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Sri Lanka in Australia thread
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Sri Lanka can win this. They have 3 days to score 312. All they have to do kepp the wickets intact. They don't even have to go for the shots, they can crawl to victory. 
I hope Jayasuriya plays a vital innings.
I hope Jayasuriya plays a vital innings.top cat> thanks! sent you an email.
what a bowling performance from mc grath eh? but not alot can be said about the SL top order, against the swinging ball they sometimes turn out to play like under -13's would!
as for mahela, its been soo long that i have thought he needs to be given a rest. He has been out of form for sometime, in saying that he just mite churn out his best batting perfomance yet to win this one in the next innings and make my comments look like a fools!
it's un real how the sri lankans can loose the initiative so quickly, very similiar to their home series agains the australians!
however as someone else pointed out in a post above, they do have 3 or so days and plenty of talent, plenty of batters who have played long innings. Dont forget marvan and kumar.it's a long shot!
how's the pitch playing fella's?
has it settled down?
it mite actually work in the Sri lankas favour if the pitch is playing easier than the 1st and 2nd days, but then theirs warne to contend with!!
what a bowling performance from mc grath eh? but not alot can be said about the SL top order, against the swinging ball they sometimes turn out to play like under -13's would!
as for mahela, its been soo long that i have thought he needs to be given a rest. He has been out of form for sometime, in saying that he just mite churn out his best batting perfomance yet to win this one in the next innings and make my comments look like a fools!
it's un real how the sri lankans can loose the initiative so quickly, very similiar to their home series agains the australians!
however as someone else pointed out in a post above, they do have 3 or so days and plenty of talent, plenty of batters who have played long innings. Dont forget marvan and kumar.it's a long shot!
how's the pitch playing fella's?
has it settled down?
it mite actually work in the Sri lankas favour if the pitch is playing easier than the 1st and 2nd days, but then theirs warne to contend with!!
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We're talking mental age, hereWaughney said:
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marc71178 said:
Damn right !!! that will be the day the sky will be pink full of pigs !
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SL are going to be allout for less than 150
i hope gillespie take a lot of wicket i had him in my cricket prediction league
i hope gillespie take a lot of wicket i had him in my cricket prediction league
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Katich was unlucky. As for Warne, well that looked fair enough to me. It was going to hit leg stump IMO.Waughney said:
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312 is going to be a mountain. On a perfect batting surface, it would be a difficult ask. On this deck, I don't think the SL's are going to come close (no disrespect intended; the Aussies or any batting line-up wouldn't come close against this attack).
As for the 'they've got plenty of time' thing, that almost always works against you. When you starting thinking in those terms, suddenly you relax mentally. And as everyone would be well aware of, that's death against this Aussie side. He who hesitates in lost and whilst SL have plenty of time to the get the runs, where the Aussies excell is when they've got plenty of time to bowl the opposition out.
No, if SL is to win this one, they'll need to play their natural attacking game. If Jayasuriya gets away, they'll be a realistic chance but if he goes early, well it won't last until tea. I've noticed he's their team barometer to an extent (more so than Atapattu).
As for the 'they've got plenty of time' thing, that almost always works against you. When you starting thinking in those terms, suddenly you relax mentally. And as everyone would be well aware of, that's death against this Aussie side. He who hesitates in lost and whilst SL have plenty of time to the get the runs, where the Aussies excell is when they've got plenty of time to bowl the opposition out.
No, if SL is to win this one, they'll need to play their natural attacking game. If Jayasuriya gets away, they'll be a realistic chance but if he goes early, well it won't last until tea. I've noticed he's their team barometer to an extent (more so than Atapattu).
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T'was my opinion. I can't be right all the time. However, I will not be convinced until he bowls well against India in India & N.Z. at home without bowling 6 feet outside the offstump, like he did last time against N.Z.bennyr said:
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You "will not be convinced until he bowls well against India in India & N.Z. at home without bowling 6 feet outside the offstump, like he did last time against NZ"??? Re-read that and see if it makes sense to you.
"Yup, I won't be convinced that Sachin is a decent player until he gets a ton against Australia in pacy conditions using nothing but cut shots and not those drives he likes to play so much."
The fact that you put such strict criteria on your 'convincing' suggests you'll never be convinced and I think that's deliberate. The last refuge of the person who doesn't like someone for no apparent reason is to invent one.
Seriously, you don't need to see Glenn McGrath bowl against another opposition to know he's bowling well right now. Use your eyes and your cerebral cortex and not your prejudices.
"Yup, I won't be convinced that Sachin is a decent player until he gets a ton against Australia in pacy conditions using nothing but cut shots and not those drives he likes to play so much."
The fact that you put such strict criteria on your 'convincing' suggests you'll never be convinced and I think that's deliberate. The last refuge of the person who doesn't like someone for no apparent reason is to invent one.
Seriously, you don't need to see Glenn McGrath bowl against another opposition to know he's bowling well right now. Use your eyes and your cerebral cortex and not your prejudices.
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Great stuff Kaspa! Finally rewarded.
Well, Elliot finishes his test career with 8, 4, 44, 0, 0, 16, 9, 0, 1, 0 in his last 10 innings.
Well, Elliot finishes his test career with 8, 4, 44, 0, 0, 16, 9, 0, 1, 0 in his last 10 innings.
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Yeah, why focus on the positives when there's a negative to be hunted down, massaged and eviscerated for the world to see? I bet you stamped on butterflies as a kid.
And yes sensational bowling from Kasper. Great to see. I honestly didn't think he'd make it back into the side but there you go. He really is bowling well right now.