1st Test: Sri Lanka v Australia @ Galle Jan 29 - Feb 2, 2025

[TheParraboy]

Aust won toss and we elected to bat

 

[TheParraboy]

from espncricinfo.com


In terms of team news, Sri Lanka have gone with three spinners and just the lone seamer. Australia too have three spinners in their XI, as well as a red-ball debut for Josh Inglis who was presented his Baggy Green by Geoff Marsh earlier this morning - he'll be cap no. 470.

 

[TheParraboy]

Australia XI: 1 Usman Khawaja 2 Travis Head 3 Marnus Labuschagne 4 Steven Smith (capt.) 5 Josh Inglis 6 Beau Webster 7 Alex Carey (wk) 8 Mitchell Starc 9 Mathew Kuhnemann 10 Nathan Lyon 11 Todd Murphy

Sri Lanka XI: 1 Dimuth Karunaratne, 2 Oshada Fernando, 3 Dinesh Chandimal, 4 Angelo Mathews, 5 Kamindu Mendis, 6 Dhananjaya de Silva (capt.), 7 Kusal Mendis (wk), 8 Prabath Jayasuriya, 9 Nishan Peiris, 10 Jeffrey Vandersay 11 Asitha Fernando

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[bazza]

must be a shit pitch

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Damn I'm missing out on Brad Hodge's great insight lol

 

[Bazal]

I'm at work (and actually at work, not streaming on the tablet at work) but I'm imagining the pitch is basically my sun torched, over mowed summer backyard

 

[undertaker]

Damn I'm missing out on Brad Hodge's great insight lol

Hodge podge

 

[_snafu_]

Missing a trick here by not selecting spin twins Lloyd Pope and Clive Rose.

 

[Shaun Hewitt]

We have the TV going with the build on here in the office.
I'll have it on in the background when I get home as well.

Hope Kuhnemann is fit for throwing in this test.

I hope Australia get up, so Kontas, McSweeney get a chance next game

If Uzzie fails in this game, does he get dropped? If not, then at what point does he?

 

[_snafu_]

I feel like I am at the circus when they play the Sri Lankan anthem.

 

[undertaker]

must be a shit pitch

Aerial view of the Galle pitch looks similar to the two dished up at Multan in the recent Pakistan vs West Indies test series. Ball was turning sharply from day 1, with both tests finishing early on day 3.

If you were to tell Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh during their playing days that the Windies would beat their opponents with spin (Warrican/Sinclair/Gotie) in 2025, they would've laughed at you.

 

[undertaker]

from espncricinfo.com


In terms of team news, Sri Lanka have gone with three spinners and just the lone seamer. Australia too have three spinners in their XI, as well as a red-ball debut for Josh Inglis who was presented his Baggy Green by Geoff Marsh earlier this morning - he'll be cap no. 470.

Success leaves clues.

With Sri Lanka going with 3 frontline spinners, a typical subcontinent rank turner is on the cards.

 

[TheParraboy]

 

[undertaker]

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan back in the comm box. Haven't heard from him for a while

 

[TheParraboy]

Aust 0/13 - 1 over

Great start in any format...

 

[mave]

1 over in, and we've got a dictate terms from the comm box already.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

What batting has this Inglis even done in the past 6-8 weeks?

SFA

Josh Inglis Debut and last played matches in Tests, ODIs, T20Is and other formats

Josh Inglis's recent matches played across all cricket formats including Tests, ODIs, T20Is and other formats

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Recent Matches - Player
Match Bat Wkt Date Ground Format
Scorchers vs Renegades
4 1c/0s 23-Dec-2024
Melbourne (Docklands)
T20
Scorchers vs Hurricanes
49 0c/0s 21-Dec-2024
Hobart
T20
West Aust vs NSW
41 & 25 0c/0s 06-Dec-2024
Sydney
FC
Australia vs Pakistan
27 1c/0s 18-Nov-2024
Hobart
T20I # 2959
Australia vs Pakistan
0 1c/0s 16-Nov-2024
Sydney
T20I # 2954
Australia vs Pakistan
0* 1c/0s 14-Nov-2024
Brisbane
T20I # 2948
Australia vs Pakistan
7 0c/0s 10-Nov-2024
Perth
ODI # 4804
Australia vs Pakistan
18 0c/0s 08-Nov-2024
Adelaide
ODI # 4801
Australia vs Pakistan
49 3c/0s 04-Nov-2024
Melbourne
ODI # 4795
West Aust vs Tasmania
1

221 runs across ten games. 5 of those single figures. Including 0, 0*, 1, 4, 7
To think Hayden scored a 1000 FC runs per season and couldn’t get in test team.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Boland can consider himself the unluckiest man in history.

 

[mave]

What batting has this Inglis even done in the past 6-8 weeks?

SFA

Josh Inglis Debut and last played matches in Tests, ODIs, T20Is and other formats

Josh Inglis's recent matches played across all cricket formats including Tests, ODIs, T20Is and other formats

www.espncricinfo.com

Recent Matches - Player
Match Bat Wkt Date Ground Format
Scorchers vs Renegades
4 1c/0s 23-Dec-2024
Melbourne (Docklands)
T20
Scorchers vs Hurricanes
49 0c/0s 21-Dec-2024
Hobart
T20
West Aust vs NSW
41 & 25 0c/0s 06-Dec-2024
Sydney
FC
Australia vs Pakistan
27 1c/0s 18-Nov-2024
Hobart
T20I # 2959
Australia vs Pakistan
0 1c/0s 16-Nov-2024
Sydney
T20I # 2954
Australia vs Pakistan
0* 1c/0s 14-Nov-2024
Brisbane
T20I # 2948
Australia vs Pakistan
7 0c/0s 10-Nov-2024
Perth
ODI # 4804
Australia vs Pakistan
18 0c/0s 08-Nov-2024
Adelaide
ODI # 4801
Australia vs Pakistan
49 3c/0s 04-Nov-2024
Melbourne
ODI # 4795
West Aust vs Tasmania
1

221 runs across ten games. 5 of those single figures. Including 0, 0*, 1, 4, 7
To think Hayden scored a 1000 FC runs per season and couldn’t get in test team.

Have you considered his form in the nets?

 

[Bazal]

Boland can consider himself the unluckiest man in history.

Nah, he's Victorian. Although I suppose being born a Victorian is pretty unlucky in itself