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

[Starfighter]

Smitteh is impersonating Arjuna with his running between the wickets

At least he's got the excuse of having scored a ton first. Something Ranatunga managed only four times in 93 tests.

 

[IcarianStyles]

It's clearly neither but assuming you mean "better" and not "best" then it's just as clearly Gilchrist.

Yeah I meant better between them

 

[TheJediBrah]

Jayasuriya joins Smith in making his second century of the series

 

[Darwin Award]

Jayasuriya joins Smith in making his second century of the series

Jayasuriya a better chance to convert his to a 150.

 

[Starfighter]

Jayasuriya joins Smith in making his second century of the series

He's bowled less than a third of the total overs this innings though. Not pulling his weight like he did in the last test.

 

[Prince EWS]

Yeah I meant better between them

Well yeah it's Gilchrist it's not close. They're probably closer with the bat in these conditions than the gloves.

 

[Starfighter]

Lol and now they give Kumara a spell with the 75 over old ball. Is he actually going to try bowl fast or is he going to trundle them in again?

 

[halba]

Looks like consecutive inn defeats for SL. SL in their peak minnow mode post the retirements of all their greats.

 

[Molehill]

Surely they have to have a better captain than Dhananjaya. This has been as poor and uninspired an on-field captaincy performance as I've seen across these two games

These two, and in particular Carey, have batted very well. But jeez, it's not really been that hard for them. Of the 3 wickets that have fallen, 2 were to poor shots and the other is horribly out of form. It doesn't say a lot on a pitch that was supposedly offering some assistance.

 

[halba]

Gilchrist is one of the best wicketkeepers ever in modern history. very athletic.

 

[Son Of Coco]

I can see why this guy is named 'Kumara'. He is built like a sweet potato.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Looks like consecutive inn defeats for SL. SL in their peak minnow mode post the retirements of all their greats.

Been a while since they had any greats

 

[Silver Silva]

These two, and in particular Carey, have batted very well. But jeez, it's not really been that hard for them. Of the 3 wickets that have fallen, 2 were to poor shots and the other is horribly out of form. It doesn't say a lot on a pitch that was supposedly offering some assistance.

Pitch is fine. We haven't been good enough to match Australia in the series

 

[the big bambino]

Hard to credit some of the revisionism regarding Smith's tons in the BGT. They were scored when the game and series were in the balance. The Brisbane pitch was tricky, he came in early and struggled for his first 50 iirc. The Melbourne ton set Aus up for that match. All against a red hot Bumrah too.

 

[TheJediBrah]

These two, and in particular Carey, have batted very well. But jeez, it's not really been that hard for them. Of the 3 wickets that have fallen, 2 were to poor shots and the other is horribly out of form. It doesn't say a lot on a pitch that was supposedly offering some assistance.

If it were English batsmen they would be ATG knocks on a crumbling dustbowl in stifling heat against an unrelenting attack

 

[Burgey]

Terrific knock from Carey. Really deserved that

 

[Qlder]

I was wondering what this Smith 140 stuff was but I see now Smith has 14 hundreds between 130 and 145 (4 not out)

 

[Darwin Award]

Highest test score now for Carey.

 

[Gob]

If it were English batsmen they would be ATG knocks on a crumbling dustbowl in stifling heat against an unrelenting attack

Lengths people would go to discredit great achievements of teams/players they dislike is very interesting. Australia were 30 for 2 or some **** when Smith walked in and it was certainly turning then

Also England lost a home test to Sri Lanka

 

[Spark]

Hard to credit some of the revisionism regarding Smith's tons in the BGT. They were scored when the game and series were in the balance. The Brisbane pitch was tricky, he came in early and struggled for his first 50 iirc. The Melbourne ton set Aus up for that match. All against a red hot Bumrah too.

I mean given the individuals who are claiming that, can anyone really be surprised? Briony in particular has been doing that schtick since before I even joined this forum.