous.

 

[Gnske]

Brilliant work from Kusal yet again

 

[Howsie]

I am a fan of Nevill, but at some point a keeper averaging 20 is not going to cut it at this level.

Hey, you're talking about a bloke in the running for a World XI here...

 

[morgieb]

Steve Smith

Nevill

Is any cricketer that Spikey bangs on about not a joke?

Come back when the cricketers you bang on about average over 50.

 

[Spikey]

Seriously, this is worse than their capitulation in India in 2013. They showed some brief fight every now and then in that series.

we also barely looked like taking a wicket in that series (until the last test)

 

[vcs]

We never should've lost this Test or the first Test in some of the positions we were in, but here we are......

India in 2013 was pretty dire too though, losing all four Tests despite winning the toss in all of them is pretty horrendous.

LOL, didn't know that. Yeah, that's worse if so, I guess. My abiding memory of that series is Dhoni's innings in Chennai, what a knock that was.

It's just baffling that they don't seem to have learned much at all, quite a few of these players have a decent amount of experience playing in Asia now.

 

[91Jmay]

Hey, you're talking about a bloke in the running for a World XI here...

I don't think he is a bad player, and he like Mitch Marsh has had that odd quirk of this Australian side of either coming in 480-5 and needing to slog or coming in 90-5 and being a bit ****ed.

However will say that when you compare him to a Bairstow for example, he hasn't shown any of those counter attacking, momentum shifting innings. At some point you have to score runs, and he just hasn't.