***Official*** Sri Lanka in Australia

[shehanwije]

Absolutely. Hope he is ok.

I wonder who will keep wickets when the Team takes the field....possibly Mubarak or Samaraweera , I suspect.

Prasanna J'wardena has been keeping wkts in tests since last year....so expect him to make the team, irrespective of Sanga's hammy situ.

 

[JASON]

Prasanna J'wardena has been keeping wkts in tests since last year....so expect him to make the team, irrespective of Sanga's hammy situ.

I was referring to this game...but as Mister Wright already clarified as this is not First Class game, Prasanna will be allowed to come in as substitute for the rest of the game.

 

[itduzz]

MacGill's test match average is 27.20.

when u play 90% of tests at Sydney....u will have that avg..

 

[Mister Wright]

when u play 90% of tests at Sydney....u will have that avg..

Has actually only played 20% of his tests at the SCG. Where he has taken over a quarter of his wickets and none of those tests were against Bangladesh.

 

[Mister Wright]

I was referring to this game...but as Mister Wright already clarified as this is not First Class game, Prasanna will be allowed to come in as substitute for the rest of the game.

I think he should be allowed, but not sure if he will. We'll soon find out.

 

[chaminda_00]

Bollinger I love you:

Mubarak, J c:Plant   b:Bollinger 6

 

[Nate]

Sri Lanka declare. Boo.

 

[Mister Wright]

Will be interesting to see how the Chairman XI batsmen handle Murali.

 

[pup11]

Apart from Ferguson and Ronchi i don't there are any batsmen in the Chairman XI batting line-up who can handle Murali.

 

[chaminda_00]

Mash and Hughes should be ok, their pretty gun. Both have played plenty of overs of MacGill and Warne in the nets. So they should account for themselves with some respectability.

 

[gettingbetter]

I pretty much think the selectors have already chosen the twelve for the first test match, despite what the performances this weekend are. Hayden, Jaques, Ponting, Hussey, Clarke, Symonds, Gilchrist, Lee, Clark, MacGill, Johnson & Tait.

I think the only thing that would change these selections is a triple century by a seasoned batsman or a haul of 8 or 9 by a seasoned bowler. Injuries would be the only other thing that would change the side for the first test match.

However, if any of the players under question do not perform against Sri Lanka, I think any player who is scoring big runs or taking big wickets will come into consideration for the test series against India.

Katich is getting damn close.

Don't think it will change anything though.

 

[sideshowtim]

The fact that someone like Mash is doing it easy pretty much shows that this is a nothing pitch. You can't take a whole lot from this game in terms of batting.

 

[Nate]

Harsh. Mash is quality IMO.

 

[pup11]

Well some credit needs to given to the Chairman XI batsmen, they have batted pretty decently so far.

 

[readie]

katich 306 pity he still wont be picked , kinda lol

 

[sideshowtim]

Hughes in now, 20*...This kid is gonna have a huge future. Hope he does well here.

 

[Ikki]

Where did I say MacGill had never, ever bowled well in a Test? I could out-bowl McGrath and Warne if I had enough chances, so could you or anyone else who knew how to bowl.

All that says is that McGrath and Warne were sub-par that day, because both are capable of bowling better than MacGill is. MacGill, in fact, has rarely bowled especially well. Not never - rarely.

No, in your case it means they really really tanked in that day and took nothing whilst you took 1 for 100 and were a bit better or something...

Coming from a Warne and McGrath fan: MacGill has outbowled both and it had nothing to do with them bowling poor.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Heal's effort yesterday shows up pretty nicely given how Murali went today against less seasoned opposition.

 

[shehanwije]

In a country Murali bashing is a sport:

http://www.sundaytimes.lk/071028/Sports/sp202.html

There is also a concerted campaign by the Aussies to rile Murali by stating that he gets a lot of cheap tailenders wkts. Yesterday, I heared both Ponting and Lee slip this into an interview from left of centre - gave me the impression that they were following an orchestrated script. I guess they feel if they get Murali mad, then he will try harder to get the top order out, losing concentration by trying too hard. These mind games are just tiresome!!!!!

 

[pup11]

^Mate its not right if you start ridiculing a whole country just because of a few fools who find it funny to taunt Murali.