Sri Lanka v Australia - 1st Test

[heater31]

has only played 9 first class games

Getting picked for a Test with only that behind you is an insult to many a good cricketer.

Nathan Lyon only played 5 before his first test

Glen McGrath was only a handful of games as well

[brod]

Has anyone else played any First Class cricket lately??

His fellow batsmen on the recent Aust A tour were...
AJ Finch
PJ Hughes (playing)
TD Paine (broken finger)
CD Ferguson
UT Khawaja (playing)

FC Averages form the tour
122 Finch (1 innings)
113.7 Warner
78.50 Hughes
54.00 Paine
52.00 Feguson
14.7 Kahwaja (not good when combined with his poor county form)

[Pottsy]

has only played 9 first class games

Getting picked for a Test with only that behind you is an insult to many a good cricketer.

Nathan Lyon only played 5 before his first test

Glen McGrath was only a handful of games as well

Fair call, after I posted that I thought some bowlers might be mentioned. I meant batsmen.

[RustyCage]

has only played 9 first class games

Getting picked for a Test with only that behind you is an insult to many a good cricketer.

No the fact that NSW didnt think he was good enough to play in the longer form of the game is a joke

[Media Park]

Warner??? What about bloody Ferg!?!?!

[CoverKing]

Warner??? What about bloody Ferg!?!?!

Top order replacement I'm assuming.

[brod]

Sri Lankan cricket authorities face formal sanction for Galle's dustbowl first Test pitch after it was officially rated "poor" by the ICC match referee Chris Broad. SLC must provide a written response to his report within 14 days.

A hefty fine and "a directive for corrective action" will be the result if the ICC does not deem their explanation sufficient. The pitch was the cause of much conjecture in the lead-up to the match, but by its conclusion both sides agreed it had been far too dry and offered exceedingly rare extremes of spin and variable bounce.