Sri Lanka tour of Australia, Nov 2010

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Ponting to forgo final ODI Australia captain Ricky Ponting will miss the final match of the Commonwealth Bank Series against Sri Lanka and return to state cricket in a bid to fine-tune his game ahead of the Ashes series. More...

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Ponting baffled by Australia's poor form Australia captain Ricky Ponting is baffled by his team's poor run of form but concedes the "doom and gloom" around the team will only be dispelled when they start winning again. More...

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Aussies :giggle:

that is hilarious! :hysterical:

[Sir john]

bad luck for pointing,aus need a fresh start.:hmmm:

[Sir john]

pointing carrier ending very badly.:hmmm:

[achilles]

Punctuation change awaited, Shanno :D

lose' date=' not loose[/quote'] Forgive the poor fella :D Where you been, buddy? Long time...

[Mamu]

He should forgo rest of his cricketing career:punter:

[Holysmoke]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand panic sets in :hehe:

[Holysmoke]

From the article...

"As the series against Sri Lanka has been decided (we have) an ideal opportunity to provide Ricky with two solid weeks of red-ball cricket," said selector Greg Chappell . "This allows him what we believe to be the best preparation to lead the Australian test match team in Brisbane for the first Ashes test match," he added.

:hehe: I see the problem clearly:hehe:

[Sujan]

Good to see Sri Lankan Lions sucked Kangaroo blood before Ashes.. Would love to see Ponting being kicked out of captaincy after Ashes defeat!

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Aussies finally end losing streak Australia end a seven-match losing streak as they beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the final one-day international. More... Australia end losing streak with win over Sri Lanka Third one-day international, Sydney: Australia 119-2 (21.4 overs) beat Sri Lanka 115 (32 overs) Match scorecard Clint McKay is on the fringe of Australia's squad for the Ashes series Australia ended their seven-game losing streak as seamers Clint McKay and Mitchell Starc bowled them to an eight-wicket one-day victory over Sri Lanka. McKay took 5-33 and left-armer Starc 4-27 in Sydney as the tourists, who already had a winning 2-0 lead in the series, were bowled out for only 115. Australia lost Shane Watson for 15 in the sixth over of their reply. But Brad Haddin made 31 and skipper Michael Clarke hit 50 not out as they cruised home on 119-2 in the 22nd over. Clarke, who retained the captaincy after Ricky Ponting opted to prepare for the Ashes series against England by playing for Tasmania in the Sheffield Shield, wrapped things up with a boundary to third man off Thisara Perera. Sri Lanka were never really at the races after losing three wickets in the first five overs, all taken by McKay, who has an outside chance of filling the third seamer's role in the first Ashes Test if Doug Bollinger fails to recover from injury in time. After having Upul Tharanga dropped at gully off his second ball, the 27-year-old Victorian removed Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara in his next over and then added the wicket of Mahela Jayawardene. Tharanga hung around for an hour to make 28 before he fell lbw to all-rounder Watson and Starc then ran through the middle order in only his second international appearance as Sri Lanka lost their last six wickets for 34 runs in 10 overs. Chamara Silva was the only batsman, apart from Tharanga, to reach double figures, lasting 105 minutes for 33 before trying to drive a ball from Starc and dragging the ball onto his stumps. The innings only lasted 32 overs, resulting in Australia having to face 10 before the mid-match interval, which was enough time for them to put the result beyond doubt by reaching 63-1. Watson was caught at slip by Angelo Mathews as he tried to glide a ball from Dilhara Fernando to third man, and Haddin followed after the resumption when he gave a return catch to the same bowler. Clarke, however, was determined to see his side home and lofted spinner Suraj Randiv for six over long-on before hitting the winning boundary - his sixth - in the next over.