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***Official*** VB Series 2006
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Well deserved win i say to Srilanakans, they had alot of criticism after the first match of the VB series.. They are responding very good indeed..
good work sanga..
good work sanga..
Go Sanga go! (to Inspector Gadget theme)
Lostman
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Jayasuriyas last three innings at the SCG:
122 v AUS 2003 (also got 4 wickets in this game)
106 v ENG 2003
114 v AUS 2006
all 3 came batting first, and the 2 against AUS resulted in 300+ score for SL, in each of those games no Mcgrath. Lee bowled reasonably well but the other bowlers were tonked around. If SL win the toss on sunday they might just pull out the biggest upset in an odi series in the last 4 years.
122 v AUS 2003 (also got 4 wickets in this game)
106 v ENG 2003
114 v AUS 2006
all 3 came batting first, and the 2 against AUS resulted in 300+ score for SL, in each of those games no Mcgrath. Lee bowled reasonably well but the other bowlers were tonked around. If SL win the toss on sunday they might just pull out the biggest upset in an odi series in the last 4 years.
dinu23
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Jono said:Lol! Have fun dinu.
And now Sanga is studying the same subject as me. That's on top of apparently looking like him if you'd believe a few mates of mine.
If only I could bat half as good as him. Batting average of 5.3 this season
I guess you're mainly a bowler.
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If Sri Lanka win the next game there won't be a second coming game.aussie said:
luckyeddie
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In all fairness the problem for Australia was that they weren't able to actually complete the singles having set off for them.TT Boy said:
Disappointing loss for the Australians. I'm sure they'll come back hard in the next match.
Katich again not going on with it after making a 50, thought his running between the wickets was horrid. Clarke made some runs which was good, in the end surprised Australia got as close as they did.
Katich again not going on with it after making a 50, thought his running between the wickets was horrid. Clarke made some runs which was good, in the end surprised Australia got as close as they did.
howardj
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Welcome to the forum, PANIC. Good first post. I tend to agree regarding Katich. There's not much point in him being the opener unless he (a) goes after the bowling a little more, or (b) bats through the innings. Anyway, I think James Hopes has been a little 'exposed' during this series, and would be surprised if he made it to South Africa.PANIC! said:
Moreover, I think our performance tonight demonstrates that perhaps we need to look outside the current squad for bowlers who can bowl at the end of the innings. To that end, Shaun Tait would be one chap that I'd draft into the team at the first available opportunity.
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It's a little difficult to criticise his run of scores this season forgetting that he was the one who DIDN'T get out in the early overs on quite a few occasions. Yet you found a way. Nice. For interest, his scores in this series have been 60, 0, 19, 52, 82, 25, 11 and 56 tonight. 4 50s, avg about 38 at a strike-rate of about 70 which has been consistent through most of his innings. Four 50's striking at 70 are decent numbers for a player of his type. The point? It's pretty clear he's being asked to do a job. See, in the real world, players sometimes have to compromise their natural instincts and do the ugly work so that more attacking players around them can have their fun later. Katich, as he's shown at state and Test level, has shots all 'round the ground when in the mood (without being as attacking a player as, say, Clarke) yet he's been a little more conservative this year so that would ordinarily tell you something, wouldn't it?
His batting (especially in the first match in Adelaide) tended to be of the 'steady-the-ship' variety which, just as Australia could have been wobbling, made the rest of the innings look easy. His success in 'only' getting to 50 has done nothing more than cover-up Gilchrist's (bar two excellent knocks) Ponting, Clarke, Symonds and Martyn's (when under pressure of a chase) sub-standard form this year. Yes, in the WC in the West Indies, small grounds and fast outfields mean big scores. But, as has been shown in the WI for many, many years, there have also been a bunch of VERY low scores because teams have tried going for the fence too early, having stacked their sides with hitters. You need at least one player who's going to steady the ship in the face of early wickets so that hitters later in the order can take advantage of the recovery (enter Huss/Clarke/Hopes). The WI had this for years in Sherwin Campbell, for example. It's pretty clear which role Kat is being groomed for. Sure, a Jacques/Gilchrist 100+ partnership inside 15 overs would be speccy. But so would a collapse to 4/not many which can and has happened in the WI for years. Just not a good type of speccy.........
