Australia V Sri Lanka 5th ODI

[Twizzle]

Australia win the toss and elect to bat.

Lee, Kasper and Williams are our pace attack, Harvey and Dizzy being rested.

Hadden and Katich in, Hayden and Punter out, Gilly is the skipper.

And our guest commentator for today is..............................

 

[Tupac Shakur]

Is the game starting right now?

 

[Twizzle]

Sure is.

Australia 0 for 3 off three overs.

Australia opened up the batting with two wicket keepers, Gilly and Hadden.

There's one for the trivia buffs.

 

[Tupac Shakur]

Go The Aussies, lets win the ODI series 4-1.

 

[Twizzle]

Hadden out off a sky ball.

Australia 1 for 23 of 6.3 overs.

Michael Clarke's in at No 3.

 

[SirShire]

2 keepers? What the?

 

[Twizzle]

Gilly out.

2 for 34 off 8.5 overs.

The wicket is seaming a lot and Clarke cannot get off the mark.

Katich in at 4.

Go the bluebags.

 

[Twizzle]

3 for 55 off 15.

Katich controversily run out, given by Asoka De Silva, the SL umpire, with out going to the third umpire.

Sri Lankan TV gave us one quick look at the replay and thats all folks. Didn't want us to see any more. Looked to be a bad decision on the limited replay that we saw.

He (the same umprie) was up before the bowler for Gilly's LBW and I thought the ball may have been doing a bit too much, it cut back alot and Zoysa bowled it from very wide of the crease.

Lets hope this guy pulls his head in and we hope the game is remembered for the cricket rather than the umpiring.

 

[Twizzle]

Well we cant accuse this umpire (De Silva) of being biast.

Marto should have been LBW for a duck, replays showed ball would have hit middle stump.

SL TV very keen to show replays of this one.

Patheic umpiring.

 

[Anonymous]

The guy seems to have something against Australia. He always seems to give a few dodgy ones.

 

[SirShire]

Carn Damo!!

 

[Iafeta]

Not just Australia. He was the worst umpire New Zealand has ever seen I would dare add. Even worse than your own Darryl Hair, wait, thats stretching it a bit far. My bad.

 

[Twizzle]

He has got something against us, he should have given Martyn out.

Anyway, we are 4 for 90 off 24, Clarke out, Bevo in.

Our two in form batsmen at the wicket, Bevan and Marto.

 

[Twizzle]

Not just Australia. He was the worst umpire New Zealand has ever seen I would dare add. Even worse than your own Darryl Hair, wait, thats stretching it a bit far. My bad.

Good call, he is pretty bad.

I remmeber him from our last tour to Sri Lanka and some bad LBW decisions, and thats the only place he will ever umpire, don't think he will ever make the elite list.

 

[Iafeta]

And somehow you're supposed to not act stunned or p!ssed off when he gives you a shocker. You're supposed to accept it. He's gotta be kidding.

 

[Twizzle]

5 for 117 off 32, Bevo out for not many, Simmo in.

 

[Twizzle]

6 for 120 off 34, Marto out (again).

Seems to be a hard wicket to bat on, but I don't thinks its as hard as the score indicates.

Sri Lanka on top, although Aussie have a good pace attack in Lee, Williams and Kasper. This wicket will suit our attack.

 

[Twizzle]

6 for 135 off 41 overs.

I'm off to the club for dinner.

Over to our guest commentator.

 

[SirShire]

139 for six ad the end of the 42nd.

Hogg and Symo on the middle.

 

[SirShire]

I'd say 180-200 would be the best we could get if Symo and Hogg give them a real thrashing from now on.

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