WC - Aust v SL

[MightyEagles]

Tonight. 10.45 on tv for a 11pm game start.
Should be a good game.

[Dogwatcher]

Biggest game of the tournament so far.
Will only be surpassed when these two teams meet in the final.

[blink]

I think the England v South Africa game will become the biggest game so far this tournament - it will have the most riding on it.

If South Africa win, they join Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka in the semis.

If England win, they keep their hopes alive along with the West Indies, and the winner of the West Indies v England game will go through. This is because South Africa has a crap net run rate.

[jackpot jim]

Sri Lanka Batting 1st 0/16 (3 overs)
Tait 5 wides + 1 NB 1st Over

[Dogwatcher]

Ahhhhhhh friggin regional tv!

We've still got Footy Confidential on!

[Ian]

Just turned it on, SL 2/27

[Grahaml]

Far from the biggest game yet. SL have rested Murali and Vaas, while Malinga hasn't come up.

[Ian]

3/27 from 6.4 overs

[Coorong]

Aussies easy win X 7 wickets

[Ian]

I fell asleep trying to watch it, SL were about 3/50 something last I remember

Full scores

Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)
WU Tharanga c Hayden b Bracken 6
ST Jayasuriya lbw b Bracken 12
KC Sangakkara lbw b McGrath 0
DPMD Jayawardene st Gilchrist b Hogg 72
LPC Silva c Clarke b Hogg 64
TM Dilshan c Hodge b Tait 7
RP Arnold b Tait 3
MF Maharoof c Symonds b Bracken 25
KMDN Kulasekara c Hayden b Bracken 1
CM Bandara c Hogg b McGrath 17
CRD Fernando not out 0
Extras (lb 5, w 11, nb 3) 19

Total (all out; 49.4 overs; 208 mins) 226

Fall of wickets 1-26 (Jayasuriya, 4.3 ov), 2-27 (Sangakkara, 5.3 ov), 3-27 (Tharanga, 6.4 ov), 4-167 (Silva, 37.2 ov), 5-174 (Jayawardene, 39.4 ov), 6-178 (Dilshan, 40.6 ov), 7-183 (Arnold, 42.4 ov), 8-184 (Kulasekara, 43.3 ov), 9-218 (Bandara, 48.6 ov), 10-226 (Maharoof, 49.4 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
NW Bracken 9.4 3 19 4 1.96 (1w)
SW Tait 10 0 68 2 6.80 (1nb, 6w)
GD McGrath 9 1 48 2 5.33 (1nb)
GB Hogg 10 0 35 2 3.50
A Symonds 3 0 15 0 5.00 (1nb)
MJ Clarke 8 0 36 0 4.50

Australia innings (target: 227 runs from 50 overs)
AC Gilchrist lbw b Arnold 30
ML Hayden c Dilshan b Arnold 41
RT Ponting not out 66
MJ Clarke c Dilshan b Bandara 23
A Symonds not out 63
Extras (w 4, nb 5) 9

Total (3 wickets; 42.4 overs; 173 mins) 232

Did not bat MEK Hussey, BJ Hodge, GB Hogg, NW Bracken, SW Tait, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets 1-76 (Hayden, 11.5 ov), 2-79 (Gilchrist, 13.3 ov), 3-126 (Clarke 23.1 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
CRD Fernando 6 1 36 0 6.00 (3nb, 3w)
MF Maharoof 7 0 52 0 7.42 (1nb)
KMDN Kulasekara 4 0 20 0 5.00 (1nb)
RP Arnold 4 0 20 2 5.00 (1w)
CM Bandara 9.4 0 53 1 5.48
ST Jayasuriya 6 0 32 0 5.33
TM Dilshan 6 0 19 0 3.16

Player of the match NW Bracken (Australia)

[MightyEagles]

With SL resting the two bowlers, I lost about 50 or so points for the dream team comp.

[Rik E Boy]

With SL resting the two bowlers, I lost about 50 or so points for the dream team comp.

I had McGrath instead of Vaas. Now I'm ahead of you nyuck nyuck.

regards,

REB

[MightyEagles]

Still first.

[cennals05]

Hello from Grenada!

I went to the game yesterday. The game was crap but the atmosphere was great. It is similar to standing under the scoreboard in Adelaide. It's called the party stand and a party it is.

I wore my Centrals guernsey and had plenty of U dogs directed my way from all the other South Aussies.

Should be an even better atmosphere against New Zealand this Friday.

[Dogwatcher]

Can we ban this guy from posting???????

[cennals05]

Can we ban this guy from posting???????

You could if I was a guy! I'm actually female and pretty sure I went to school with you, so be nice.