*Official* Australia in Sri Lanka 2016

[Zinzan]

yeah it just annoys me a team can get by loaded with 5-6 spinners and have clearly put **** all effort into developing pacemen

Lol, you don't see the irony in your statement? Subcontinent fans could go on the exact opposite rant. Seam/pace conditions suit your team, spinning conditions theirs...End of.

 

[Zinzan]

Head batting at seven - what a way to introduce him into the Australian set up, basically as the fifth bowler.

My most hated form of selection - decide who to drop (Maxwell) before who to pick, and now they've ended up with an unbalanced team.

Yeah this, it's one thing to let Maxwell know he's numbers haven't been good enough, but to then replace him with a spud at no. 6 who unless I'm mistaken has done nothing to warrant that spot in the side is pretty hilarious.

Also, why can neither Khawaja nor Chris Lynn make this side? Lynn has to be my favourite Aust short-form bat these days. He can't translate his T20 skills to the 50 over form?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Yeah this, it's one thing to let Maxwell know he's numbers haven't been good enough, but to then replace him with a spud at no. 6 who unless I'm mistaken has done nothing to warrant that spot in the side is pretty hilarious.

Also, why can neither Khawaja nor Chris Lynn make this side? Lynn has to be my favourite Aust short-form bat these days. He can't translate his T20 skills to the 50 over form?

Head does warrant a spot in the side, but definitely not that spot if it makes sense. He's been one of the best Limited overs domestic batsmen of the last year or 2, opening the batting. Or no. 3. Khawaja would have been just as useless on these dustbowls, but I agree about Lynn, who would have been my pick ahead of Head for sure.

 

[mr_mister]

Look a broken clock is still right twice a day. It took a while to home in on a solid argument but I provided one and people stayed away from it to attack my earlier posts when I was still finding my feet. Spin is an easier skill to learn, Howe agreed. Develop some quickies SL or be doomed to never winning away from home

 

[Zinzan]

Only your original rant (certainly the timing of it) came across more out of frustration for Aust failing again on a turning track than a genuine concern for Sri Lankan cricket and how they travel abroad.

 

[TheJediBrah]

If you want to complain about something, complain about pitches being specifically prepared to disadvantage touring sides. If that's the case, which I don't know if it is. It could just be that's the way the pitches would have been regardless of who was playing.

Not that it's against the rules to do it or anything, but it makes more sense than complaining that Sri Lanka has too many spinners or whatever it was

 

[honestbharani]

Look a broken clock is still right twice a day. It took a while to home in on a solid argument but I provided one and people stayed away from it to attack my earlier posts when I was still finding my feet. Spin is an easier skill to learn, Howe agreed. Develop some quickies SL or be doomed to never winning away from home

Not at all. Absolute Rubbish.

 

[Dan]

Head does warrant a spot in the side, but definitely not that spot if it makes sense. He's been one of the best Limited overs domestic batsmen of the last year or 2, opening the batting. Or no. 3. Khawaja would have been just as useless on these dustbowls, but I agree about Lynn, who would have been my pick ahead of Head for sure.

Lynn's problem is that he literally cannot play leg spin.

 

[Zinzan]

Look a broken clock is still right twice a day. It took a while to home in on a solid argument but I provided one and people stayed away from it to attack my earlier posts when I was still finding my feet. Spin is an easier skill to learn, Howe agreed. Develop some quickies SL or be doomed to never winning away from home

I like your use of "Howe agreed" as if that's meant to settle it

 

[TheJediBrah]

Lynn's problem is that he literally cannot play leg spin.

The old stand front on and swing cross-bat down the ground doesn't work for them?

 

[Zinzan]

Lynn's problem is that he literally cannot play leg spin.

Is he really likely to be that much worse than the existing mob you have over there? Seemed to cope okay in the spinner friendly conditions of India and the Windies in the most abbreviated form didn't he?

 

[Dan]

Is he really likely to be that much worse than the existing mob you have over there? Seemed to cope okay in the spinner friendly conditions of India and the Windies in the most abbreviated form didn't he?

He spent the entire BBL smashing everything until they brought on a leggie. SLA and offies posed him no real problems, but he had a weirdly specific weakness to leg spin.

I reckon he was lucky that he was on Zampa's team for the CPL.

 

[mr_mister]

Yeah you're correct the timing was a bit transparent wasn't it. I lost 20 bucks on that game. I'm used to us being able to chase 288 like it's nothing


And Jedi yeah I'll just latch onto your point. It's sort of linked to Sri Lankans playing 6 spinners though and my original post was saying the pitch was spinning too much. Are they capable of making roads in the SC?

 

[Dan]

Yeah you're correct the timing was a bit transparent wasn't it. I lost 20 bucks on that game. I'm used to us being able to chase 288 like it's nothing


And Jedi yeah I'll just latch onto your point. It's sort of linked to Sri Lankans playing 6 spinners though and my original post was saying the pitch was spinning too much. Are they capable of making roads in the SC?

Are you serious?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Yeah you're correct the timing was a bit transparent wasn't it. I lost 20 bucks on that game. I'm used to us being able to chase 288 like it's nothing


And Jedi yeah I'll just latch onto your point. It's sort of linked to Sri Lankans playing 6 spinners though and my original post was saying the pitch was spinning too much. Are they capable of making roads in the SC?

Yeah but I don't know if we really want that. It will obviously give Aus a better chance of winning if the wicket is less of bunsen but those games tend to get a but boring. IMO we have too much high-scoring ODI cricket these days and your question reminds me of Aus v Ind ODI series in 2013 where every game was 350 v 350. I don't mind a bit of a change, even if it puts Aus at a disadvantage. Challenge is good for the players I guess.

 

[Daemon]

Aus India 2013 was the best series of all time

Aus India 2016 came close tbf, with iirc 10 batsmen averaging 50+

 

[TheJediBrah]

I'm glad The People's **** is going home. He's lost every toss this tour and it might be nice to bat first.

 

[Gob]

Smooteh going home?

Well thats it for me as far as this series concerns

 

[Top_Cat]

Clarke having a go at Smith for heading home in a live series is pretty rich, tbh.

 

[Jono]

Steven Smith heads home to rest ahead of 2016-17 summer | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

wut...

Holy **** that is just woeful. The most overrated human being ever on this forum.