ODI Finals, 1st Final: Australia V. Sri Lanka

[NPK]

The ball went in front of square, so it wasn't Ponting's call. Ponting's fault IMO. It all happened fast..Katich didn't have time to weigh up the pros and cons of running or staying put.

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

As much as I don't like watching him bat Katich has actually had a pretty decent series. Not really worthy of criticism.

 

[Iafeta]

theres are posts that have praised SL from Australians that is my point!! WE ARE ALL not making excuses, maybe you and sanjane are just being selective as you always are?

You would rather coat everyone with the same brush at the expense of 3-4 usual suspects who post pages of pages of excuses and act like pathetic chumps?, lockyer1 in particular.

And to those of you "Aussies" who are moaning and bitching why, if, when where. FFS I guarantee you, had the result been exactly the other way around, you all would be laughing and making fun of SL's runouts till the cows come home, ...and we would be looking forward to a very boring and predictable 2nd final.

SL ambushed us, We werent focused or pumped enough to win, SL (AS I HAVE SAID WAY BACK) were the better side on the day.

Lets see what a real champion side we are by winning the remaining 2 games.
If SL win it, then they deserve to be the VB Champions

I agree with that part in particular

 

[JJ]

You would rather coat everyone with the same brush at the expense of 3-4 usual suspects who post pages of pages of excuses and act like pathetic chumps?, lockyer1 in particular.

fair point

 

[Robster]

theres are posts that have praised SL from Australians that is my point!! WE ARE ALL not making excuses, maybe you and sanjane are just being selective as you always are?

You would rather coat everyone with the same brush at the expense of 3-4 usual suspects who post pages of pages of excuses and act like pathetic chumps?, lockyer1 in particular.

And to those of you "Aussies" who are moaning and bitching why, if, when where. FFS I guarantee you, had the result been exactly the other way around, you all would be laughing and making fun of SL's runouts till the cows come home, ...and we would be looking forward to a very boring and predictable 2nd final.

SL ambushed us, We werent focused or pumped enough to win, SL (AS I HAVE SAID WAY BACK) were the better side on the day.

Lets see what a real champion side we are by winning the remaining 2 games.
If SL win it, then they deserve to be the VB Champions

good on yea mate

 

[lockyno1]

pretty tough call on katich.
he didnt call for the run then change his mind.

Not a tough call at all! He should have run and don't tell me he didn't have enough time becuase he did! SL played well no doubt but Katich's pathetic team work, Clarke's abysmal running, running Hussey out costed us the match! Plus our bowlers were terrible except for Hogg and Stuart Clark. SL played well and batted better than us at cruicial stages but it doesn't change my view that both Martyn and Katich are useless chasing more than 250!

 

[lockyno1]

As much as I don't like watching him bat Katich has actually had a pretty decent series. Not really worthy of criticism.

Yep running the captain out is certainly a great series! Cheers for Crapitch there!:roll:

 

[Johns Magic]

Correction...........You CAN GET stumped off a WIDE ..........not a NO-BALL

My mistake.

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Katich wouldve had to be Carl Lewis to make to the other end, there was never a run in it, it was bad call from Ponting. But that wasnt the only one.

Martyn made a ridiculous one, he simply gave up before the fieldsman threw it.

And Katich made one himself, crazy run outs. They just paniced the Aussies, trying to chase a big total and run off every ball.

Good innings from Clarke tried to keep Australia in the game. Hopefully they'll improve in the next game

 

[salivor]

How many run outs has Michael Clarke been involved in of late? It looks like he's modelled his running between wickets on Adam Parore. I'm also baffled as to why Martyn didn't dive or at least try to ground his bat, when that ball hit the stumps he wasn't actually that far away, a decent effort would've seen him home safely.

You've got to rate the Lankans now. As this series has progressed you really felt the Australians feel much more comfortable playing the insanely boring South Africans, as they know exactly what they're getting. While the Lankans are very hit and miss they still possess one or two match winners like Jayasuriya who can completely blow a match wide open.

 

[Medievalknight]

What if he takes 5 paces forward and misses but doesn't run after that?

He would be RUN OUT ..as 5 paces forward to me would constitute an ATTEMPTED run. If he overbalanced as he played the ball and was outside his crease when the keeper took the bails off he WOULD NOT be out tho ......Sound confusing lol

 

[Iafeta]

He would be RUN OUT ..as 5 paces forward to me would constitute an ATTEMPTED run. If he overbalanced as he played the ball and was outside his crease when the keeper took the bails off he WOULD NOT be out tho ......Sound confusing lol

He would be stumped, if the 5 paces are taken in an attempted stroke/playing of the ball as opposed to after the ball is struck/passes the wicket attempts a run.

 

[douglasallen91]

were his runouts that good ?

if the shoe was on the other foot they would have been.

2nd (like clarke vs kiwis) and third was good the other two was easy.

 

[douglasallen91]

Damn right! He seems a good bloke off the field, but on the field he acts like a spoilt little baby!

sounds like the opposite of warnie.

murali is a legend.

 

[Tom Shines]

I got on the Lankans when we were eight down at $1.28, so I made a tidy little profit of $28.

 

[El Diablo]

dont rate the scum at all

 

[TinghaInMotion]

I thought I was watching Baseball!:shock:

Reeeeeeally? Well we have something in common. I think the same when I watch Beamer "piss ant" Lee bowl.

 

[lockyno1]

sounds like the opposite of warnie.

murali is a legend.

no balllllll!

 

[Twizzle]

no balllllll!

0 for 99

 

[lockyno1]

0 for 99

Yep!\\\\/