4th ODI: Australia v Sri Lanka at Sydney Jan 20, 2013

[aussies1st]

Malinga looking brilliant here. That second ball was an absolute peach.

 

[snoozer]

Still in shock that Mhussey isn't there

It's f**king f**ked.

 

[Horrie Is God]

Sri Lanka with the full slips cordon in an ODI..

Malinga bowling hand grenades every ball..

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

Absolute ripper over by malinga.. There is not a bowler In Australia that can get that kind of movement.

 

[vvvrulz]

Slats: "George bailey quality player, just shows how difficult swing bowling is".
When will the commentators ever admit these guys just plain suck.

 

[Y2Eel]

Why bring Hussy in so early he is a lower order batsmen and Bailey is shit

 

[AlwaysGreen]

How good is this Kulu? Good enough for my fantasy team

 

[Y2Eel]

He will probably get out now but Warner is the only one yo learn from the last game

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

Australia's only batsmen is Clarke, Warner a distant second and even he only has a decent game every now and then, hence his shit average.

 

[Horrie Is God]

Malinga is unlucky that Bailey is that rubbish that he can't hit it..

If he could bat he would've nicked one by now..

 

[undertaker]

Having a Michael Hussey come out now would make me feel a lot more comfortable.... just saying

Despite being 37, Mr Cricket's fitness levels are so high that he'd be able to run circles around nuffies like Bailey and Henriques.

As I've said in another thread, dropping Mr Cricket - who has been one of the best ODI batsmen over the past 12 months - has been undoubtedly the worst decision the current selectors have ever made during their tenure and one of the worst decisions ever made by Australian selectors in general. Fancy Inverarity et al. throwing out the "looking towards the future" line and then they recall a 35 year old wicketkeeper who, although maybe a better keeper than Wade, will definitely not be there by the time he's 37 during the 2015WC.

 

[Wizardman]

Who remembers the days when men played for Australia?

 

[Horrie Is God]

These 2 liking the fact that Kula & Malinga are having a spell..

Very impressed with Davey's application ATM..Very "Hobart test-like" knock so far..

 

[ME SO HORNBY!]

Who remembers the days when men played for Australia?

The memories are fading unfortunately.

 

[Different kind of Rabbit]

Wish Bailey would stop soaking up all the strike.

 

[undertaker]

Who remembers the days when men played for Australia?

 

[hineyrulz]

that is why Dave Hussey will never be a test batsman, his footwork is non existent and he doesn't have a test match quality defence

terrible but typical ODI shot

Yep flat track bully, great on slow wickets.

 

[hineyrulz]

The good old days!!!

 

[Horrie Is God]

Those were the days..

 

[undertaker]

The good old days!!!

At least those two, although they were far from being the most naturally gifted cricketers, were full of grit and determination and understood what it meant to represent your country, unlike the current mob. 90% of the players in the current national squads across all three forms of the game (tests, ODIs, T20) would've never even been considered as a future representative player under their captaincies.

Well, if the Australian team treats the fans with disdain and continues to degenerate, at least we can treasure the memories from the "glory years"