1st Test: Sri Lanka v Australia at Pallekele on Jul 26-30, 2016 - SRI LANKA WON BY 106 RUNS

[TheParraboy]

Aust playing a 3 day warm up match v SL XI

SL all out 229 (SOK 5/43, lyon 0/72)

AUST 1/127 in reply

Murali coaching the aussie spinners again, worked a treat last time he did it in the UAE v Pakistan

 

[Twizzle]

seems to be working for SOK, he has been working with the Goat for years now

 

[Bazal]

Best spinner in the country gets 5, as compared to Nathan Lyon...

 

[Timbo]

SOK takes a tenfer, and gets a fifty.

Is it a shock? SOK is basically Australian Herath and we know what he can do on those wickets.

I imagine we'll play two spinners with the decks that are expected.

 

[aussies1st]

SOK just keeps over delivering. Just need him to do it in Test. Easy pick you would think given Bird and NCN are the alternatives (nothing against Bird).

 

[Twizzle]

and he is 50 not out atm

 

[Bazal]

Bit delayed Twizz?

 

[Twizzle]

just going of the Facebook scores

edit: wow he sort of did OK, 10 wickets and 73 NO

wont mean shit tho, the Goat will get picked

 

[TheParraboy]

Day 1 Kicks off today at 2.30pm. Will miss the first two sessions due to work

SOK set to play with Lyon, rank turners expected (or dust bowls). Warner back from broken thumb

Haze, starc and marsh it seems will be the pace bowlers

 

[hineyrulz]

Damn, lost the toss.

 

[hineyrulz]

Looks a plodtastic wicket.

 

[hineyrulz]

Starc strikes!! Looked plumb.

 

[hineyrulz]

Is Luke Pattern looking at this???? FFS is was just out.

 

[hineyrulz]

Terrible shot that. Sri Lanka 2 for 15.

 

[vvvrulz]

Sri Lanka are woeful now, Australia should be delivering nothing short of a right pasting this series.

Going to be years before Lanka is strong again.

 

[hineyrulz]

Haze strikes again!!! 3 for 18 now.

Those top three look dreadful, there only class batsman are now at the wicket.

 

[JJ]

Unfortunately for Sri Lanka you take out all the greats they've lost and they become pretty brittle, and some they've placed great hope in have yet to deliver, or haven't consistently - Chandimal included. If they can scrape together a moderate score they can pressure Australia's top order, but that's not the start they needed.... haven't seen it, but bloody Hazelwood is quality, no mistake

 

[hineyrulz]

SOK gets the big one, 4 for 43.

That turned a lot, 250 might be a good total on this deck.

 

[Pete Cash]

Hazelwood strikes again

 

[Pete Cash]

wasted review there