***Official***Match #14- Australia vs Sri Lanka- October 16th-Lucknow- #BottomDwellers

[DriveClub]

I find it funny that I can watch the full 5 days of a test and a full T20i but now only watch about 10-20 overs total of an ODI

Yup I don't plan to watch more than 20 overs either

 

[Molehill]

Is Starc gonna do the Mankad or not?

 

[Molehill]

We just haven’t been good in the short formats for a while. Resting players during bilateral odi and t20 series and giving some guys chances but not really building anyone up.Then picking players out of form

Noticeable that both England and Australia have been poor so far. Not sure the scheduling of straight after an Ashes series helps.

 

[DriveClub]

Is Starc gonna do the Mankad or not?

He's just teasing, hasn't made up his mind yet

 

[Silver Silva]

Great start here , we've done well with the bat in this WC just need to execute with the ball.

 

[Spark]

This team balance ****ing suuuucks but man the fast bowlers have been poor. Like they'd come straight off the plane from England and started bowling exactly the same.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Good start by Sri Lanka. Keep it up.

 

[loterry1994]

This world cup is proof that ODIs will die a slow death

They’ve already abandoned odis a long time ago.
Most these bilateral series don’t mean much and lot the time used to blood new players and rest players. These days you can come into World Cup squads without having played as much odis or t20s the years prior because you rarely get full strength teams in this bilateral series. Back in the days most the greats had 200 plus odi matches to their name

 

[King Kane]

A good start for Sri Lanka, the Aussie test bowling attack looking toothless again.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

This team balance ****ing suuuucks but man the fast bowlers have been poor. Like they'd come straight off the plane from England and started bowling exactly the same.

Could easily be written about England too. Both attacks have been awful.

 

[Ashes81]

This team balance ****ing suuuucks but man the fast bowlers have been poor. Like they'd come straight off the plane from England and started bowling exactly the same.

Both England and Australia's opening bowlers have been really poor - far too many 4 balls and giving the opposition a flying start.

 

[loterry1994]

Both England and Australia's opening bowlers have been really poor - far too many 4 balls and giving the opposition a flying start.

I don’t think it has much to do with it. Some our bowlers haven’t had good form the last few years in shorter formats.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Re: The Commonwealth Games cricket in 1998, didn't Brad Young get a hat-trick for Australia in one match?

 

[ashley bach]

#Cellar dwellers

 

[Gob]

Can see this heading the same direction as the SA game

 

[Spark]

Could easily be written about England too. Both attacks have been awful.

Yeah, although to be fair to the Aus attack we shouldn't forget that they should have blown the Indian top order away with some marginally competent fielding.

England's failures are if anything even more inexplicable to me given the hammerlock they've had on this format since 2016.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Noticeable that both England and Australia have been poor so far. Not sure the scheduling of straight after an Ashes series helps.

Australia went through the 2003/2007 WC undefeated just a couple of months after an Ashes series.

Probably having an away Ashes, India tour and WTC final has made the side take their eyes off the ball in terms of WC preparation.

 

[Molehill]

England's failures are if anything even more inexplicable to me given the hammerlock they've had on this format since 2016.

They conceded some big scores against SA earlier in the year, on flat pitches they struggle to stem the flow. It's not as big a surprise to England fans who feared the worst but hoped for better.

 

[Burgey]

Fmd inglis’ keeping is bad. He’s not in the same postcode there

 

[DriveClub]

Yeah, although to be fair to the Aus attack we shouldn't forget that they should have blown the Indian top order away with some marginally competent fielding.

England's failures are if anything even more inexplicable to me given the hammerlock they've had on this format since 2016.

But England ODI bowling was never great, they just used to bully teams with their batting and contain with their bowling