Official Cricket Thread

[ariathe22nd]

lmfao at this sponsor waiting for the crowd applause after every sentence and doesnt get any

[sgrevs]

Props to Gili, what a career. Magnificent player and he will be sorely missed.

[philly96]

I went to it. Was pretty boring for the most part.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

:'(

Sad to see Gilly go tbh.

[Aficionado]

What a terrific player Gilchrist was, he will surely be missed by Australia. A class wicketkeeper for sure.

[Grumma]

1) anyone else hear about Dizzy getting assaulted in Traralgon?

2) anyone hear exactly what Ponting said about using part-time spinners instead of a front line one?

[ariathe22nd]

yea i know about diz getting bashed

dont know anything about 2)

adn good to see harbajahns gona get off scott free

[Alf™]

Absolute joke that Harbhajan got off. The ICC has always been the laughing stock of world cricket, but this takes them to a new level.

Also, Tait has quit cricket for an indefinite period. That took me by surprise.

[madtaste]

Absolute joke that Harbhajan got off. The ICC has always been the laughing stock of world cricket, but this takes them to a new level.

Also, Tait has quit cricket for an indefinite period. That took me by surprise.

I wonder if they'll provide any insight as to how the appeal was overturned.

And yeah, surprising move by Tait. If the guy needs a rest though, then the guy needs a rest.


edit: fresh from the oven

Transcript of audio picked up from the Nine Network stump microphone of alleged incident between Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds at the SCG Test earlier this month:

Symonds walks up to Harbhajan at the end of an over.

Symonds: "Go and yell at your teammates .... You called me monkey again."

Matthew Hayden: "Twice. You've got a witness now champ."

Hayden approaches Harbhajan.

Hayden: "That's the last time."

Harbhajan: "No listen he started it."

Hayden: "Doesn't matter mate, it's racial vilification mate. It's a **** word and you know it."

Soon after, Michael Clarke approaches umpire Mark Benson.

Clarke: "It's not the first time. He done it in India and got into strife. That's the second time he's done it."

Captain Ricky Ponting walks up to Benson and gestures towards fellow umpire Steve Bucknor.

Ponting: "Go and tell him. Go and tell him straight away."

[Alf™]

They have. The charge got changed to a lesser one. Serious, the ICC have really choked on this one.

Never liked Tait, but interesting move.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

Absolute joke that Harbhajan got off. The ICC has always been the laughing stock of world cricket, but this takes them to a new level.
I'm not very suprised. No one actually heard the remark expect for the Australian players, so it was really just their word against Harbhajan's. Hardly conclusive evidence for a three match ban.

[madtaste]

For the new page,

"Transcript of audio picked up from the Nine Network stump microphone of alleged incident between Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds at the SCG Test earlier this month:

Symonds walks up to Harbhajan at the end of an over.

Symonds: "Go and yell at your teammates .... You called me monkey again."

Matthew Hayden: "Twice. You've got a witness now champ."

Hayden approaches Harbhajan.

Hayden: "That's the last time."

Harbhajan: "No listen he started it."

Hayden: "Doesn't matter mate, it's racial vilification mate. It's a **** word and you know it."

Soon after, Michael Clarke approaches umpire Mark Benson.

Clarke: "It's not the first time. He done it in India and got into strife. That's the second time he's done it."

Captain Ricky Ponting walks up to Benson and gestures towards fellow umpire Steve Bucknor.

Ponting: "Go and tell him. Go and tell him straight away.""

I'm not very suprised. No one actually heard the remark expect for the Australian players, so it was really just their word against Harbhajan's. Hardly conclusive evidence for a three match ban.

If I'm correct, the charge has been downgraded to obscene language. So that either means Singh did call Symonds a monkey (and it was judged not to be a racial offensive comment on appeal), or he said something completely different which was still obscene.

So that makes me wonder what happened in the original hearing.

[ariathe22nd]

yep good on em dont know how it got that far in the first place absolutely ludicrous

glad to see the right decision made

[Alf™]

I hardly think that the Aussies would react like that if Harbhajan had said nothing. What a farce.

[Iscariot]

Cricket isn't a real sport. I'm surprised cricket players don't wear dresses tbh.

[madtaste]

Cricket isn't a real sport. I'm surprised cricket players don't wear dresses tbh.

Hockey isn't even a real martial art.

