Nikhil_cric Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 16 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said: Fabulous series win for lankans... Amazing scenes. Weirdly it's their first bilateral ODI series win over Aussies in three decades. Hopefully they win the test series as well & do a favor on India. SL won a bilateral ODI series against OZ in 2010/11 Link to comment
Nikhil_cric Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 The successes of both PAK and SL in white ball cricket in recent times owes a lot to Mickey Arthur. He set professional fitness standards, backed the right players as much as possible etc. Gets a bad rep for no reason whatsoever. Vijy and speedheat 2 Link to comment
Lone Wolf Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 32 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said: SL won a bilateral ODI series against OZ in 2010/11 At home it's their first since 1992 Link to comment
Vijy Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 19 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said: At home it's their first since 1992 been a while. most ICF posters not even born then Lone Wolf 1 Link to comment
deepdynamo Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 SL spinners fighting even with score of 160. Hasranga, theekshan, Vellage is quality spin attack in white ball cricket. Link to comment
Norman Posted Wednesday at 04:55 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:55 AM Sri Lanka batting first in the first test. Think this will be a 50-50 series. Australia are a better side but SL with the home advantage. Link to comment
deepdynamo Posted Wednesday at 06:39 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:39 AM Supporting SL.. Aus need to drop few test championship point this series.... Norman 1 Link to comment
Norman Posted Wednesday at 07:28 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 07:28 AM 47 minutes ago, deepdynamo said: Supporting SL.. Aus need to drop few test championship point this series.... Yes. But cannot bank on Sri Lanka at all. Their current spinners are nowhere near the level of Herath, Dilruwan. Link to comment
Nikola Posted Wednesday at 07:56 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 07:56 AM Saw a bit of Swepson today and damn he seems quite impressive. Not talking about turn and wickets he got but he has been consistent and getting good drift. Link to comment
Nikola Posted Wednesday at 07:57 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 07:57 AM 28 minutes ago, Norman said: Yes. But cannot bank on Sri Lanka at all. Their current spinners are nowhere near the level of Herath, Dilruwan. Embuldeniya is quite good in home conditions and their spinners bowled really well in odi series on these pitches. Link to comment
Norman Posted Wednesday at 08:11 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:11 AM 12 minutes ago, Nikola said: Embuldeniya is quite good in home conditions and their spinners bowled really well in odi series on these pitches. They were average against English batters last year. Don't think they have it in them to run through the Aussie lineup. Khawaja, Smith, Marnus are all good players of spin. Vijy 1 Link to comment
Norman Posted Wednesday at 08:16 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:16 AM 19 minutes ago, Nikola said: Saw a bit of Swepson today and damn he seems quite impressive. Not talking about turn and wickets he got but he has been consistent and getting good drift. Both top class balls especially the one to De silva. He'll be an unknown commodity so not sure how our guys play him next year. Leggies usually don't trouble us so much so that's a good thing. Link to comment
Nikola Posted Wednesday at 08:17 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:17 AM Just now, Norman said: Both top class balls especially the one to De silva. He'll be an unknown commodity so not sure how our guys play him next year. Leggies usually don't trouble us so much so that's a good thing. Even if he does well against top orders he will be clueless when pant, jadeja attacks him. Norman and Vijy 2 Link to comment
Vijy Posted Wednesday at 09:19 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 09:19 AM 1 hour ago, Norman said: They were average against English batters last year. Don't think they have it in them to run through the Aussie lineup. Khawaja, Smith, Marnus are all good players of spin. root is better than all 3. he is not as good as smith if the latter was in peak form but he is not. root single handedly bashed the SL spin attack around. I don't think Smith can do that. marnus is likely to be only so-so vs spin if the pitch begins to break up. the big threat is khawaja, but he is a grinder and not an attacker like root. Link to comment
Vijy Posted Wednesday at 09:20 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 09:20 AM 1 hour ago, Norman said: Yes. But cannot bank on Sri Lanka at all. Their current spinners are nowhere near the level of Herath, Dilruwan. not herath level for sure. but potentially dilruwan level. Link to comment
deepdynamo Posted Wednesday at 09:50 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 09:50 AM The ball is spinning and spitting, It will be a low scoring test. Link to comment
Vijy Posted Wednesday at 10:03 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 10:03 AM khawaja will be crucial for Oz since Smith is not in form and Labu is not that proven in SC. Link to comment
Norman Posted Wednesday at 10:14 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 10:14 AM 212 all out. Competitive but not enough I guess. Link to comment
deepdynamo Posted Wednesday at 10:17 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 10:17 AM Its a dust bowl- SL got 212 on board. Should be a good test. Link to comment
Norman Posted Wednesday at 10:49 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 10:49 AM Pathetic bowling so far from Sri Lankan spinners. Australia raised away to 38/0 in 7 overs. Link to comment
