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

[RossTaylorsBox]

Uh did you put that protractor there

 

[TheJediBrah]

It's just 90 degrees off

 

[Prince EWS]

Look at this video

Kuhnemann has a weird gather but that’s not subject to scrutiny

His bowling action just looks like hyperextension

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1889517179835679185

I think he's pegging them tbh. He's not as bad as Andrews but it's getting there.

Angle from behind shows it best.

 

[Burgey]

Did Burgey write it?

Racist

 

[Spark]

I think it was the Dhananjaya dismissal in the first innings of the first Test which looked horrific; I find it very hard to believe that could be just overextension and I definitely think he got an advantage from chucking on that particular ball by the way he was able to adjust his length and pace so quickly mid-action.

 

[Nintendo]

I know this game is basically a warm-up for the CT, but i'de have loved to see this batting lineup instead of the one we picked today:

1.Head
2.Inglis
3.Hardie/Short/Mcgurk (If we're determined to play one of them)
4.Smith
5.Marnus/Carey
6.Carey/Hardie
7.Maxwell

 

[Prince EWS]

I know this game is basically a warm-up for the CT, but i'de have loved to see this batting lineup instead of the one we picked today:

1.Head
2.Inglis
3.Hardie/Short/Mcgurk (If we're determined to play one of them)
4.Smith
5.Marnus/Carey
6.Carey/Hardie
7.Maxwell

Why though?

 

[social]

I think it was the Dhananjaya dismissal in the first innings of the first Test which looked horrific; I find it very hard to believe that could be just overextension and I definitely think he got an advantage from chucking on that particular ball by the way he was able to adjust his length and pace so quickly mid-action.

If he’s that good at chucking then why is he only a slightly above average club bowler in Australia?

Maybe he’s just a guy with a somewhat questionable action (he’s definitely no worse than others) & the Sri Lankan batsmen are trying to deflect attention from their inept performances

 

[TheJediBrah]

If he’s that good at chucking then why is he only a slightly above average club bowler in Australia?

Maybe he’s just a guy with a somewhat questionable action (he’s definitely no worse than others) & the Sri Lankan batsmen are trying to deflect attention from their inept performances

Don't do that, we as Australians are better than the rest. If we have a chucker we should be calling it out, not trying to deflect blame or change rules or threaten to go home from tours. And Kuhnemann is a chucker. He never should have been picked in the first place, which I, personally, have been saying for a while.

 

[Nintendo]

Why though?

Why not?

 

[Burgey]

I know this game is basically a warm-up for the CT, but i'de have loved to see this batting lineup instead of the one we picked today:

1.Head
2.Inglis
3.Hardie/Short/Mcgurk (If we're determined to play one of them)
4.Smith
5.Marnus/Carey
6.Carey/Hardie
7.Maxwell

Gonna be hard to win with only seven fielders, ngl

 

[Burgey]

Don't do that, we as Australians are better than the rest. If we have a chucker we should be calling it out, not trying to deflect blame or change rules or threaten to go home from tours. And Kuhnemann is a chucker. He never should have been picked in the first place, which I, personally, have been saying for a while.

Racist

 

[honestbharani]

Isn't it still 'chucking' as far as creating an unfair advantage on what you can do with the ball?

I think the point is hyperextension means its not voluntary and also, hyperextension or not, the legal limits are always the 15 degrees. People were found to be in that range, hyperextension or not. From McGrath to Murali...

 

[Silver Silva]

I think the point is hyperextension means its not voluntary and also, hyperextension or not, the legal limits are always the 15 degrees. People were found to be in that range, hyperextension or not. From McGrath to Murali...

They need someone to blame for Kuhnemann, it's just copium

 

[honestbharani]

They need someone to blame for Kuhnemann, it's just copium

Leaving aside the usual bigoted idiots like social and tjb, no rules were changed JUST for any bowler. EVERY bowler was found to be flexing their elbows anywhere between 5 to 15 degrees. The scientists who did the study suggested 15 degree as the limit as it seemed like the point where the flex was more visible to the naked eye. So a law that was criminally wrong all along was finally changed into something fair.

 

[ashley bach]

Short on in the 10th over. Batsman will be pissing themselves.

 

[TheJediBrah]

This standard of international bowling attack reminds of that one ODI tour of South Africa around 2016 when we had Mennie/Worrall/Tremain

How many unavailabilities has it taken for Ben Dwarshuis to take the new ball in an international? 10? 12?

 

[ashley bach]

Kusal Mendis ODI runs 4343

Match 143
High score 143 @SillyCowCorner1

Edit: SL were 1-43 a moment ago

 

[Shady Slim]

Don't do that, we as Australians are better than the rest. If we have a chucker we should be calling it out, not trying to deflect blame or change rules or threaten to go home from tours. And Kuhnemann is a chucker. He never should have been picked in the first place, which I, personally, have been saying for a while.

this logic is absolutely correct and yet everyone calls me out when i get my panties in a twist about sandpapergate what's the go folks

 

[TheJediBrah]

this logic is absolutely correct and yet everyone calls me out when i get my panties in a twist about sandpapergate what's the go folks

Ok, but banning multiple players for a year (including the captain who wasn't directly involved) when the standard punishment is a 1 game ban, if anything, for the 1 player caught, was a bit excessive