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

[TheJediBrah]

You can never have enough drugs

 

[Prince EWS]

I mean I was already going to drink and drug myself into oblivion tonight but this pushes it over the edge. Double the drinks, double the drugs.

Oh great, I'm going to get the weirdest DMs yet.

 

[Coronis]

Oh great, I'm going to get the weirdest DMs yet.

dw I’m planning to go well beyond DM level

 

[Son Of Coco]

wtf? It’s a great selection.

Murphy made zero impact last test and is meant to be a specialist. If Connolly doesn’t bowl another over he’s been as good as Murphy was last test, and he knows which end of a bat to hold.

 

[Qlder]

6 new players added to the Aussie ODI squad.

Abbott, Carey, Connolly, Dwarshuis, Ellis, Fraser-McGurk, Hardie, Head, Inglis, Johnson, Labuschagne, Maxwell, T.Sangha, M.Short, Smith, Starc, Zampa

So funny they haven't named the captain yet

 

[TheJediBrah]

Pretty uninspiring selections. Abbott has been an abysmal white ball bowler for Aus lately and JFM being in a squad again is a disgrace. Mitch Owen 20× the player

 

[social]

Does JFM even get a game for SA in 50 overs stuff anymore?

 

[Gob]

6 new players added to the Aussie ODI squad.

Abbott, Carey, Connolly, Dwarshuis, Ellis, Fraser-McGurk, Hardie, Head, Inglis, Johnson, Labuschagne, Maxwell, T.Sangha, M.Short, Smith, Starc, Zampa

So funny they haven't named the captain yet

Head
Short
Smith
Labuschagne
Carey
Maxwell
Inglis
Starc
Ellis
Zampa
Johnson

 

[Gob]

Looking forward to today. Could be a fun day

 

[Qlder]

Does JFM even get a game for SA in 50 overs stuff anymore?

Sadly McGurk played Australia's last 3 ODI's vs Pakistan so wasn't available for SA

 

[TheJediBrah]

Head
Short
Smith
Labuschagne
Carey
Maxwell
Inglis
Starc
Ellis
Zampa
Johnson

Inglis will bat 5 or higher, otherwise this is probably the XI I'd go with. Might leave Marnus out for Connolly though

 

[Qlder]

Nah Hardie will be in there for Carey. He's back bowling again and has pretty much played every ODI in last 12 months

 

[Qlder]

Cricinfo says Inglis can't bat until the half day he spent off the field yesterday has passed. So about 3 pm local, or he can bat 7 if needed before that

 

[Silver Silva]

Four is also the number of bowlers Sri Lanka used when Australia put up that huge score, wish somebody could find out if that's the highest one there is when a team has used four bowlers...

Australia's 654/6 declared is the highest score ever conceded by a team using 4 bowlers , not just in Test Cricket but in FC cricket history ..

The previous FC record was 533 when a South African Rebel team posted that total against an Australian XI in Port Elizabeth 1986/87 ..

The previous test record was 528 which Australia made against India at Adelaide in 1980/81 season.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Thank you Silver Silva

 

[Starfighter]

Why isn't Starc bowling?

 

[Starfighter]

Just because it's Wilson standing doesn't mean you can assume all his decisions are wrong.

 

[Starfighter]

This is stupid bowling and stupid captaincy

 

[Starfighter]

Cricinfo says Inglis can't bat until the half day he spent off the field yesterday has passed. So about 3 pm local, or he can bat 7 if needed before that

They're wrong, penalty time is limited to two hours (one session). Though I don't think he's on the field currently.

 

[Kraken]

yesssssss Slug