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*Official* Sri Lanka Tour of Australia 2019
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morgieb
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Yeah. Lots of time left in the game. And anything before tea/under 550-600 has an outside chance of backfiring. Really should've batted on for at least another hour.
O/c it's perfectly possible that Sri Lanka are 7 down or something at stumps, but if they're 2/120 or something......
TT Boy
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Thought it last happened at Cardiff, 2009. Forgot the Voges era.
Starfighter
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Paine's captaincy continues to baffle. Perhaps it was one of the Gnome's silly ideas. I'd have gone on to tea and gotten over 600. Paine wasn't even accelerating at all.
Gnske
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What a truly depressing series that was. I think I understood what it must have been like for the English to watch Harvey, Barnes, Bradman, Morris and Hassett in unison
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It's the sort of declaration Smith loved to make. But even then Australia were generally accelerating pre-declaration.
Spark
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like, how many tests these days go anything like full length? 5 days is a really, really long time, there really is no need to artificially accelerate the game like this
Starfighter
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Oh boy, I don't miss 152 km/h friendly half volleys Starc.
Starfighter
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They've given us the non swinging ball. Unfair considering SL got two that swung and got to waste one.
aussie tragic
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Declaration too early. Border and Waugh (and even Kholi) would have batted until an hour before stumps. I think Paine is trying too hard to be a nice guy and felt sorry for SL?
Unlikely but hope it's not a Freddie dec where he declared at 6-551 and still lost to Aus
Full Scorecard of Australia vs England 2nd Test 2006 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com
Unlikely but hope it's not a Freddie dec where he declared at 6-551 and still lost to Aus
Full Scorecard of Australia vs England 2nd Test 2006 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com
mr_mister
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Starc doing his best to relieve pressure lol
Also man hope we don't read too much into this batting performance. Got runs against probably one of the most inexperienced test pace attacks in an established test nation of all time
We'll still get rekt in the Ashes with this lot. Expect only Warner and Smith and maybe KP to score heavily over there
Also man hope we don't read too much into this batting performance. Got runs against probably one of the most inexperienced test pace attacks in an established test nation of all time
We'll still get rekt in the Ashes with this lot. Expect only Warner and Smith and maybe KP to score heavily over there
Starfighter
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Really should have gone on to 600. Pretty clear the batsmen have pegged that there's no demons in this pitch at all.
Starfighter
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Trent Copeland was not meant to commentate.
Richardson breaking new ground in this test by bowling an entire over on the same side of the wicket. Though could make them play a bit more.
Richardson breaking new ground in this test by bowling an entire over on the same side of the wicket. Though could make them play a bit more.
Spark
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Hard to induce false shots when batsmen know they just have to wait until the next over to get some runs tbh
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Starc better turn this poor patch of form around quickly, not much left before the Ashes. Guy's career average has ballooned to almost 30 now.