2nd Test: Australia v Sri Lanka at Manuka Oval (Canberra) Feb 1-5 2019 - AUSTRALIA WON BY 366 RUNS

[hineyrulz]

Or a horse blanket?

Both????


It was the style of the time.

 

[Eelectrica]

Big 3 0 for Burns. Hope he raised the bat.

 

[hineyrulz]

30 for Burns, Ticks for you son and a flight to England.

 

[hineyrulz]

Bit of luck for Burns, 15 mins before lunch and you are playing a risky cut???


The game awareness of this side is deplorable.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

40 - tick tick

 

[Pete Cash]

They are both being way too aggressive to the spin bowler with lunch coming up imo

Lucky break

 

[hineyrulz]

Burns really needs to fill his boots here.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Nothing wrong with playing aggressively as long as you're playing proper cricket shots and not just being a slogging twat or playing at balls that aren't there to hit.

 

[8Ball]

Burns looking good for a century here

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Burns looking good for a century here

Let the guy get his 50 first before we forum f**k him yeah?

 

[Bazal]

Bit of luck for Burns, 15 mins before lunch and you are playing a risky cut???


The game awareness of this side is deplorable.

Not his best shit but the bounce did surprise us side on

 

[Eelectrica]

With the way this team is going anyone who scores a century automatically becomes a new national treasure.

 

[herbert henry1908]

I think the ground in Canberra looks fantastic. It's a proper cricket ground and not a stadium.

However with the drop to only five tests a summer from next season I wonder how many more tests it will see.

Damn, I didn’t realise it’d gone to only 5 tests. This because of the test championship?

CA are deadset muppets.

Both Pakistan & NZ are worthy of 3 test series. Which one is only 2 tests?

 

[hineyrulz]

Gee the bowling the last 30 mins has been very poor.

 

[jargan83]

3/103 at lunch - both of these teams are garbage.

 

[Bazal]

Great session as a spectator. Good to watch.

 

[herbert henry1908]

I agree, and I can hardly believe it myself. The schedule for the next few years is shocking in how little cricket the Australians are playing and clearly how much they'll be relying on T20 for content.

I was looking at the ICC's FTP for the next few seasons. We're slated to play Pakistan for two tests in November, then New Zealand Boxing Day/New Years in three tests.

We've also got NZ in three ODI's - which are ALL the home ODI's we're playing next summer - plus 3 T20Is against Sri Lanka, and three T20Is against Pakistan.

Five tests, three ODIs and six T20Is. That's the whole 2019/20 summer schedule. I sincerely hope that ends up being built out, because if CA have agreed to that then they might as well pack it in now.

Incidentally, the following summer, 2020/21, our schedule is once again listed as only five tests. One against Afghanistan (should be a barnburner) and four against - wait for it - India. A few more ODI's scheduled that year too but still pretty bareboned.

FTP is available to view here:

http://i.imgci.com/db/DOWNLOAD/0000/0045/ftp_2018_2023.pdf

FMD, you’re the bearer of bad news.

How are India touring again so soon? It should be South Africa & the Windies that summer. South Africa’s absence is a concern.

 

[Meth]

A lot to like about Burns' and Head's batting here. Most of all, they're still there. 103/3 is much, much healthier that 28/3

 

[Bazal]

Currently ten metres from Mel McLaughlin. Lovely scenery

 

[King hit]

Good recovery here