[Alf™]

Cricket isn't a real sport. I'm surprised cricket players don't wear dresses tbh.

gud1 iscariot u wood b a top mod

[Iscariot]

That post was just to troll Alf no one get mad k

[Alf™]

Iscariot: World class troll.

[Iscariot]

What can I say it's a gift.

[madtaste]

Stop spamming.

[Alf™]

Good to see one Australian cricketer angry at Harbhajan getting off on his original charge, on the front of The Age.

Prime Ministers XI is getting mauled by Sri Lanka right now, and we have a decent side. 8-117.

[madtaste]

Good to see one Australian cricketer angry at Harbhajan getting off on his original charge, on the front of The Age.

How is it good?

[Alf™]

Because all the Australian cricketers should be disappointed with what has unfolded over the past few weeks.

[madtaste]

But only one Australia cricketer has made a comment.

For the most part though, I agree with the comment that the Indian Board bullied their way out of this.

[Alf™]

I assume the players would get reprimanded if they spoke out about this issue.

[madtaste]

Hmm yah, rather disappointing then.

[Grumma]

If Singh got off on that, the Australian players should make sure every second word is bastard during the one-dayers

[ariathe22nd]

or maybe they arent immature ****wits like you

[Grumma]

yes dear

[radtaste]

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/01/29/1201369135506.html

Fine read there. Pretty much agree with most of it, I think most parties involved have a stake in being blamed,

[sgrevs]

I agree completely. The whole ordeal was such bullshit. Pissed me off to hear about every day.

[Alf™]

http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=373018

An even better article, as that Peter Roebuck guy is an absolute idiot.

[radtaste]

http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=373018

An even better article, as that Peter Roebuck guy is an absolute idiot.

Did you even read the Roebuck article? For the most part they agreed with each other, apart from the lack of Roebuck criticizing himself.

I love one of the commenter's comments:
This latest farce forces me to ask the question......did Australia throw the match in perth? I have never seen the aussie players perform so poorly on the field and while batting and in both innings.

Another one:
You know nothing of the caste system so do not comment. You probably haven't ventured past evans head. Yeah I went to school in Lismore. I would of loved to teach you a thing or two. Probably did. I taught a few of you red necks to respect other nationalities. Because the world believe it or not does not revolve around Australia. Thats why all the Big companies employ Ethnics. You know, to do the job right. Idiot.

Heck, it goes on and on. Sport brings out the best in people, ahawhawh.

[ariathe22nd]

disapointing from symonds


cant wait for the one dayers gona be awesome

[Alf™]

Did you even read the Roebuck article? For the most part they agreed with each other, apart from the lack of Roebuck criticizing himself.


Yes, but what I'm saying is Roebuck is a fence jumping idiot, who doesn't seem to know a lot about the game. He just tries to make radical comments to make it into the news.

[Grumma]

disapointing from symonds


cant wait for the one dayers gona be awesome

when India loses
:)

[radtaste]

Yes, but what I'm saying is Roebuck is a fence jumping idiot, who doesn't seem to know a lot about the game. He just tries to make radical comments to make it into the news.

Eh, don't care much for the guy, I was more interested in the content.

[ariathe22nd]

idk if hes an idiot who doesnt know a lot about the game
hes a very experienced cricketer

but yea i havent read that article anyway

[Alf™]

K well I'm looking at who wrote the content and I can't take him seriously any more.

[radtaste]

K well I'm looking at who wrote the content and I can't take him seriously any more.

Have faith, people can change, ahahah.

[radtaste]

Squad for 2020 match: Michael Clarke, Adam Gilchrist (wk), Ricky Ponting (capt), Brad Hodge, Andrew Symonds, Michael Hussey, David Hussey, Adam Voges, James Hopes, Brett Lee, Ashley Noffke, Nathan Bracken, Ben Hilfenhaus.

Yes! Double Hussey action (hopefully)!

One day squad: Adam Gilchrist (wk), Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin, James Hopes, Brad Hogg, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark, Nathan Bracken.

Clark in to replace Tait.

[Grumma]

Eh, Clark is a horrible one-day bowler.

Would have been much better off picking someone like Bollinger or Geeves

[Alf™]

Clark isn't that bad. No to those two you mentioned!

[Alf™]

Now the ICC saying they stuffed up the whole Harbhajan issue. Forgot to mention he has 5 past records. Lucky to get off with a small fine. What a joke. ICC has lost all my respect here.

Symonds is now made to look like the bad guy, and that makes me really angry.

[Grumma]

Clark isn't that bad. No to those two you mentioned!

