1st Test D/N Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane Jan 24-28 - AUSTRALIA WON BY AN INNINGS AND 40 RUNS

[benched tiger]

I hope Sri Lanka is as weak as people suggest because that batting line up doesn’t fill me with a lot of confidence,then again it’s not that often you see the tail end as strong as the top order in the batting department.

 

[herbert henry1908]

I hope Sri Lanka is as weak as people suggest because that batting line up doesn’t fill me with a lot of confidence,then again it’s not that often you see the tail end as strong as the top order in the batting department.

It’s an improvement over the Indian series lineup.

 

[hineyrulz]

Any test side without that fat slogger opening has to be stronger.

 

[Bgoodorgoodatit]

Personally l like the Team Predicted on Fox sports

Marcus Harris

Joe Burns

Usman Khawaja

Kurtis Patterson

Will Pucovski

Travis Head

Tim Paine (c)

Pat Cummins

Mitchell Starc

Jhye Richardson

Nathan Lyon


Id actually be interested to watch that!

 

[herbert henry1908]

Surely Cummins will finally get a shot with the new ball?

 

[AlwaysGreen]

What were Mr and Mrs Richardson thinking when they called their kid Jhye?

 

[typicalfan]

What were Mr and Mrs Richardson thinking when they called their kid Jhye?

"Where's me ciggies???"

 

[typicalfan]

Surely Cummins will finally get a shot with the new ball?

I think Jhye should get it as he has shown he can swing the ball.

 

[benched tiger]

Starc will get the new ball,if he sprays it everywhere like he usually does I hope the excuse of a lack of match practice is not used.

 

[herbert henry1908]

I think Jhye should get it as he has shown he can swing the ball.

Well I hope we don’t go with that lineup in England, we need a proper change bowler for mine.

 

[Timbo]

I like Siddle in England if there’s no Haze.

Siddle’s pitch it up, wobble it about medium-fast is suited to English conditions.

And nowhere else.

 

[lockyno1]

Any test side without that fat slogger opening has to be stronger.

And no Marsh spuds!

 

[hineyrulz]

I like Siddle in England if there’s no Haze.

Siddle’s pitch it up, wobble it about medium-fast is suited to English conditions.

And nowhere else.

I like Siddle loaded into a cannon
And fired into the sun.

 

[TheParraboy]

I like Siddle in England if there’s no Haze.

Siddle’s pitch it up, wobble it about medium-fast is suited to English conditions.

And nowhere else.

Has a better average and economy rate than Starc and Johnson in England

If Starc cant get his shit together in the first test at Edgbaston, he should be dropped

Wouldn't mind seeing Jackson Bird on the tour as back up if Shield form warrants it

Don't think fast bowlers (over 140km) have done well over there for us eg Lee, Johnson

Broad and Anderson are 130-135km, pitching it up on a on a pence over there is crucial

 

[_snafu_]

We need Terry Alderman.

 

[herbert henry1908]

Has a better average and economy rate than Starc and Johnson in England

If Starc cant get his shit together in the first test at Edgbaston, he should be dropped

Wouldn't mind seeing Jackson Bird on the tour as back up if Shield form warrants it

Don't think fast bowlers (over 140km) have done well over there for us eg Lee, Johnson

Broad and Anderson are 130-135km, pitching it up on a on a pence over there is crucial

Starc shouldn’t even get the first test if he doesn’t show more against Sri Lanka.

We definitely need a proper change bowler.

 

[TIGER14]

Shane Warne ambush showed Kurtis Patterson’s nerves of steel

Australia’s desperate hunt for a big occasion batsman has led them to a player who might be the only 17-year-old to ever hit Shane Warne out of the park.

And amazingly … it was from the very first ball he faced.

Kurtis Patterson on Monday earned a stunning promotion from outside the Test squad into pole position for a baggy green debut at the Gabba, having slaughtered Sri Lanka with two unbeaten hundreds in a pink ball tour game on the weekend.

The Sri Lankans are now already acutely aware that Patterson can play, but the tourists could be in big trouble if NSW’s Mr Consistent shows them the same disdain he did for the greatest big game performer of them all when he was just a fresh-faced teen.

In a centenary game for his local grade club St George back in 2010 at Hurstville Oval, Patterson launched a pull shot so sweetly off the first delivery he saw from Warne — who was still in the midst of his Big Bash career — that the banished ball bounced down a neighbouring street.

It might have been for charity, but the famous Warne aura that made knees tremble around the world for two decades simply rebounded off the force field emanated by the steely left-hander.

Just 12 months later in 2011, Patterson became the youngest ever batsman to score a Sheffield Shield hundred on debut, further reinforcing the feeling this week in Brisbane that Patterson possesses a demeanour that won’t be intimidated by the Test arena.

Two seasons ago Patterson was as close as any batsman has come in recent memory to a Test debut during one of the last clean-outs of the side, only to be pipped at the post by Nic Maddinson who came from nowhere at the 11th hour.

However, Patterson admitted on Tuesday he was glad his number wasn’t called that day, as he relishes a rare opportunity to realise his boyhood dream while in the form of his career.

“I feel right at the top of my game now so I’m really glad the selection has come now rather than previously,” said Patterson.

“I was fine to be honest (when I missed out). I’ve never really gone outside my box with those things. There’s obviously been a bit of chat in previous years … but it’s never really affected me.

“I feel at the top of my game. I feel like I’m hitting the ball as well as I ever have, which makes this addition to the squad (a) really happy (one) for me.

“You want to be picked when you feel like you’re playing well, and I feel like I am at the moment.

“Obviously there’s some hard work to be done this week but if I get the opportunity this week I feel like I’ll be ready for it.”

Selectors have wanted to pick Patterson for years but the one knock on the St George junior has been that he doesn’t convert enough 50s into 100s.

A lopsided record of 26 first-class half centuries for only six hundreds reflects that, but all along Patterson has maintained a healthy average of 40 for almost every season he’s played for NSW.

And this season, the tide has turned; Patterson made a heavy duty ton against Western Australia in tough conditions in Perth and then went out and made two unbeaten centuries against the Sri Lankans in Hobart with selector Greg Chappell watching on.

“(It’s turned from) almost just taking a step back and relaxing when I’m out there in the middle,” said Patterson.

“I’ve said previously that in the last couple of years I’ve thought about it too much when I’ve got in and tried to change too many things in the middle of my innings, whereas this year I’m just kind of letting it happen — just enjoying being in the present when I’m out there and making the most of those opportunities when I do get in.

“I’ve just been getting my hands a little bit higher in my stance, onto my hip — apart from that it’s just been mental changes: trying to develop some nice simple, sound routines throughout my innings when I bat.”

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...l/news-story/a24a711695e4adb2b33d3ed5a6cca4ec

 

[King hit]

But but but Patterson is only selected because he is from NSW

That sarcasm aside its good that the selectors have recalled Burns and Patterson is getting a look in. I feel we are going to see some positive batting changes against Sri Lanka

 

[King hit]

Any test side without that fat slogger opening has to be stronger.

I got into a facebook argument with some dumb victorian who said Finch was going to be a superstar in the baggy green

dickhead

 

[hineyrulz]

I got into a facebook argument with some dumb victorian who said Finch was going to be a superstar in the baggy green

dickhead

Bet he disappeared quicker than Finches test career did.