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

[Flem274*]

Mathews must be due a brain explosion. Fluent until he should be set for a big score.

 

[Spark]

Was only a faint edge, reckon the wind would've made it difficult to hear given it's blowing away from Siddle.

Was the weirdest logic

 

[Jono]

I said it's as good a spell as I've seen him bowl.

Since when does bowling well mean you automatically get wickets?

You are right in that it was a good spell. I saw the spell, he bowled very well. In general I like Lyon.

Just can't see how, considering how well Swann has bowled in his career and also in his come back to form recently, you can think Lyon is the better bowler.

Bowled beautifully in India too, so I guess when Lyon tours there in Feb that will be a good time to compare them. But for me Swann is comfortably the better spinner. Lyon still has a long way to go (and he's only played 16 tests so that is fair enough).

 

[Xuhaib]

That's because Til Dil & Mathews haven't exactly been digging in, so much as being lucky. Mathews in particular has looked bewildered for the most part this session.

fair enough.

But I do think Kohli/Dhoni partnership is being overrated a bit. I might taste it if England collapse in a heap today but despite batting 5 hours they never took the game by the scruff of the neck. The wicket was difficult to score but not a minefield where you could get out anytime. I think its only being appreciated more because of India's recent troubles as I said yesterday 2009-10 India would get 450+ on this deck eyes closed.

 

[Spark]

Lollin at the lack of variation in the names on that scorecard

 

[centurymaker]

kohli and dhoni batted flawlessly for 6 hrs FTR. it was just amazing especially considering that the series was on the line

 

[Johnners]

Siddle!!

That's plumb surely.

 

[benchmark00]

High?

 

[Spark]

High?

EDIT: ****ing monkey

 

[benchmark00]

Gorn.

 

[Lostman]

Follow on avoided

 

[Spark]

These are absolute pies from Starc.

 

[Noble One]

Hard to win for Starc. Young bowler who bowls in-swing; pitching the ball up as he should with a new ball. He'd be criticised if his pitch map was all short.

Not great execution; however Starc is trying the right thing.

 

[benchmark00]

Bit over pitched whilst looking for swing, but it's funny how commentators always go on about getting and full and not minding getting driven with a newish ball... then when someone does over pitch they go on about banging it in.

 

[Spikey]

don't blame me i want dougeh

 

[benchmark00]

ffs, Noble **** taking my post.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Dale "Best outswing bowler in the world" Steyn disagrees. The whole front-on-for-inswing-side-on-for-out-swing thing is an old dying tradition, it's all about wrist and seam release now.

This.

 

[benchmark00]

Nice innings. Nice bowling.

 

[Spark]

Quality knock.

 

[Zinzan]

Damn, missed the whole day so far. How good was Dilshan's innings?