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Sri Lanka vs Australia-1st T20
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Sat Aug 06, 2011 2:53 amby Gozu
The tour kicks off on Saturday night with the first of two T20 games from 10:50pm on Fox Sports.
Squad
Cameron White (c) VIC 27
Shane Watson (vc) NSW 30
Aaron Finch VIC 24
Brad Haddin NSW 33
John Hastings VIC 25
David Hussey VIC 33
Mitchell Johnson WA 29
Brett Lee NSW 34
Shaun Marsh WA 27
Stephen O'Keefe NSW 26
James Pattinson VIC 21
Steve Smith NSW 22
David Warner NSW 24
Re: Sri Lanka vs Australia-1st T20
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Sat Aug 06, 2011 10:15 amby Media Park
Gozu wrote:The tour kicks off on Saturday night with the first of two T20 games from 10:50pm on Fox Sports.
Squad
Cameron White (c) VIC 27
Shane Watson (vc) NSW 30
Aaron Finch VIC 24 not good enough
Brad Haddin NSW 33
John Hastings VIC 25 not good enough
David Hussey VIC 33 past it
Mitchell Johnson WA 29
Brett Lee NSW 34 past it
Shaun Marsh WA 27
Stephen O'Keefe NSW 26
James Pattinson VIC 21
Steve Smith NSW 22 hack
David Warner NSW 24
Re: Sri Lanka vs Australia-1st T20
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Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:33 pmby jackpot jim
Why do they play these MEANINGLESS games at the start of the tour? Surely the main focus should be on the Tests. A couple of 3 day games then the Tests and then play their mickey mouse games to raise a few $$$$$ at the end of the tour would make more sense.
Re: Sri Lanka vs Australia-1st T20
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Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:38 pmby jackpot jim
Gozu wrote:The tour kicks off on Saturday night with the first of two T20 games from 10:50pm on Fox Sports.
Squad
Cameron White (c) VIC 27
Shane Watson (vc) NSW 30
Aaron Finch VIC 24
Brad Haddin NSW 33
John Hastings VIC 25
David Hussey VIC 33
Mitchell Johnson WA 29
Brett Lee NSW 34
Shaun Marsh WA 27
Stephen O'Keefe NSW 26
James Pattinson VIC 21
Steve Smith NSW 22
David Warner NSW 24
Where are the Queenslanders, Tasmanians and South Australians ???
Didn't S.A. just play in the last 2 T20 finals, winning one of them and yet cant supply a single player?
Nathan Lyon stars in the T20 so gets picked in the TEST squad and ignored in the T20 squad ??
Re: Sri Lanka vs Australia-1st T20
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Sat Aug 06, 2011 10:54 pmby stampy
jackpot jim wrote:Why do they play these MEANINGLESS games at the start of the tour? Surely the main focus should be on the Tests. A couple of 3 day games then the Tests and then play their mickey mouse games to raise a few $$$$$ at the end of the tour would make more sense.
good point, what is the warm up itinerary for the test squad? we have to take a leaf out of the poms book from last summer, they insisted no mickey mouse stuff pror to the test series
Re: Sri Lanka vs Australia-1st T20
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Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:59 pmby Squids
We are having a bowl, not the worst team named for us.
Sri Lanka have a few no namers, especially in the bowling department. Confuses me why they don't play Ajantha Mendis against us, I couldnt see a few of our batsman being able to read him.
Early wickets the key, Lee will get a few early.
Re: Sri Lanka vs Australia-1st T20
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Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:20 amby Squids
Crickets back for 5 minutes and I have already remember why I hate Mitch Johnson, seriously the dumbest bowler in international cricket. Knocks back help from Wasim Akram for petes sake.
Score 1/36 of 4
Re: Sri Lanka vs Australia-1st T20
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Sun Aug 07, 2011 1:09 amby Squids
Hastings proving that he is an absolute dud once again, built like a brick $@!&house yet bowls 125km/h...... Bowls a slower ball every two balls which even I can predict. Surely we got someone better than this guy.
137/3 after 16
going to be tough for the Aussies to chase this.
Re: Sri Lanka vs Australia-1st T20
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Sun Aug 07, 2011 1:29 amby RustyCage
what a dud White is! Two best bowlers only bowled 5 overs between them.
