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Australia beat Sri Lanka in 1st ODI by 3 wickets

SL have got Sandakan, Dilruwan, Aponso, Siriwardana and de Silva all as spin bowling options today !
 
Yes game's started.

Dilshan with an idiotic dismissal, length too short to be trying Dilscoop.
 
tired ith complaining about the lankan selections. u have to be an idiot to go into a game with just thisara as the 'fast bowler'. but this is mathews we are talking about so

zampa already looks like a better spinner
 
How is zampa so economical? Usually leggies get smacked around inbODIs these days but he generally dries up the runs.
 
Credit to Sanath for picking Kusal Mendis. Doesn't have an impressive domestic record but shows that Sanath has an eye for talent.

Hope Inzi has a similar impact
 
I'm assuming that Australia would have had Travis Head working on his off spin bowling that's why he is bowling now. We could learn something from them about this. Someone like Babar Azam should he working on his off spin. Because we know modern game is in favour of batters so we could need someone to bowl 4 or 5 overs to cover a bowler who isn't economical.
 
shah_1 said:
Chandimal playing a useless knock
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He is actually playing perfect innings. Check the bowling chart - he is not fool to notice Strac is finished by 45th over. Besides, SRL doesn't need 280 here - if they can scramble another 45 to reach 235, AUS'll struggle big time.

These are finer calculations missing in PAK's ODI game - I would bet that, PAK would have been all-out for 210, in 47'4 overs in identical context.
 
Have the Rules for Power Play Overs changed again ?

What are latest rules [MENTION=138379]#GreenRoars[/MENTION]
 
We need more Pereras in the XI. Three - Kusal Perera, Thisara Perera, Dilruwan Perera - is an insufficient number. How about we add Angelo Perera and Akila Dananjaya Perera into the mix.
 
Hasan123 said:
I'm assuming that Australia would have had Travis Head working on his off spin bowling that's why he is bowling now. We could learn something from them about this. Someone like Babar Azam should he working on his off spin. Because we know modern game is in favour of batters so we could need someone to bowl 4 or 5 overs to cover a bowler who isn't economical.
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Bit pointless though since Maxwell offers more as a bowler and arguably as a batsman. Australia are trying to pigeonhole Head into the Maxwell role.
 
Travis Head has been bowling part timers for SA ever since he became Captain. He's not there to replace Maxwell.

Maxwell well be back when he sorts himself out and Head is getting considered for other roles
 
Pantani said:
It was a brilliant innings. He stood tall while all others crumbled around him. 8/227 thanks to some Chandimal tuk-tuk is better than 150 all out.
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MMHS said:
He is actually playing perfect innings. Check the bowling chart - he is not fool to notice Strac is finished by 45th over. Besides, SRL doesn't need 280 here - if they can scramble another 45 to reach 235, AUS'll struggle big time.

These are finer calculations missing in PAK's ODI game - I would bet that, PAK would have been all-out for 210, in 47'4 overs in identical context.
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I remember Misbah's fans saying the same thing. Mendis and chandimal partnership was a big let down and no one took the initiative.
 
shah_1 said:
I remember Misbah's fans saying the same thing. Mendis and chandimal partnership was a big let down and no one took the initiative.
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Misbah left PK team at 5th/6th; now it's 9th - for a reason indeed. If that doesn't open some eye, then may be lots of color table might do.
 
Convict said:
Travis Head has been bowling part timers for SA ever since he became Captain. He's not there to replace Maxwell.

Maxwell well be back when he sorts himself out and Head is getting considered for other roles
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What's your hunch, chasing 228? Against 45 overs of spin :) & the wicket looks a bit dusty.
 
MMHS said:
What's your hunch, chasing 228? Against 45 overs of spin :) & the wicket looks a bit dusty.
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Hard to say.

Oddly this being an ODI might give them a much better attitude and help them bat a lot better.

I'd be more comfortable with SOS in for Finch.
 
MMHS said:
What's your hunch, chasing 228? Against 45 overs of spin :) & the wicket looks a bit dusty.
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Australia are the best 50 over side in the world, I expect this total will be chased with three or four overs to spare. 250-60 would have made it interesting.
 
2 balls rule doesn't help spin attack. Still, if AUS doesn't reach something like, 128/2 in 25 overs; this match'll go to the wire.
 
Big wicket, the only lefti in top 5 gone, which should bring the lefti spinners.
 
Pantani said:
Bit pointless though since Maxwell offers more as a bowler and arguably as a batsman. Australia are trying to pigeonhole Head into the Maxwell role.
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Maxwell wil be back but I'm just trying to make a point that we can learn from them.
 
Throwing in an obscure young spinner to make his debut against Australia is never a bad choice. This Aponso is coming off a performance of 13/207 for SL Development Team against South Africa Emerging Players, away in South Africa. Fair to say we might have one hell of a bowler!
 
Ausdies almost met my target of 128/2 at mid point, just lost the one vital wicket.

Still, I think Anjelo has dropped the match.
 
Bailey looks clueless vs spin. Smith looking better. Smith definitely isn't a FTB or HTB.
 
A match to forget for Methews - got a duck in crucial time, gave 13 in 1st over, then drops smith, the potential match winner.
 