He's alright, but I don't think he's up to one-dayers.
Seems to get hammered a bit

[JumpTheF**kUp]

So the one dayers start today (I think).

Should be good.

Expecting some animosity between Harbajhan and the Aussies.

[madtaste]

Nein, 20/20 match is on tonight. Unfortunately, I'll be working.

[Grumma]

I the match started 50 minutes ago I would have gone straight from work.
But it doesn't start til 7.30 and I'm lazy :p

[Alf™]

Oh man. What a match. 84,000 people at the 'G. India was killed, like the big boys playing with the kids. Australia were ruthless.

Clarke started it all off, with an amazing fielding effort. Simply amazing. Whoever said he wasn't a world class fielder can eat those words. Great captaincy by him as well and then capped it all off with a good innings with the bat.

All the Aussie bowlers bowled great. Spinners finished it off. India out of there league. Did not look like the 20/20 world champions. Tendulkar should have played, but he must have been rested.

Australia made the slow pitch look easy, and easily coasted home. India's fielding was woeful as well. Shame Sharma ended the match off with a wide too.

20/20 is great.

[Grumma]

Were India playing their 3rds or summin?
Didn't even get the dukes up let alone land one.

So long as Pup's batting is up to scratch he looks like making a good captain, pretty impressed with some of his field placements - especially when Voges was on a hat-trick :lol:

[Alf™]

That was an awesome looking field for the hat trick ball. Would love to see a photo of that. Have stuff like that for local cricket, but rarely see it in international, let alone 20/20 cricket.

India were a joke.

[Grumma]

Sharma almost popped it to . . . dunno what position lol, 3rd or 4th dude on the off side

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Haha India got owned.

What a terrible performance.

Clarke's run out of Sehwag was ace.

[madtaste]

Fark, sounds like I missed a good game.

edit: nice to read that most of the 'new' guys had a role in the win.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

Fark, sounds like I missed a good game.
It wasn't. I mean, looking at it purely from the Australian team's perspective it was, but as far as watching an exciting and competitive game of cricket goes it was terrible.

[madtaste]

It wasn't. I mean, looking at it purely from the Australian team's perspective it was, but as far as watching an exciting and competitive game of cricket goes it was terrible.

Good point. Still, would have liked to have seen the new look bowling attack take apart India.

[Grumma]

Bowling O M R W Econ
CJ McKay 6 1 27 0 4.50 (1w)
PM Siddle 6 0 32 0 5.33
DJ Pattinson 7 1 14 3 2.00
AB McDonald 6 1 18 1 3.00
BE McGain 4 0 12 0 3.00
CL White 6 0 15 0 2.50
DJ Hussey 3 0 10 1 3.33


Probably the least expensive I've ever seen White lol (from current game against WA)

[Nightvision]

Clarke started it all off, with an amazing fielding effort. Simply amazing. Whoever said he wasn't a world class fielder can eat those words.

Yeah, that was me, and I'm eating them right now. Exceptionally good fielding. Very reminiscent of Gary Pratt's runout of Punter in the '05 Ashes series.

On a side note, Luke Wright looked pretty handy for England today against Canterbury. Smashed 42 off 15 balls at the end of the innings - this is the sort of player we need in our 20/20 squad - a good, young, talented batsman with a destructive streak. It was a pretty reasonable bowling attack as well, with plenty of international class bowlers, past and present.

[ariathe22nd]

yea great run out

how many simple catches did he drop in the test series

cant wait for the odis

[JumpTheF**kUp]

**** the ODI's.


Sri Lanka are going to get destroyed :upset:

[ariathe22nd]

y do u think that?

i think they ave just as much chance as australia and india this should be a great series

cant wait to watch kumar bat
IMO best batsmen in the world at the moment

[madtaste]

Hmm, seems that Stuart Clarke has been ruled out (for personal reasons...).

[Grumma]

y do u think that?


Tasmania bowled them out for about 150 without playing their 3 best bowlers (Wright, Geeves and Griffith)

[ariathe22nd]

deosnt mean anything

got a bad feeling a bout brisbane weather

every ****in time

edit yea looks like we will be lucky to get any play

[Grumma]

you're saying an international side losing to a second string state side doesn't mean anything?
that's like saying the Kangaroos losing to Box Hill's reserve VFL side wouldn't be a concern

[ariathe22nd]

i think ill just wait and see no i dont think it means much at all

[ariathe22nd]

looks like we might get a game
indias batting

[Alf™]

Tendulkar out hit wicket, big loss for India.

