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

[Window]

Smith > Tendulkar confirmed

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1884959644151615796

Looks like this was in 2006 for Sachin, when he was considered past his best, kinda like Smith at the moment, though Sachin had more favourable batting conditions in the 2000’s. Sachin went on to have a resurgence later on and pushed his average up to 56.95 by the beginning of 2011 but it came crashing down by the time of his retirement in 2013. Will be interesting to see where Smith ultimately lands. Certainly remarkable similarity in top line numbers so far.

 

[ashley bach]

3-45 @SillyCowCorner1

 

[ashley bach]

Starc 1-11 @SillyCowCorner1

Lyon 1-23

 

[Starfighter]

Good grief Kamindu, what a gift

 

[ashley bach]

Yikes that's an awful way for Kamindu to depart.

 

[Starfighter]

Good ball to a new batsman

 

[Starfighter]

Lyon getting a bit happening off those footmarks. PItch is sloooow though. Not even especially low bouncing, just slow.

 

[ashley bach]

4-68 @SillyCowCorner1

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Can someone check if this is the record for worst score after using four bowlers in the longest innings

 

[Qlder]

Starc now goes past Akram as the leading wkt taker for a visiting pacer in Sri Lanka

Starc: 31 wkts @ 16.77 (in 6th test)
Akram: 30 wkts @ 20.43 (8 tests)

 

[Starfighter]

Murphy isn't going to do much bowling 94 km/h around the wicket. If he wasn bowlig the same pace but getting it into those footmarks he could be more dangerous.

 

[ashley bach]

Things starting to look much easier towards the end of the first hour for the batsman.

 

[ataraxia]

Can someone check if this is the record for worst score after using four bowlers in the longest innings

No very interesting question but I've heard from RIS that this is actually the best score in the longest test innings that utilised only four bowlers.

 

[Spark]

Nah come on that is disgusting. That is a no ball, that should be flat out called on the field.

 

[Starfighter]

Dhananjaya gifts another with a total misjudgement of that ball.

 

[ashley bach]

That's completely reckless from Dhananjaya

 

[ashley bach]

Nah come on that is disgusting. That is a no ball, that should be flat out called on the field.

Glad it wasn't just my imagination

 

[Spark]

Like we can talk about the shot selection etc but it's surely far easier for the bowler to adjust halfway through your action and shorten your length by three metres when you're straight up throwing the ball

 

[Starfighter]

Glad it wasn't just my imagination

I can't figure out how he's never been reported in domestic cricket. Maybe he'll be reported here.

 

[Spark]

Glad it wasn't just my imagination

It's a dirty action in general but the wicket ball was just a complete joke on replay