2nd Test: Australia v Sri Lanka @ Galle Jul 8-12, 2022

[TheParraboy]

Same lineup of the Aussies id assume?

Great thing being 1-0 up in a two test series, we cant now lose the series and have already retained the Warne-Murali Cup

Friday 230pm kickoff

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Can't see any changes, they want Starc over Hazlewood which I can see why but don't necessarily agree with.

 

[Twizzle]

 

[AlwaysGreen]

More bad news for Sri Lanka.

Dhananjaya, Asitha and Vandersay join Sri Lanka's Covid-19 list

Dhananjaya, Asitha and Vandersay join Sri Lanka's Covid-19 list

The home side will be forced into substantial changes for the second Test

www.espncricinfo.com

 

[AlwaysGreen]

You might get what you asked for Starc haters, Starc out............replaced by the toyman?

Australia could play Maxwell at No. 8 in second Test

Australia could play Maxwell at No. 8 in second Test

It would mean Pat Cummins being the lone frontline quick, supported by Cameron Green

www.espncricinfo.com

 

[hineyrulz]

Why would you bother to pick Maxwell as a back up spinner, is he even as good a bowler as head or Labs??

 

[Eelectrica]

Why would you bother to pick Maxwell as a back up spinner, is he even as good a bowler as head or Labs??

Maxi is our X-factor who puts the X in BazmatiX baby. We don't need super coach Baz to play Bazball.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Maxi is our X-factor who puts the X in BazmatiX baby. We don't need super coach Baz to play Bazball.

The raiders were playing bazball before The Inventor was born.

Now we play baldball.

 

[mozza91]

Maxi at 8 is erotic. More toys than Christmas morning.

 

[jargan83]

Maxi is our X-factor who puts the X in BazmatiX baby. We don't need super coach Baz to play Bazball.

MaxBall is BazBall on meth!

 

[AlwaysGreen]

MaxBall is BazBall on meth!

High octane

 

[Twizzle]

some selectors just never learn

 

[Fangs]

Maxy potentially in the side for his bowling is bizzare.

But I am liking the new aggressive approach from middle/late order batsman that we are seeing. They might call it 'bazzball' but Travis Head has been doing it for a while now. Sri Lanka took the same approach with Dickwella. Pant plays the same role for India.

I'll be interested to see if SA and WI do it this summer.

 

[mozza91]

Starc is playing according to Cricinfo. If there isn’t gonna be any switch hits or helicopter shots what’s the point of watching?

 

[AlwaysGreen]

We win the toss with an unchanged lineup.

 

[TheParraboy]

Sri Lanka: 1 Pathum Nissanka, 2 Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), 3 Kusal Mendis, 4 Angelo Mathews, 5 Dinesh Chandimal. 6 Kamindu Mendis, 7 Niroshan Dickwella (wk), 8 Ramesh Mendis, 9 Maheesh Theekshana, 10 Prabath Jayasuriya, 11 Kasun Rajitha

Australia: 1 David Warner, 2 Usman Khawaja, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Steven Smith, 5 Travis Head, 6 Cameron Green, 7 Alex Carey (wk), 8 Mitchell Starc, 9 Pat Cummins (capt), 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Mitchell Swepson

 

[Bazal]

Why would you bother to pick Maxwell as a back up spinner, is he even as good a bowler as head or Labs??

Finger spin tends to do better in Sri Lanka, but he's not as good as Head anyways.

No harm done though he's not playing.

Also it's been a pretty decent week to have off with the manflu. Apart from my inevitable death from this awful disease anyway. Test matches at either end of the week and the Tour Dr France right through the middle

 

[Bazal]

Good toss to win. Having a bat lads

 

[TheParraboy]

Davey 212 runs to 8,000

Reckon he can do it this test match…

 

[mozza91]

Davey 212 runs to 8,000

Reckon he can do it this test match…

Before lunch if he’s fair dinkum.