[Alf™]

Australia really on top here. 5/95.

[Grumma]

Make that 6 fa ;)

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Easy win for India from here.

[ariathe22nd]

need 200

dhoni has to stand up for the first time this tour


i think the match will be rained out

[Alf™]

Hopes opening with Gilly. I really like Hopes.

Also Haddin is playing as a batsman, which is cool.

[madtaste]

Oh man, don't walk Gilly.

[madtaste]

Play has restarted, 25 (I think) overs only.

Sharma just got Hopes out with a nice ball.

edit: ball is cutting in like crazy.

[sgrevs]

Lame result. Stupid weather.

[ariathe22nd]

yep expect more of the same weather or worse for the next game

we are lucky there was any play at all today tbh

[madtaste]

Damnit, forgot that the cricket was on. India are 4/103 at the 28th over.

[ariathe22nd]

good game so far sri lanka really bowling well and that was a giant hit by sehwag completely out of nowehre hahaha

but yea im tippin this one to be rained out

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Liking the look of Sri Lanka's bowling at the moment. Hopefully they can get a few more wickets before the last 10 so that India don't have as much as firepower towards the end.

I personally think India will win. Sri Lanka's batting is all over the place at the moment.

[ariathe22nd]

idk if sangakara gets going they will chase anything down and i think india is 1 bowler short

what do u mean there battings all over the place do u mean their recent form or the actual players

because i think its a extremely good batting line up but i dont kno much about their recent form

edit: HUGE rain on the way this is not looking good

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Well Sri Lanka's batting has always been unpredictable (especially in Australia) and from the two matches that they've played so far, I don't think they're capable of chasing a big total (250+).

Here's to hoping for a no result so Sri Lanka will not finish the series on 0 points :chug:

[ariathe22nd]

wow u r a really negative supporter

india going nuts now good to see dhoni doing somethin for the first time this tour

gambhir has looked like a incredible batsmen in the games hes played

but yea i will be surprised if sri lanka even gets a bat take a look at the weather radar

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Well every time I get my hopes up for Sri Lanka they get crushed. And they've never been good in Australia, I can't even remember the last time they got into the finals in a CB series.

[ariathe22nd]

what a 100 this guy is great

how bright does indias future look

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Quality batting against bowling that wasn't as bad as they made it look.

[Grumma]

you can't rest your teams future on the performance of one player in one game

[ariathe22nd]

ummmmm what
whos is doing that

or are u in the wrong thread
:confused:

[JumpTheF**kUp]

They have a lot of good prospects, but they're also going to lose many reliable old-timers, which is probably going to see them sink a bit, but they'll get back up once their younguns start firing.

[madtaste]

Future is unbright.

[ariathe22nd]

They have a lot of good prospects, but they're also going to lose many reliable old-timers, which is probably going to see them sink a bit, but they'll get back up once their younguns start firing.

ya tru for the test side

but i think tendulkar is the only person over 30 in the current 1 day team

and their younguns are already firing so

[madtaste]

lol bro

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Yeah I was referring to their test side (they have 5 or 6 in their 30's). Their one day will be good in a few years, but at the moment they're too inconsistent.

[ariathe22nd]

theyre as consistent as any one else :confused:

but yea i jsut thought the future looks pretty good not sure how it doesnt

cant think of any other sides with young players like this

[Alf™]

Disgraceful that a guy who used a similar monkey remark as Harbhajan, received a 4 match ban.

[ariathe22nd]

ya they probably had some kind of proof
but idk who ur talkin about

[Alf™]

Harbhajan did a poor job denying he said monkey, so we can assume he did.

[ariathe22nd]

musnt of been too poor

[Alf™]

Easy to get off, when your team controls up to 75% of the games revenue and threatens to call off a multi-million dollar tour.

[ariathe22nd]

idk even easier when theres absolutely no proof and one of the most respected people in world sport backs up ur story

[Alf™]

The way India handled the situation proves that something bad was said out there.

Also, I would say the Australians against Harbhajan are more respected than Tendulkart.

[sgrevs]

Holy crap I can't believe India made it to 267. I turned off at 4/82.

[ariathe22nd]

The way India handled the situation proves that something bad was said out there.
wow thats great logicv


Also, I would say the Australians against Harbhajan are more respected than Tendulkart.

and lol yea nah
but yea maybe by australian kids
nobody else in the world i wouldnt think

[ariathe22nd]

pissin down

[madtaste]

yeh bro, rain.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Alfy, cry more.