Now, I love (platonically, Voltman) Shaun as much as the next guy but he doesn't even do this role for SA. Shaun is NOT a death bowler. Shaun may take a few poles but he may also go for 8-an-over. Drafting in Dizzy might be an idea, though. Not that I'm biased.
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honestbharani
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Go Lanka! This is the first game of this VB series that I have watched LIVE. Great work from Sri Lanka. Loved Atapattu's comment at the presentation. "When we came here, everyone said it was a two horse race. But now, here we are and the third horse has won the first final." Can't wait for Sydney. And I think Ponting's run out was Ponting's fault. His record when chasing 250+ scores isn't very good at all and I don't see why Katich (who was already set) should have sacrificed his wicket for that of his captain who may or MAY NOT play well. Martyn's run out was his fault. Hussey's run out was Clarke's fault (and I thought he was plumb LBW by the way).
What is with Daryl Harper turning down two plumb LBWs against Sri Lanka? Both of them were as plumb as they could get.
What is with Daryl Harper turning down two plumb LBWs against Sri Lanka? Both of them were as plumb as they could get.
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No they weren't; they were all Til Dil's fault! Silly bugger has a rather annoying knack of throwing the ball accurately at the stumps before the Aussies have a chance to make their ground!
Seriously, the running was sub-standard but a side rarely gets punished for it as frequently by a sole player as they did tonight. He was, in a word, magnificent.
Old Daryl is an Adelaidian and was just trying to give the home fans their money's worth. You understand, of course.
honestbharani
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lol, perfectly.Top_Cat said:No they weren't; they were all Til Dil's fault! Silly bugger has a rather annoying knack of throwing the ball accurately at the stumps before the Aussies have a chance to make their ground!
Seriously, the running was sub-standard but a side rarely gets punished for it as frequently by a sole player as they did tonight. He was, in a word, magnificent.
Old Daryl is an Adelaidian and was just trying to give the home fans their money's worth. You understand, of course.
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I am sure aussies will come back hard in the 2nd VB final, but mind you, lankans hav won the last 3 matches at SCG, with sanath Jayasuriya making a ton in each of his appearance at SCG.. so its going to be a good battle..
Would love to see australia get mick lewis into the playin side..
Would love to see australia get mick lewis into the playin side..
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I thought Clarke played a very mature ODI innings last night. As Healy said he does have that problem of watching the ball when running between wickets, however apart from that, if he had of had support at the other end I think we would have won.
I don't care how many half centruies Katich has scored in this series if he is going to use up balls getting in, he needs to go on with it. If he is going to be our 'anchor man' he needs to be getting 80s & 100s, not 40s, 50s and 60s especially when we are chasing large totals. He has had a full series to show if he is the man to open the innings for us, and I don't think he is. Especially considering we have various opening options in Jaques, Clarke, Martyn & Hopes.
On Hopes, I think he is being wasted as a supersub. He is the 'allrounder' of the squad yet he is only being used in one of his diciplines. I can't imagine how hard it would be to come out and bat after you've watched your team-mates field for 3 hours and then come in when you're team is in dire straights. He needs to be in the 11.
I don't care how many half centruies Katich has scored in this series if he is going to use up balls getting in, he needs to go on with it. If he is going to be our 'anchor man' he needs to be getting 80s & 100s, not 40s, 50s and 60s especially when we are chasing large totals. He has had a full series to show if he is the man to open the innings for us, and I don't think he is. Especially considering we have various opening options in Jaques, Clarke, Martyn & Hopes.
On Hopes, I think he is being wasted as a supersub. He is the 'allrounder' of the squad yet he is only being used in one of his diciplines. I can't imagine how hard it would be to come out and bat after you've watched your team-mates field for 3 hours and then come in when you're team is in dire straights. He needs to be in the 11.
