Sri Lanka v Australia | 2nd ODI | Colombo | August 24th, 2016 | Match thread

[MenInG]

SRI LANKA SQUAD
AD Mathews*, LD Chandimal, MA Aponso, DM de Silva, TM Dilshan, WIA Fernando, MD Gunathilaka, RAS Lakmal, BKG Mendis, AK Perera, MDK Perera, MDKJ Perera, NLTC Perera, S Prasanna, PADLR Sandakan, TAM Siriwardana

AUSTRALIA SQUAD
SPD Smith*, GJ Bailey, NM Coulter-Nile, JP Faulkner, AJ Finch, JR Hazlewood, TM Head, MC Henriques, UT Khawaja, NM Lyon, SE Marsh, MA Starc, MS Wade†, DA Warner, A Zampa

 

[MenInG]

Sl batting first

 

[Thivagar]

Chandimal almost scores his 7th 50 in a row, once again Kusal Mendis has done well and Mathews gone full kookoo with the team selection.

 

[shaz619]

Hope SL win, come on Lanka!

 

[Thivagar]

LOL no Fast Bowler for SL, just Thisara and Mathews to do the fast bowling . Mathews should be fired lol.

 

[shaz619]

LOL no Fast Bowler for SL, just Thisara and Mathews to do the fast bowling . Mathews should be fired lol.

You underestimate Matthews the bowler it can backfire but he wants to choke them with spin which isn't a bad bad ploy on paper when you look at how awful the Aussies have been. 250+ will be challenging for the Aussies here

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Why are Aussies persisting with Lyon in ODIs?

 

[MMHS]

SRL is missing a big player in middle order, since Mathews has lots his touch. This is the second time in 3 days that, they have exposed themselves to bowlers bailing out on a dust bowl. 280 was there for the walking & that would have been more than handy.

 

[JilaWatan]

SRL is missing a big player in middle order, since Mathews has lots his touch. This is the second time in 3 days that, they have exposed themselves to bowlers bailing out on a dust bowl. 280 was there for the walking & that would have been more than handy.

As long as Mathews is there 280 still possible

 

[Dman]

Nice counter attack by Mathews and Kusal Perera after the fall of 5 wickets.

Can't believe the depth of Sri Lankan batting here. When most team just look to survive after fall of 5 wickets, Sri Lanka still had Mathews and Kusal Perera at the crease with Thisara, Prasanna and Dilruwan to follow.

Batting all the way till Number 10.

 

[Smbhayi]

5 overs left. 48 runs to get 300.Come on SL

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Excellent partnership

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Shot

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Lol first ball

 

[marlonbrowndo]

2nd ball six. Great hitting

 

[troodon]

Thisara Perera is such an asset to have coming down the order. He can get going from the first ball.

 

[Dman]

Faulkner gets a Hat Trick

 

[troodon]

Starc cleans up tail like no one. Too fast and those yorkers are deadly.

 

[MMHS]

As long as Mathews is there 280 still possible

Today he played really well. But, my concern was considering his recent form.

 

[MMHS]

Looks like Warner needs some break. From a top class aggressive opener, he has gone to a confused, tentative player who now days has only 2 gears of batting.

 

[Justcrazy]

114 from 11 overs , all over for Aussies.

 

[Justcrazy]

six down

 

[Justcrazy]

another one gone !

 

[Justcrazy]

Matthew strikes again , 8 down.

 

[shaz619]

You underestimate Matthews the bowler it can backfire but he wants to choke them with spin which isn't a bad bad ploy on paper when you look at how awful the Aussies have been. 250+ will be challenging for the Aussies here

Told you so! #BearWisdom