Smith was talking about how he struggled vs Hearth and how annoying it was. Seems as though he has corrected this problem and is determined to take Australia to victory. Will definitely go down as Australian great and has a good chance of going down as a atg
 
Hasan123 said:
Smith was talking about how he struggled vs Hearth and how annoying it was. Seems as though he has corrected this problem and is determined to take Australia to victory. Will definitely go down as Australian great and has a good chance of going down as a atg
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Actually no. Herath is someone who would choke you with perfect length-line & in between some absolute unplayable turners. Here Lankans are bowling lots of good balls, but in between giving at least one long hop every over. To their credit Aussies have restrained themselves & hanged on to cash on the loose ones. On top of that, Methews dropped a player who is batting at 60+ average for last couple of years.

At similar context, some other team could have been 6 down, despite being better spin players. ODI game is in your head mostly.
 
MMHS said:
Actually no. Herath is someone who would choke you with perfect length-line & in between some absolute unplayable turners. Here Lankans are bowling lots of good balls, but in between giving at least one long hop every over. To their credit Aussies have restrained themselves & hanged on to cash on the loose ones. On top of that, Methews dropped a player who is batting at 60+ average for last couple of years.

At similar context, some other team could have been 6 down, despite being better spin players. ODI game is in your head mostly.
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But he is still showing strong mentality to play these balls and put them in the gap. That test series could have really affected him but it hasn't.


Yes a cheap shot at Pakistan there. :)))
 
Kapil: "2 huge errors from Matthews has cost them thus game. First, opening with himself and Dilshan. Finch git his eye in. Secondly, dropping Smith"

Cricinfo
 
Looks like a much needed victory for Aus and they are about to get it, they need the boost.
 
Hasan123 said:
But he is still showing strong mentality to play these balls and put them in the gap. That test series could have really affected him but it hasn't.


Yes a cheap shot at Pakistan there. :)))
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No cheap shot, I just described what happens chasing 225 sort of totals; which gives you at least 250 balls to resist not going for big one, nudge around & wait for the odd balls.

Test is a bit different game on turners with in-field, where you keep 3 catchers, 3 single savers & 3 on line to redist the temptation of lofted shots.

It's clinical chase by Aussies, but they were massively favoured by that drop. I was almost certain that Mathews has dropped the match then & then. Smit is a type of player who hangs on there to finish the match.
 
MMHS said:
No cheap shot, I just described what happens chasing 225 sort of totals; which gives you at least 250 balls to resist not going for big one, nudge around & wait for the odd balls.

Test is a bit different game on turners with in-field, where you keep 3 catchers, 3 single savers & 3 on line to redist the temptation of lofted shots.

It's clinical chase by Aussies, but they were massively favoured by that drop. I was almost certain that Mathews has dropped the match then & then. Smit is a type of player who hangs on there to finish the match.
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Indeed once smith is set he is very difficult to dismiss
 
Chinamen are not worth taking a risk sometimes. They don't turn away from most batsmen like Leggies which and short balls get pounded harder. Why is Thisara even playing ? His horoscope must be doing wonders, gets tonked wherever he plays and still gets more game time. SL needs a legitimate fast bowler to open. How do you play a match with no main fast bowler on the team ?
 
Hasan123 said:
Indeed once smith is set he is very difficult to dismiss
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Actually, same for most quality LO players - once set, play risk fre, boring games. When you have 4 holes in the circle with 5 men in ring, for any asking less than 6; you shouldn't get out unless it's a ripper ball or catch. And, top players hardly gets out to soft dismissals when the match is in balance.

Every team plays their best players in top 3 just to avail this opportunity - play risk free cricket for the maximum number of balls. Only SAF plays AB at 5, so they struggle sometimes in chase & PAK plays MoHa at 3, so they struggle almost in every chase.
 
Mathews has lost his plot today - why he is bowling to defend 30 in 10 overs with 4 men on line? Respectable defeat, may be.
 
MMHS said:
Mathews has lost his plot today - why he is bowling to defend 30 in 10 overs with 4 men on line? Respectable defeat, may be.
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Matthews is not that good as a captain. Lanka should look at some other person to be captain , need to groom someone.
 
Justcrazy said:
Matthews is not that good as a captain. Lanka should look at some other person to be captain , need to groom someone.
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Not many options actually. They tried with Chandimal, which failed. May be now, Chandi can have a second bite.
 
Gosh....Travis Head bats at number 7 for Aussies. And then they have Faulkner at 8 who averages ~40 @ 112. What a batting line up!
 
Sandakan should have bowled more earlier

Also like I said 250, 260 would have made it interesting, but in the end Sri Lanka made far too few to put Australia under pressure, regardless of how much it's turning.
 
Justcrazy said:
They have to , there is no point in going with him, better to try someone else.
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Aside from being really poor tactics wise his batting has also taken a substantial dip since he was made captain and since Mahela and Sanga left the side. Sri Lanka need Mathews the batsman even more desperately than they need a captain who makes good decisions.
 
I think, there was a tactical blunder to open with Methews & Dil. Also, Mathews should have brought Sandakan earlier. He finished the most accurate spinner & Aussies tactfully played him out.
 
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