[Alf™]

What? This is a cricket thread, and I am discussing cricket..

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Just saying, let it go man.

Complaining isn't going to change it.

I'm pretty sure everyone agrees what India did was wrong (holding the ICC to ransom) but alot of those people also think that Harby did nothing wrong.

At the end of the day, only the players know what was really said, and they'll reply to it on the field.

[Alf™]

I never said it would change it. I'm just saying what I think.

No, not everyone thinks that.

What a stupid thing to say. So we shouldn't fine or charge anyone, they should just sort it out on the field?

[madtaste]

I never said it would change it. I'm just saying what I think.

No, not everyone thinks that.

What a stupid thing to say. So we shouldn't fine or charge anyone, they should just sort it out on the field?

Singh was fined though.

[ariathe22nd]

no we shouldnt fine or charge anyone when its been decided they didnt do anything to deserve it
but yea wasnt completely dropped it was downgraded and he still copped a fine

[Alf™]

Fined a feeble amount though. Hardly a dent in his pocket.

It wasn't decided that he did nothing wrong though.

[ariathe22nd]

yea it was it was decided he didnt do naything to deserve the penalty taht was originally put in place

[JumpTheF**kUp]

What a stupid thing to say. So we shouldn't fine or charge anyone, they should just sort it out on the field?

Well he was found innocent you idiot.

****ing hell Alf your stubborness is verging on stupidity.

[Alf™]

What, he wasn't found innocent. :lol:

[ariathe22nd]

idk about verging

innocent of the original charge he was

[Alf™]

He wasn't tried on that original charge. The Australians were forced to agree to downgrade the charge.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

innocent of the original charge

duh alf

[Alf™]

What, why are people talking about the original charge. I'm talking about the charge it was changed to.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Disgraceful that a guy who used a similar monkey remark as Harbhajan, received a 4 match ban.

Except you said this.

[Alf™]

Yes, so?

[JumpTheF**kUp]

So your entire argument was around the original charge that was against Harbajahn.

[Alf™]

No it wasn't. The guy that got suspended for 4 matches wasn't charged on Harbhajan's original charge. Offensive language it was.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Well then there was obviously better evidence.

[madtaste]

Ahaha, back where we started.

[ariathe22nd]

No it wasn't. The guy that got suspended for 4 matches wasn't charged on Harbhajan's original charge. Offensive language it was.

well idk about this guy ur talking about who is he got any links

but harbajahns got dropped to a 2.8 and u r not able to ban someone for 4 games for a 2.8


ne way match called off

doesnt look like there will be much play for the next game either
turning out to be agr8 series

[Grumma]

he was a Kiwi playing in a comp over there

[ariathe22nd]

o ok so a lower level of cricket with completely different law and penalty system ok yea cool what an outrage

[Alf™]

Personally, I think a lower grade should get a lower penalty. Whatever. We all won't agree, so no use arguing about it.

[Grumma]

That and the person in the Singh hearing was a Kiwi anyway

[ariathe22nd]

That and the person in the Singh hearing was a Kiwi anyway

just curious what u mean here plz elaborate

[Grumma]

you said they were completely different laws or something and I was merely pointing out that the 2 people who handed down completely different penalties were of the same nationality

[ariathe22nd]

are u sayin that because its a neat random tid bit of information

or are u implying that because harbajhans judge was born in the same country as the other guy he should of ignored all the rules and penalties for international cricket and instead employed those used in a lower level of competition back in his home country lol

[Grumma]

first option.

shouldn't really make much of a difference. such a large gap between the 2 still isn't acceptable, especially if I'm correct in thinking the other bloke was charged with offensive language and not racism

[ariathe22nd]

ok so u guys have a problem with the cricket laws and the penalties that are set and the inconsistency compared with domestic cricket throughout the world and not with harbajhans particular case
ok thats understandble then now were on the same page

[Grumma]

Yeah not really agreeing or disagreeing with either penalty. Just with the fact they were so far apart.
It'd be like a policeman seeing me hit someone and me getting 2 years or whatever compared to him seeing me standing next to someone, missing the punch but seeing the other guy on the ground blood pouring outta his head and me getting off with a "watch ya self buddy"

[ariathe22nd]

wat if the guys both got seen punching another guy but were in different countries where the laws are different and the possible penalties for the same crime was different

[Alf™]

What if the police forgot prior convictions!

