3rd Test: Australia v Sri Lanka at Sydney Jan 3 - 7, 2013

[Horrie Is God]

Notch has got 3/33 and has bowled like bunniesmong. He has economical figures because he bowls so wide and short or wide and full you'd need a canoe paddle to reach him.

This man speaks the truth..

 

[Canard]

Got towelled up in the first innings however.

So the summer of serious cricket is over by 2.30 this arvo

 

[Panther_Daz]

Chandimal is too good to be left out of this side from now on.

Doesn't seem to be too worried about Australian pitches too. Scored over 400 runs @ 50 in the ODI's last summer. Has two test match 50's in South Africa too.

 

[Horrie Is God]

Lol@Pidge pretending he didn't hit that last one..

 

[Horrie Is God]

The Lankans are setting a tricky little target..

I remember this test well..

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63629.html

This Lankan attack is nowhere near as good as that Seth Efrikan one though..

 

[Hallatia]

The LBW rule is difficult enough without all this umps call stuff. I also think the DRS is flawed by overturning decisions based on a lack of hot spot. Some fine edges simply won't show because not enough ball has grazed the bat.

I am all for India's position tbh. Let the umpire make the call and deal with it.

I always liked Shane Warne's perspective on the subject. Sometime you get bad calls, but they even each other out. It is never meant to be a player's place to question the call of an umpire. Allowing player reviews shows a bad example to kids watching the game, etc etc. There is no issues with umpires reviewing, that's them trying to do the best job they can with all the tools available to them. But players aren't supposed to be allowed to ask for umpire's calls to be reviewed, they are supposed to accept whatever calls are made and get on with it

 

[Hallatia]

Doesn't seem to be too worried about Australian pitches too. Scored over 400 runs @ 50 in the ODI's last summer. Has two test match 50's in South Africa too.

he hasn't scored a test century yet though, but that's due to lack of opportunities, you can see that he is more than capable and his first class average is impeccable

 

[Mr Angry]

Well the Sri Lankans selectors are just as crap as ours.

How this Chandimal was not playing every games is a joke. Even if you played him as a batsmen, as you prefered the keeper. They are seem to have made a poor choice with Mathews.

Why do administrators have to be such dunces?

 

[Hallatia]

The Lankans are setting a tricky little target..

I remember this test well..

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63629.html

This Lankan attack is nowhere near as good as that Seth Efrikan one though..

Fanie
I should get Fanie on the back of my Protea jerseys, because that seems to be a way to make them significantly more offensive to the people around here. can't get de Villiers, too ambiguous, who could think a bad thought about AB, he is lovely

 

[Hutty1986]

tricky chase looming now. ffs we've made this match a lot harder than it should be

 

[hineyrulz]

Maybe we aren't trying to get this last wicket so our openers don't have a tricky little period before stumps :sarcasm:

 

[some11]

Tricky chase?

This will be over within 2 hours.

 

[Leagueaddict]

FMD Wade holds onto it.

 

[Hallatia]

isn't it interesting that the chase is 140 which is almost exactly the same figure as the Australian lead between innings

 

[Hutty1986]

Tricky chase?

This will be over within 2 hours.

should be, but our batsman dont mind the odd collapse

 

[snoozer]

Maybe we aren't trying to get this last wicket so our openers don't have a tricky little period before stumps :sarcasm:

Where's goldenrod when you need the tactics explained?


All out!

I now know where he is - got a voodoo doll for each of the openers, plus an enormous jar a vasoline and some rubber sheeting in his lounge room.

 

[Horrie Is God]

I reckon we'll see Herath into the attack before lunch..

 

[typicalfan]

We don't have the greatest record with low scores to get in 4th innings.

 

[Horrie Is God]

Where's goldenrod when you need the tactics explained?


All out!

I now know where he is - got a voodoo doll for each of the openers, plus an enormous jar a vasoline and some rubber sheeting in his lounge room.

:lol:

His lounge room would look like a scene from Dexter..

 

[Red Bear]

He should be ahead of Matthews.

Matthews was good first test, he's a decent bat.

Samaweera has been really poor, at 36 or so you'd imagine this could well be his last test.

They have a reasonable batting lineup going forward if Sanga hangs around a while and Karuneratne, Matthews, Chandimal, Thirimanne kick on.

Bowling looks worrying for them. They could get surpassed by the Windies if they arent careful.