***Official*** Sri Lanka in Australia 2012/2013

[wellAlbidarned]

I wonder if Sri Lanka will beat New Zealand's record.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

 

[Zinzan]

Joke.

Agree, still scratching my head over Sri Lanka getting the boxing test and South Africa getting the budget less glamorous November slot. Go figure......

 

[benchmark00]

definitely sounded like referring to Mitch in the context.

Nah it really didn't. Ian Healy was going on about how Johnson was slow to get back to his mark and he needs to rip in, and Bill goes, your're a hard man... Then Nicholas said 'he is a hard man!'

Not sure how you could misinterpret that.

 

[Ruckus]

As someone else already pointed out...Hastings before Bird? Wtf were they thinking

 

[benchmark00]

Jaxxxon looks to be in good rhythm.

 

[benchmark00]

That's a good point actually, Sri Lanka has a bloke with a broken thumb and a bloke with a torn hammy still to bat. Ouch.

 

[ajdude]

I hate how Taylor seems to think that every ball that moves, regardless of how it moves, has swung

 

[sphynx]

Bird reminds me a bit of Jimmy Anderson....

Could be very handy in England.......

 

[Scaly piscine]

Makes you wonder how South Africa lost at home to this lot, by 208 runs no less in a relatively low scoring game.

 

[Burgey]

Agree, still scratching my head over Sri Lanka getting the boxing test and South Africa getting the budget less glamorous November slot. Go figure......

SA wanted their side playing at home over the Christmas-NY period, as I understand it.

 

[Spark]

SA wanted their side playing at home over the Christmas-NY period, as I understand it.

For a ****ing T20 series in front of 10000 people.

 

[Hurricane]

I've been watching cricket since the 70s and it isn't the leg glance that's become rare, it's the cut shot. Especially the late cut.

I probably shouldn't have generalised from Abbas to his contemporaries. I just saw photos and read about his leg glance skills in particular. Out of interest found this quote just now by some random

I once saw Zaheer Abbas leg glance a ball for six. Memory is obviously hazy, but I think it was the first ball of a day's play in a test match. Wasn't a horrible delivery, just a bit wide. Six. Thanks for coming. It was completely effortless.

I don't recall there being more leg glances in the 80s either FWIW.

 

[Ruckus]

Pattinson, Siddle, Bird...I yearn for thee.

 

[benchmark00]

Not sure that was a leading edge, Taylor..,

 

[Tricia McMillan]

Well, at least they'll make it to lunch at this point.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Nah it really didn't. Ian Healy was going on about how Johnson was slow to get back to his mark and he needs to rip in, and Bill goes, your're a hard man... Then Nicholas said 'he is a hard man!'

Not sure how you could misinterpret that.

Must have misheard something, don't have your sensitive monkey ears.

 

[Spark]

Must have misheard something, don't have your sensitive monkey ears.

Yeah no I think you're the only person who heard it that way.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

indeed.

Siddle looking a poor man's bird atm

 

[ajdude]

Healy the mathematician/****

 

[Tricia McMillan]

How did that one make it through?