**Official** Australia in Sri Lanka Jan - Feb 2025

[govinda indian fan]

Huh, didn’t know this was starting today. Yay for Khawaja and Smith. How have they actually looked? Particularly Smith.

Looked vintage smith

 

[Gob]

Huh, didn’t know this was starting today. Yay for Khawaja and Smith. How have they actually looked? Particularly Smith.

Looked like he is form 2017

 

[Coronis]

He cashed on some rubbish bowling

Should a good batsmen not do this?

Meh another meaningless ton in the first dig. Nothing to see here

Tons in the first innings go a long way towards setting up a match iirc

 

[Spark]

Huh, didn’t know this was starting today. Yay for Khawaja and Smith. How have they actually looked? Particularly Smith.

Should have been caught third ball. Has looked otherwise vintage.

 

[Spark]

Should a good batsmen not do this?


Tons in the first innings go a long way towards setting up a match iirc

He's being sarcastic, mocking the people who do actually believe that first innings runs are somehow less valuable.

 

[Coronis]

Should have been caught third ball. Has looked otherwise vintage.

Slips or keeper?

 

[Spark]

Slips or keeper?

c&b

 

[govinda indian fan]

Looked like he is form 2017

Na 2017 was magical. Ashwin and jadeja were demolishing batters on flat tracks and smith smashed them on rank turners

 

[Coronis]

He's being sarcastic, mocking the people who do actually believe that first innings runs are somehow less valuable.

Hard to keep track of who believes what lol. Apologies @Gob Lets be frands

 

[Coronis]

c&b

Damn, can’t start a debate on cordon importance or keeping vs batting

 

[The_CricketUmpire]

Feel* for Konstas, he gets to play Bumrah on green seamers and then gets dropped so the old boys are allowed to pad their stats on this.

* Loosely, he seems a bit of a ****.

Sri Lanka are ordinary.

 

[halba]

hes 36 this year Smith. looks like he could conceivably play until his late 30s

SL have some good batters too. so if this pitch is flat, this will be a tame and lame draw.

 

[govinda indian fan]

Should have been caught third ball. Has looked otherwise vintage.

I did say smith like sachin is pretty good on cashing in. Dont think comparing smith and tendulkar is bad

 

[Starfighter]

Damn, can’t start a debate on cordon importance or keeping vs batting

Could start a debate of caught and bowleds though. I reckon it's a genuine skill for a spinner, though not sure how you'd safety practice it.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

After Smith reached number 35 I looked at Root over the last 4 years when he has been amazing and he averages 56. Makes you realise just how ridiculous Smith was for so long to keep his average over 60. Weird stanced freak that he is.

 

[Spark]

Could start a debate of caught and bowleds though. I reckon it's a genuine skill for a spinner, though not sure how you'd safety practice it.

Just practice the motions, right? Go through a full bowling routine without a ball, set yourself and have the coach hit one back at you as you complete your action. So at least you've got the muscle memory to be in a good catching stance technically if the ball comes back at you

 

[Johan]

After Smith reached number 35 I looked at Root over the last 4 years when he has been amazing and he averages 56. Makes you realise just how ridiculous Smith was for so long to keep his average over 60. Weird stanced freak that he is.

Root figured out his conversion problems, It took 8 years but we got there, just need to figure out Australia next.

 

[Starfighter]

Stuff it, just as we were getting some momentum again.

 

[Coronis]

Good to see Khawaja with his first ton since the Ashes too.

 

[Burgey]

Huh, didn’t know this was starting today. Yay for Khawaja and Smith. How have they actually looked? Particularly Smith.

Untroubled really. Smith was going run a ball til about 60 when they started dumping it outside leg and everything slowed down. Got dropped second ball but otherwise pretty chilled