[Grumma]

but they weren't. it was a top level NZ game and though it wouldn't have directly been, the ICC would have had to have had some bearing over it

[ariathe22nd]

k idk well im pretty satisfied with the outcome

idk maybe if i was in u guys shoes i would maybe try writing the icc an email or something like that or maybe a phone call dont have there number on me right now

[Grumma]

so you're happy that someone got suspended for 4 matches while another person got a slap on the wrist and lost a bit of pocket change for doing exactly the same thing?
Not to mention the supposedly damage Singh is meant to have done to the game

[ariathe22nd]

yea dont have a problem with it at all
thats life im afriad

[Grumma]

i really do struggle to work out how your mind ticks over

[ariathe22nd]

idk what dont u understand exactly maybe i can help


this is not exactly the first time 2 ppl guilty of the same crime have been given a different penalty :lol: thats not realy how the world works

edit but yea any questions gota be quick im goin

[madtaste]

Cricket's on, Australia vs Sri Lanka. Hopefully, we'll get a completed match.

Haydos is back, not sure of any other changes.

[ariathe22nd]

im tippin a rained out at the begining of sri lankas innings

[Alf™]

Gilly just out. Made a solid 60 odd. Australia a tad slow, but should pile on the runs in the final 10.

[madtaste]

Symonds gone for 12 as well a few bowls ago.

Looking fairly even.

[Alf™]

Important couple of wickets there for Sri Lanka. Pitch seems to be doing a bit.

[madtaste]

Poor Murali, copped one in the face.

[Alf™]

Would have been really, really painful. Ouch! Hopes and Clarke are playing well, and this is a very defendable total.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

250+ is going to be hard to chase under lights.

[ariathe22nd]

na not really

if kumar is in at the end they will do it easy

i hope it doesnt rain i wanna see this batting line up in action


gee not a great start openers gone

these 2 are the key
need a huge partnership

[Alf™]

Yeah both openers in the shed. Stupid Channel 9 showing ACA.

[ariathe22nd]

yea im on imparja at the mo sangakara came out blazing
dam what a batsmen he is caining it

doesnt wana get out early tho


edit damn just hit 4 4s in a row

[sgrevs]

Yeah Sangakkara is firing. I love watching him bat, one of my all time faves.

[ariathe22nd]

yea same hes def the form batsmen in the world atm

jayawardene looking less than convincing tho

[sgrevs]

True dat.
but Sanga's over off Lee just before was amazing.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Jayawardene is so good though.

If he can stay in for about 5 more overs he will make big runs imo.

[ariathe22nd]

yea every1 knows how good he is

problem is hes been looking like getting out every ball hes faced
one of these 2 need to make a big tonne


edit gee kumar just belting 4s wherever he wants atm

haha 7 4s already

[sgrevs]

Sangakkara now having a word with Umpire Taufel who is radioing through his KFC order

lol from baggygreen commentary

[ariathe22nd]

jayawardene gone couldnt see that coming

looks realy out of form

[JumpTheF**kUp]

gaaaay



Hopefully Silva and Dilshan get some runs. Sangakkara is looking great.

[ariathe22nd]

hes looking his normal self
just needs some partners

not the first time hes wound up in this situation

[Alf™]

Yeah, Sri Lanka really need a partnership here.

[Alf™]

Oh wow, that is plumb. Sri Lanka in big trouble now.

Edit: Silva struggled out there, and Hogg finally got him with a ripper ball.

[ariathe22nd]

disappointing effort by everyone but sangakara with the bat

will be lucky to make 150 now

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Ugh.

[Alf™]

Great bowling from Bracken. Sharp catch from Haydos. Come on Sri Lanka, get in the game.

[Grumma]

Bonus point here
*rubs hands together*

[JumpTheF**kUp]

This is why I hate being a SL supporter sometimes :(

[Grumma]

unlucky dismissal that

[Alf™]

Oh wow, what a dismissal. Fantastic fielding, but Malinga was very unlucky. :lol:

[ariathe22nd]

lol thats gotta suck

[JumpTheF**kUp]

dw guys Vaas will make a ton and Murali will make a 50, easy win.

[Alf™]

Punter oh wow. Great thinking to hold on to the ball. Great fielding by Australia today. That Symonds flick was simply amazing.

[Grumma]

would that even get you to Australia's score?

