*Official* Sri Lanka Tour of Australia 2019

[Starfighter]

I've figured out what Dananjaya is doing to end up with better figures than the other bowlers. Bowling at the frikken stumps.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

I was hypothetically thinking of something like

1. Burns
2. Warner
3. Khawaja
4. Smith
5. Head
6. Patterson

Still a long time to go though. Usman especially needs to show a fair bit more than he is now.

 

[stephen]

I've figured out what Dananjaya is doing to end up with better figures than the other bowlers. Bowling at the frikken stumps.

It's funny how many people forget this. And sometimes, it's funny that batsmen forget they have stumps to protect (like Maxwell).

 

[Burgey]

Usman will need a very good back end to the shield season, because I can’t see him getting another hit his match and there’s no more tests until the Ashes.

 

[Starfighter]

You know runfests are a lot more interesting when they don't happen every other match.

 

[vcs]

... and when it's the team you support that's making the runs.

 

[Starfighter]

... and when it's the team you support that's making the runs.

That always goes without saying.

 

[Starfighter]

It's telling that Perera isn't bowling when the ball's 72 overs old. There goes a caught and bowled.

 

[Crazy Sam]

At least seeing Burns ton up today will make tonight's Heat match a bit easier to take.

 

[stephen]

The Finch and Labaschagne picks this season (and to a lesser extent the Mitch Marsh pick) were so awful because they prevented Australia from truly learning how well the form shield players could have done with those extra two spots.

After the tampering saga, I expected the top 6 to be Burns, Renshaw, Khawaja, S Marsh, Maxwell, M Marsh. This would have rewarded the players who performed at first class level. Of those guys, Khawaja is the only one to have played all 8 tests this season (forgetting the final South Africa test).

The non- selection of Renshaw, the selection of Labaschagne, the non- selection of Burns until the second last test, the rightful dropping of Shaun and Mitch Marsh have all been so disruptive to the potential development of this side.

Shaun Marsh stinking up the side for six tests in a row, Khawaja being useless in most of the tests and Mitch Marsh turning to puss again with the bat have been highly disruptive to a team trying to find its feet.

Khawaja and Shaun Marsh in particular really should have kicked on by now as the senior players. The fact that neither of them did over the summer is really hard to take.

 

[Starfighter]

Damn. That was an exciting innings.

 

[Starfighter]

That is an awful, awful drop.

 

[Crazy Sam]

SL have had some proper chances today.

 

[OverratedSanity]

This is pretty embarrassing from sl.

 

[Starfighter]

Zero chance of 15 more overs being bowled by six o'clock.

 

[vcs]

Thirimanne must be really good for the dressing room atmosphere, because he certainly can't bat, he doesn't bowl, and by the looks of it, he can't catch either.

 

[Starfighter]

I just know that Dilruwan is gonna get the new ball here.

 

[Maximas]

Damn, I thought the catching had been trending upwards since the end of 2017

 

[TheJediBrah]

Aus are bad, but SL are proper bad

 

[Starfighter]

That was an epic coin toss from Paine.