Re: Sri Lanka vs Australia-1st T20
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Sun Aug 07, 2011 1:31 amby Squids
Sri Lanka finish with 198/3
it was very much the Dilshan show, some massive hits and then some clever wristy shots, good innings to watch.
Our bowling was rank. Hastings and Johnson are trash, should not be playing for Australia. Watson couldn't grip the ball, bowled a heap of full tosses, poor on his usual standard. O'keefe good, impressed me. Smith good, looks like he has quicken his bowling to imitate Shahid Afridi, I like it better than his normal poo. Lee meh, bowled a good over late but early was all over the shop which isn't good enough in 20/20.
Looking forward to seeing us bat, don't think we will get close unless someone scores 80+
Re: Sri Lanka vs Australia-1st T20
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Sun Aug 07, 2011 1:45 amby RustyCage
Watson still can't run between wickets!
Re: Sri Lanka vs Australia-1st T20
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Sun Aug 07, 2011 2:18 amby Squids
In all sorts of strife
63 /4
White - bloke is a dud batsmen, shouldnt even be in the team but the genius selectors made him captain.....
I can see it ending very quickly here .
Re: Sri Lanka vs Australia-1st T20
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Sun Aug 07, 2011 2:25 amby Gozu
stampy wrote:jackpot jim wrote:Why do they play these MEANINGLESS games at the start of the tour? Surely the main focus should be on the Tests. A couple of 3 day games then the Tests and then play their mickey mouse games to raise a few $$$$$ at the end of the tour would make more sense.
good point, what is the warm up itinerary for the test squad? we have to take a leaf out of the poms book from last summer, they insisted no mickey mouse stuff pror to the test series
A four day tour match.
2 x T20's
5 x ODI's
Four day tour match vs TBC
3 x Tests
Re: Sri Lanka vs Australia-1st T20
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Sun Aug 07, 2011 2:32 amby gadj1976
jackpot jim wrote:Why do they play these MEANINGLESS games at the start of the tour? Surely the main focus should be on the Tests. A couple of 3 day games then the Tests and then play their mickey mouse games to raise a few $$$$$ at the end of the tour would make more sense.
Get used to it. Meaningless cricket will be the modicum of the the decade.
Re: Sri Lanka vs Australia-1st T20
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Sun Aug 07, 2011 2:48 amby Squids
Well a flogging in the first game of the series.
Interesting that Justin Langer goes slower bowlers usually have the most success here, hmm well why did we go in with Lee Hastings Johnson Watson............ Who knows these days.
Our batting has been rubbish, poor dismissals from rubbish batsmen (White / Smith).
Sri Lanka bowled well though, no rubbish balls like we bowled, accurate with a bit of turn.
Re: Sri Lanka vs Australia-1st T20
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Sun Aug 07, 2011 2:57 amby LBT
Media Park wrote:John Hastings VIC 25 not good enough
but he's 196cm though
Re: Sri Lanka vs Australia-1st T20
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Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:27 amby Gozu
Anyone know why Tait isn't playing? Surely he's not still recovering from the elbow injury he got in the IPL back in April?
Re: Sri Lanka vs Australia-1st T20
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Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:33 amby Gozu
1st Twenty20
Sri Lanka 3/198
Dilshan 104* (57)
Sangakkara 30 (22)
J. Mendis 29* (19)
Lee 1/38 (4)
Watson 1/41 (4)
Johnson 1/47 (4)
Australia 8/163
Warner 53 (31)
Johnson 22* (16)
O'Keefe 22 (12)
Perera 3/26 (4)
Kulasekara 2/39 (4)
MOTM: Tillakaratne Dilshan
Sri Lanka won by 35 runs & lead the series 1-0
Re: Sri Lanka vs Australia-1st T20
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Sun Aug 07, 2011 7:23 amby Media Park
Squids wrote:Hastings proving that he is an absolute dud once again, built like a brick $@!&house yet bowls 125km/h...... Bowls a slower ball every two balls which even I can predict. Surely we got someone better than this guy. .
LBT wrote:Media Park wrote:John Hastings VIC 25 not good enough
but he's 196cm though
Andrew McDonald.
Re: Sri Lanka vs Australia-1st T20
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Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:51 amby CoverKing
Not a bad little fightback from the Aussies. Mitchs last over was crucial, momentum is huge at the change of innings in this game IMO