[ariathe22nd]

lol murali has got no idea

runs out vaas who was their only chance of denying aus the bonus point

[JumpTheF**kUp]

:'(

[Alf™]

There is the win. Bracken gets five. Australia was ruthless and gets the bonus point. Sri Lanka struggled.

[Grumma]

Bracken's best ever ODI bowling figures I'd suggest as well

[JumpTheF**kUp]

I ****ing hate the CB series >.>

[ariathe22nd]

yea been bowling quite well but batted like aboslute shi

biggest disappointment was the skipper idk what he was thinking there
u expect it from jayasurya whos played that way for 20 yrs but that was realy poor play by jayawardene

cant leave it all up to sangakara

whens next game?

[Alf™]

Sunday. India. Australia. MCG. I'ma go I think.

Just wondering, how old is Jayasuriya?

[ariathe22nd]

hed be pushing 40

[Alf™]

Current age 38 years 223 days.

What a champ.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

None of the Sri Lankan batsmen are in form at the moment, except for Sanga and Dilshan (to a certain extent). This is going to be a long, hard series. :(

[Alf™]

Nothing like optimism from a fan!

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Well I've had to put up with a lot of terrible series' in Australia. The two games I've gone to have both ended early, the first one was in '98 (I think) and Sri Lanka got bowled out for under 100 by England and the second time they made about 150. I don't think Sri Lanka has ever made it into the finals of a CB series.

[ariathe22nd]

yea ur realy not a good suporter bro

some of my best memories of 1 day cricket have been by the lankans in aus
little kalu opening the batting and smashing everyone round the park


and yea jayasurya is a huge champ one of my all time faves
almost singlehandedly changed 1 day batting

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Well yeah obvi I've had my highlights, I loved Jayasuria and Attapatu putting on 200+ for the first wicket in Sydney against Australia and chasing down 340 against England at Adelaide, but in reality their overall performance in Australia has been average.

lol watching Kaluwitharana bat in the '96 world cup was great. Him and Jayasuria pretty much revolutionized attacking batting.

[madtaste]

Damn, looks like I missed a decent game (from the Aussie perspective at least).

Good ol' Andy G getting a bag, love the guy.

[Alf™]

Oh man, how umpires wreck our game these days. Gilchrist probably has a cherry on his bat from that wicket. Disgraceful!

Edit: Surprised to see Hopes and Hogg out as well, especially Hopes.

[ariathe22nd]

hopes is injured with a hammy


yea they have to start gettin rid of these old incompetant umps
but yea ive seen a lot worse ones this summer go against india that aussies didnt complain about


sharma gets hayden off a no ball then gets him for real
great bowling to a plan

[Alf™]

Ah, how long will Hopes be out for?

[ariathe22nd]

idk its not bad i dont think

[Alf™]

Good, because he adds a great dimension to the team.

Edit: Ponting having a horrible series.

[ariathe22nd]

yea that was a ripper

sharma is a gun incredible tosee someone bowling like that at 19

[Alf™]

Just needs a haircut and a shave.

[ariathe22nd]

gee another one to sharma
what a gun

haddins a really stupid selection imo
hopefully can prove me wrong

[Grumma]

why's Haddin a stupid selection?

we have the 4 quicks then Clarke and Symonds so bowling wise we're pretty well covered unlike India who have almost used up their 3 best bowlers already

[ariathe22nd]

because there are many better batters and feilders hat could be playing instead :confused:


idk but i like how u just like disagreeing with me for the sake of it
but yea commentators and everyone at the cricket forums i go to where i just made the same post agree with me so yea idk

[Alf™]

I think it is a smart move for the future. He will be in the team when Gilchrist retires anyway.

[ariathe22nd]

yea but tehn he will be the keeper


yea i know obv there for experience but could cost the game

[ariathe22nd]

wow what a dismissal

haddin gone to some brilliant work there

india are on top of there game here in what could of been a good period for australia with the spinners

[Alf™]

Indians appealing a hell of a lot lately.

[ariathe22nd]

yea agreed
some v good lbw shouts that didnt go their way

[ariathe22nd]

gee very strong bowling performance

apart from disappointing support from johnson and bracken aus didnt do a whole lot wrong



gee aus bowlers are gonna need to get fired up and at their best
if they dont knock over sehwag and tendulkar early shes gonna be over before they know it

[Grumma]

not any chance India are gonna fly in Akash Chopra and Rahul Dravid to open?

