mal wrote:The Sleeping Giant wrote:So Australia will want to bowl first, and Sri Lanka will more than likely want to bat first.
The Worlds no 1 authoritarian on cricket posted this b4 the match started
WN1AOC got it right
Perhaps he could offer an explanation was to why Clark put the opposition in
Got me confused why Clarke put the Sri Lankans in
Unless Australia bat well in their first innings , it now gives Herath an opportunity to bowl last on this deck
Perhaps Clarke thought the deck would be more bowler friendly on day 1 than it ended up ?
Perhaps because he was given 4 quicks , thats why he chose to bowl first ?
Best to leave it to WN1AOC to answer , he predicted Australia will want to bowl first
because the wicket, to Clarke, looked like it would suit his bowlers & Australia would bowl out the opposition cheaply.....which we did. Now we need to make 400 plus, if we do, we will win. Sydney isn't the spinner's minefield that it used to be.