Cricket: International Discussion Thread

After day one, I had virtually written off the islanders. To their credit they didn't give up and made a good scrap of it. Low scoring games often do provide for some entertainment. Great batting performance in the 3rd innings by Mendis. Lyons commented after that that they had missed opportunities. Great match for the great game.

Well done to SL, to Mendis and Herath. The next match, hopefully, will be just as entertaining.
 
In the meanwhile, the Black Caps are getting really awesome preparation time in Zimbabwe. Ai tog! I do feel for Zim. The need an injection of money, good coaching and for their players all to get more international exposure.
 
Broad to Azhar Ali, FOUR, banged in short, squirts fine off a cramped pull, and Azhar has his hundred! It's his tenth, and sure enough, down he goes for ten push-ups ... and a sajda for good measure! Anderson is livid at the celebration, the grumpy so-and-so. "Well batted old boy," is the sentiment he meant to offer!
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Anderson has never been anything other than a spoiled brat.

Kudos to Ali!
 
Very much enjoying Pakistan's fightback after the last game...Windies also did very well (on a flat pitch though) to not just hold out but score a bagful of runs on the fifth day.
 
Sri Lanka v Australia

http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-australia-2016/engine/match/995453.html

Sri Lanka 281 & 237
Australia 106 & 10/2 (3.3 ov)
Australia require another 403 runs with 8 wickets remaining

Man alive! But this match is rocketing along. Day 2, session 3 and it is monster of a pit out of which the Aussies need to dig themselves out of.

Make that 10/3 now :eek:

Edit: I see that Nathan Lyon was in a nightwatchman.

Starc has a match return of 11/94. It'll be no comfort or celebration if the capitulate this game (and series too?).
 
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Day 2 Stumps

Sri Lanka 281 & 237
Australia 106 & 25/3 (6.0 ov)
Australia require another 388 runs with 7 wickets remaining
 
McT said:
Day 2 Stumps

Sri Lanka 281 & 237
Australia 106 & 25/3 (6.0 ov)
Australia require another 388 runs with 7 wickets remaining
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Watched a bit of this - there's nothing wrong with the pitch. A bit slow and a bit of turn but the Aussies are playing it like it's a minefield. Khawaja left an arm ball that crashed into the stumps...they're in a state, the Aussies.
 
Neoprod said:
Watched a bit of this - there's nothing wrong with the pitch. A bit slow and a bit of turn but the Aussies are playing it like it's a minefield. Khawaja left an arm ball that crashed into the stumps...they're in a state, the Aussies.
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It sounds like they are seeing demons in the pitch that aren't there. Somewhat like Kallis and his odd overreaction to certain deliveries that reared of a reasonable length. The problem for the Aussies is that if is a mindset, they are going to struggle to shake it going into day 3.

Whatever happens, it is an intriguing encounter to follow.
 
Sri Lanka 281 & 237
Australia 106 & 183 (50.1 ov)
Sri Lanka won by 229 runs

Sri Lanka secure the Warne-Muralitharan trophy for the first time in its existence! They spin out Australia inside three days. Eight straight Test defeat for Australia in Asia.
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Angelo Mathews punches the air in delight. He has his hands aloft and the Sri Lankans get into the huddle. Dilruwan sheepishly holds the ball up. Percy Abeysekera joins the celebrations. Mathews and his men take a lap of honour around the Galle Stadium, thanking the crowd; the fans lapping up the victors. What a moment for Sri Lanka! Coming after the disastrous England tour and the first-innings capitulation at Pallekele.

Mendis has shown extraordinary skill, as has Herath. Dilruwan has stepped up. Sandakan, the wristspinner, has added more bite to the attack. Superlative spin bowling. Dhanajaya de Silva is a fine prospect as well. Aravinda de Silva, Little Kalu, and Sanath were all there to witness history. Where will Australia go from here?
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Sri Lanka's 250th Test in Galle could very well walk into this elite list. Who'd have thought of this turnaround after Sri Lanka folded for 117 inside 35 overs in their first innings at Pallekele? Many thanks for your company and comments. Watch out for post-match pieces from Fidel Fernando and Dan Brettig. Until then, this is Deivarayan Muthu signing off on the behalf of Shashank, Chandan and Thilak.
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Cricket
Dizzy: Slow over rates down to lazy bowlers
2016-08-11 12:02 SHARE THIS

Sydney - Former Australia fast bowler and current Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie has poured scorn over slow over rates, saying it's down to lazy captaincy and bowling, and teams should be heavily penalised.

'Dizzy' scoffed at the minimal fines players get for delaying the game, saying teams will make more of an effort if they lost runs per over down the drain.

One day of the recent England v Pakistan Test at Edgbaston saw eight overs lost in the day, nearly a tenth of the day. England batsman Alex Hales went so far as to pay a fan 10 percent of his money back.

Gillespie wrote in the London Evening Standard: "Don't listen to international players when they make excuses for their dreadful over rates.

"Overs are bowled too slowly because players are lazy, and their teams should be given run penalties when this happens.

"It is unacceptable for a side to fail to bowl 15 overs per hour for six hours - and I say this as a former fast bowler who wasn't necessarily the quickest at getting through his overs.

"So if I were a match referee, I would be incredibly tough on it. I would have a pretty simple policy - 10 runs deducted for every over a team failed to bowl. So if they got through only 89 in a day, they'd lose 10 runs."

He added that the delays caused fans to be put off the game, at a time when crowd numbers are dwindling already: "We have to make our game as customer friendly as possible.

"That means that it should proceed at a nice, brisk pace. We want as many people as possible to fall in love with cricket. They're not going to do that if the game keeps stopping for reasons they don't understand.

"Players need to take ownership of this situation. They need to start taking some responsibility. If you speak to them, they will come up with all sorts of reasons why the over rates are slow.

"They'll mention the Decision Review System, or people moving around in the batsman’s eye line. These are excuses. Just take some responsibility and get through the overs. No ifs, no buts. Just do it."
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Totally agree with Dizzy. Fans are getting robbed each and every test day.
 
Often down to lazy bowlers but there are times when the batting side employs delay tactics. It's easy for a side that are 7 or 8 wickets down to slow things down by running gloves out to batsmen, batsmen stepping away, remarking guards etc when they know that the day's play is coming to an end or the weather is turning foul. Docking the batting side runs in this regard is meaningless then since the runs are not the issue. Seeing out the day is.
 
Agent_Smith said:
Often down to lazy bowlers but there are times when the batting side employs delay tactics. It's easy for a side that are 7 or 8 wickets down to slow things down by running gloves out to batsmen, batsmen stepping away, remarking guards etc when they know that the day's play is coming to an end or the weather is turning foul. Docking the batting side runs in this regard is meaningless then since the runs are not the issue. Seeing out the day is.
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Rule should be:
(1) Fielding side delaying (as judged by umpire) - fielding side docked 10 runs for every over lost at close of play.
(2) Batting side delaying (as judged by umpire) - batting side docked 1 wicket for every over lost by close of play.
 
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