[ariathe22nd]

wouldnt mind seeing dravid open
that would make it a certain win for india with a total like this

but yea if inida win this with a bonus point i am looking at quite a sweeeet pay day

[Grumma]

i suggested those 2 cos they're the only 2 cricketers I can think of that could possibly bat slow enough to see out the 50 without reaching the total

[ariathe22nd]

yea dravid has scored more 1 day tonnes than most batsmen


ne way good start by both teams
edges flying everywhere

need to get both of these guys very soon

[Alf™]

Bad fielding positions from Punter, I reckon.

Tendulkar ripping it up.

[ariathe22nd]

gee indians showing that the pithc is actualy quite good for batting

[Alf™]

Oh wow, should have had Tendulkar there.

But Johnson strikes!

[ariathe22nd]

yea there was a noise he got nowhere near it tho
strange lapse in concentration tho by tendulkar on that shot

[Grumma]

i think you must be seeing a different replay to everyone else

[ariathe22nd]

lol nope seeing the same replay as everyone else
u make it sound like im the only one that thinks this :lol:


anyway good to see gilly didnt start whinging and shaking his head repeatedly :thumb:
and good ro see healy not being an immature sook in the com box

lmfao very gracious in defeat

[JumpTheF**kUp]

India have too many quality pace bowlers for their team.

They have 5 atm (Kahn, Sharma, Pathan, Singh and Sreesanth) and all of them deserve to play, it's going to be difficult for the panel to choose a team once all five of them are fit.

There's been some pretty terrible decisions by the umpires today tbh, but India deserve to win.

[ariathe22nd]

yeah a lot of depth in their squad at the moment

to think sharma wouldnt have played if z kahn didnt get injured


aus still a chance if they get tendulkar

[Alf™]

Tendulkar edged that ball, obviously shown on the Snicko.

Good bowling here by Lee. Great to see Australia still fighting hard.

[Alf™]

What a catch from Brett Lee. Tendulkar gone, great bowling Johnson!

[ariathe22nd]

yuvraj fails again

gee horrible form poor bloke

[Grumma]

got suckered in there for sure

[madtaste]

Don't think India will get the bonus.

[ariathe22nd]

gee wat a game tense stuff

will be great to watch if it goes to 45 overs and ponting has to use his power play especialy with dhoni

if they get dhoni ne thing can happen


edit shes all over what a game
the low scorers are always exciting

sharma man of match
best young prospect cricket has seen in a long time


what a captains knock by dhoni
finally showing us how he got his reputation that the commentators have been crapping on about all test series

and r sharma jeez wat can u say
exciting times for indian fans

realy enjoying this series after the shity brisbane start

[madtaste]

I think India will win this.

[sgrevs]

The series? I doubt it. It's nice to see some competition, compared to what we usually have. Except for that one year with SA and NZ in the final.

[madtaste]

The series? I doubt it. It's nice to see some competition, compared to what we usually have. Except for that one year with SA and NZ in the final.

The match (late response).

[sgrevs]

My bad.

[madtaste]

My bad.

Nono, my bad.

But yeah, good competition, Australia being tested on multiple occasions.

[ariathe22nd]

gee india have done realy well there

another extremly impressive innings by young sharma

unforuntately this ones prob gonna be rained out again

[Alf™]

Interesting game now. 20/20 stuff.

[ariathe22nd]

gee vintage jayasuriya

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Haha 41 off 3 overs.

Hopefully Jayasuria can keep this up.


lol should've seen that one coming

[Alf™]

Big wicket there, but India need a couple more quick ones.

[ariathe22nd]

need to get sangakkara then its all over

[Alf™]

Good batting here from Sri Lanka. Hard to beat now.

[ariathe22nd]

um im pretty sure i just made a post there wtf

[Alf™]

I saw it. We will see how Sri Lanka go.

[sadtaste]

Eh, Sri Lanka have got this no problem.

[ariathe22nd]

gee they have done well actualy

great knock
will be tuff to lose from here

good for the series but india got screwed there lol

[JumpTheF**kUp]

CARN SRI LANKA.


This might be a tight series after all.

[ariathe22nd]

idk u were the only one thinking it wouldnt be so yea

[Alf™]

You must be very, very surprised here Ben!

[ariathe22nd]

not very
a little bit but not very

[sadtaste]

pfft bro lol :rolleyes:

[Alf™]

You seemed positive 25 minutes ago that India could not lose. I would be surprised!

[ariathe22nd]

well idk maybe im not like u thank god