***Official*** Sri Lanka in Australia 2012/2013

[hendrix]

Top contribution as always.

chur

 

[Spark]

He flogged 80-odd at Jo'burg after doing his calf and didn't play for two and a half months, though. If his history is any guide, there's no way he'll play Sydney.

 

[benchmark00]

He flogged 80-odd at Jo'burg after doing his calf and didn't play for two and a half months, though. If his history is any guide, there's no way he'll play Sydney.

I'm not saying he will play at Sydney, especially given the series is already over, for fear that he could damage it further. I'm saying that if it was his last game... Or last game of an ashes series and they were going to replace him with a specialist bat, there'd be a case for him to still being selected.

There are other factors to be taken into account though.

 

[benchmark00]

I say this with all due respect... But is Sri Lanka's attack for this test the worst attack we've seen play on Boxing Day at the MCG?

 

[Spark]

I'm not saying he will play at Sydney, especially given the series is already over, for fear that he could damage it further. I'm saying that if it was his last game... Or last game of an ashes series and they were going to replace him with a specialist bat, there'd be a case for him to still being selected.

There are other factors to be taken into account though.

There are, but I think it deserves its own thread.

 

[benchmark00]

That's not to say they've disgraced themselves btw, just that its not a great attack.

 

[Spark]

I say this with all due respect... But is Sri Lanka's attack for this test the worst attack we've seen play on Boxing Day at the MCG?

Quite probably, given you say they did about as well as they could today yet the main reason we're "only" 8/440 is because of some rank stupid strokeplay.

 

[Andre]

Pretty neck and neck with India from last year I'd say.

 

[Spark]

There are, but I think it deserves its own thread.

which is here

 

[Plumbinfront]

Good to see Sangakkara score some 50s away from home for once. He won't get many better chances than this to improve on his mediocre away record.

 

[Spark]

I don't think Sanga's away record is that bad tbh, for someone who barely gets to play away. Mahela is much more of a home-track feaster than Sanga.

 

[Plumbinfront]

yes but being better than Mahela away from home is not particularly hard. If you scrutinise Sangakkara's and say, Sehwag's/Hussey's/Hayden's records closely, you'll not find them too dissimilar. For some reason though, people are happy to gloss over Sangakkara's less than stellar away record but continually pick on the latter 3.

 

[uvelocity]

I reckon an hour of batting Tom is ideal. But think maybe Clarke will bat as long as possible this time to minimise the amount of time we are in the field tomorrow

 

[MW1304]

Okay Johnson may be ****, and he may be soft, and he may be a ****, but I love watching him bat. So much time to play his shots.

 

[benchmark00]

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Amen.

 

[greg]

yes but being better than Mahela away from home is not particularly hard. If you scrutinise Sangakkara's and say, Sehwag's/Hussey's/Hayden's records closely, you'll not find them too dissimilar. For some reason though, people are happy to gloss over Sangakkara's less than stellar away record but continually pick on the latter 3.

Sangakarra averages 47 away from home. When not designated keeper he averages 55 (from 27 matches). His overall figures only suffer in comparison to his home record, not against any other players. He's rubbish in England, of course, but that's to be expected...

 

[andyc]

I say this with all due respect... But is Sri Lanka's attack for this test the worst attack we've seen play on Boxing Day at the MCG?

Pretty sure Saj Mahmood played Boxing Day in 06/07.

 

[Daemon]

Pretty neck and neck with India from last year I'd say.

Nah, we had Zaheer and Yadav who bowled well for us in the boxing day test last year. We were even in a position where we could've won, chasing a bit above 300 iirc.

 

[sphynx]

God people get caught up with form fluctuations.

Yes Watson's a head case, but do you honestly think we are going to ****ing drop him?

How small are your attention spans?

The bloke was reversing the **** out of the ball at Hobart, and is a very handy stump to stump bowler for England.

Add to that, he's easily in best 6 bats in the country.



All this thread proves is how ****ing overrated Usman Khwaja is............. FFS if he just ground out 83 you'd all be lining up to suck him off.............

 

[CWB304]

Sangakarra averages 47 away from home. When not designated keeper he averages 55 (from 27 matches). His overall figures only suffer in comparison to his home record, not against any other players. He's rubbish in England, of course, but that's to be expected...

Good post, but you can be sure that he - or some similarly ill-informed poster - will be found maligning Sanga's 'poor away record' a few pages hence. It kinda goes with the territory: he's clearly the best batsman, so SL's ongoing and seemingly unaccountable struggles away from home must be at least partly his fault. I'm hoping Sanga can silence the critics with some good performances in his remaining innings, although the prospect of saving this Test is already looking a very long shot.