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Can't hide mainga on the field, thats far from the first time he's looked a bit ordinary this series.
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Warner's fucking clueless today, that hundred's got him by the balls.
Puppy looking like he's in Kohli mode today.
pieatorium
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gettin stressed.
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Seriously?
What the fuck?
So Aus is going to loose in a record breaking fashion?
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Who are the fielders to call a four for the umpire, thats uncalled for. If you are going to review for one you can't complain about the other.
Not liking his new style of playing.
lol Puppy stole Warner's thunder so he didnt go for his usual high jump today.
Good innings from Australia but they looked on track for something bigger. Good job by SL to scale it back somewhat.
In regards to the no ball incident, I can't really defend Mahela. Late or not, you have to call it as it is.
272 is doable. If Jayawardena keeps his cool and Dilshan carries his confidence from his bowling spell, this could be a good contest. The deep batting in this side will be the difference maker. If they can play a calm innings with wicket in hands by the last 10-15, it's very possible. No silly run outs either (looking at you, Dilshan!).
In regards to the no ball incident, I can't really defend Mahela. Late or not, you have to call it as it is.
272 is doable. If Jayawardena keeps his cool and Dilshan carries his confidence from his bowling spell, this could be a good contest. The deep batting in this side will be the difference maker. If they can play a calm innings with wicket in hands by the last 10-15, it's very possible. No silly run outs either (looking at you, Dilshan!).
The problem wasnt that it was late. It was Clarke who stopped the game and pushed the umpires to call it.
Sky team now piling on Clarke for the incident and rightly so.
No one is saying that the call wasnt correct. Just that Clarke has no right to stop the game and ask the umpire to call it. If you look at the replays, he refused to go back to the crease and refuse to play until the umpire called it. Everyone, including the umpires, bowler, keeper, field were on the mark ready for the next ball.
Just poor bowling.
Done and dusted. With overs and plenty of wickets to spare. Sangakkara getting his 50 to end it is icing on the cake.
Everything that needed to happen did. Jayawardena and Dilshan gave them a great start and Sangakkara batted sensibly to see them through.
At this point, I'd be pretty disappointed if SL lost the series. They've shown they can beat Australia and I don't think any team has fought harder than them in this series, even in losses. It'll be a great turnaround from their South Africa tour if they can do it.
Funny thing is that the added depth in the batting wasn't even needed. I wonder if Mahela will go with the same lineup for the final, if Matthews isn't well. I'm also wondering about Clarke. Will Australia rest him for the Windies or bring him in for the final?
edit: Not going to bother staying up for the ceremony. Dilshan should be MOTM. He did well with the ball, some good fielding (despite his drop) and took the game away from Australia with the bat. One of the best all-round performances by a Sri Lankan in recent memory. I think lifting the captaincy off him has really given him more confidence.
Everything that needed to happen did. Jayawardena and Dilshan gave them a great start and Sangakkara batted sensibly to see them through.
At this point, I'd be pretty disappointed if SL lost the series. They've shown they can beat Australia and I don't think any team has fought harder than them in this series, even in losses. It'll be a great turnaround from their South Africa tour if they can do it.
Funny thing is that the added depth in the batting wasn't even needed. I wonder if Mahela will go with the same lineup for the final, if Matthews isn't well. I'm also wondering about Clarke. Will Australia rest him for the Windies or bring him in for the final?
edit: Not going to bother staying up for the ceremony. Dilshan should be MOTM. He did well with the ball, some good fielding (despite his drop) and took the game away from Australia with the bat. One of the best all-round performances by a Sri Lankan in recent memory. I think lifting the captaincy off him has really given him more confidence.
I dont think it's confidence but more of a freedom. He can concentrate on his personal game rather than losing hair over captaining the side. Even Jayawardene's natural game is now effected by the burden that comes with captaining the side, his knocks so far are scratchy to be honest.
This was far from a perfect game for SL, it was lucky that Australia didnt really run away with the game after the piss poor fielding and didnt post 300+ And then Australia gave SL the momentum by giving extras and never really putting the pressure on the batsmen to score the runs. Kept spraying the ball off target and off pitch. At the end of the day, both teams played poor cricket but the result obviously had to go to the one that played better of the two.
FYI, the team that won the second final has never lost the series.
Should be one hell of a final. Can't wait. Another long night for me coming up.
Looks like the Clarke injury is pretty serious. Won't make the final and might miss the Windies tour. Huge blow and an unfortunate start to his captaincy.
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What about Kallis? Article from Cricinfo.
" Over the past ten years he has averaged 63 in Tests. Up to the start of play in Dunedin, his past 50 five-dayers had brought 4320 runs at 58.37 and 17 hundreds"
Also test starting today. GO SA GO.
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Kirsten walking like Boss
" Over the past ten years he has averaged 63 in Tests. Up to the start of play in Dunedin, his past 50 five-dayers had brought 4320 runs at 58.37 and 17 hundreds"
Also test starting today. GO SA GO.
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Kirsten walking like Boss
