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Sri Lanka v Australia | 5th ODI | 23rd January, Hobart

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Another 100 for Hughes. Got lucky but man does he know how to pile em up.
 
Top knock by Hughes. So 248 is the chase. Going to take some getting. The wicket looks a bit slow.
 
Shut up about the salmon Ian Healy. Better yet, go swim in a school of them off the South African coast.
 
0/54 this game is slipping away from us
Usually when a player bats the 50 and makes 100 the team tends to score big. I didn't watch the innings but I'm surprised by the pretty average score the others must of done nothing. Sri lanka should chase this easy.
 
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If Doherty can get 3 wickets on this pitch...

there must be something for the spinners !!!
 
Here's a tip MJ. When you know that you choke like there's no tomorrow the best bet when you win the toss is to bat first :yk
 
MJ will come up with the usual "we are disappointed but we did well" drivel.
 
MJ will come up with the usual "we are disappointed but we did well" drivel.

Nah. Not his fault, clearly there is something dodgy going on. Sri Lanka is the last side I expect to be 113/5 chasing a 250-total against an Australia B side.
 
I don't get why the Lankans rate Mathews so much, the R.R will probably get to 36 before he hits a boundary.
 
Johnson's not the worst ODI bowler around actually.
 
Nah. Not his fault, clearly there is something dodgy going on. Sri Lanka is the last side I expect to be 113/5 chasing a 250-total against an Australia B side.

Only if SL had their own umpires this game to cheat for us. Actually nah that's just an indian thing.
 
I don't get why the Lankans rate Mathews so much, the R.R will probably get to 36 before he hits a boundary.

He hasn't really been in decent touch of late. Plus he struggles on slow wickets as well like Chandi.
 
It's hilarious that you lot have to cheat to even beat an England D side at home :)))

Nope, we cheat all the time. It's just that on this occasion the opponent we're facing are South Africa C.
 
Mathews living up to his tag of not being a match winner

Thiri is probably our best finisher in ODIs I would say. He's only batting at the top these days to fill in for Sanga.
 
We did this same epic choke in that CB final. MJ wins the toss and puts Aus in when he knows about the severe choking tendency. Maybe they are in denial.
 
And the same Lankan peoplefolk were stamping their feet a couple of nights ago claiming that a chase had been "stolen" from them? Sheesh.
 
We did this same epic choke in that CB final. MJ wins the toss and puts Aus in when he knows about the severe choking tendency. Maybe they are in denial.

Glad you acknowledge that you do genuinely lose (through a choke) in finals. It's a start.
 
This is the reason why I thought the last match Australia's to lose, despite the rain.
 
MSD is one player who could change this game around, if only Mathews could tag him in.
 
And the same Lankan peoplefolk were stamping their feet a couple of nights ago claiming that a chase had been "stolen" from them? Sheesh.

The difference with that one is it wasn't exactly a final/decider. That was our chance. I knew we were somehow going to choke this game.
 
First time I have seen X spin the ball. Given how bad our spin stocks are that 3/13 might get him to India as second spinner.
 
I don't get why the Lankans rate Mathews so much, the R.R will probably get to 36 before he hits a boundary.

I take it that you are unaware of how a finisher operates if he is made to come in earlier than the 40/45 over mark?
 
I take it that you are unaware of how a finisher operates if he is made to come in earlier than the 40/45 over mark?
When your hovering around a run rate of 7-8 a over around the 30th over do you expect to get 5-7 an over without boundarys? or would you do it MSD style and leave 100 and go berserk? As far as I know SL don't have MSD playing or enough in the bank to have a real go...
 
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chase getting interesting can mathews pull it off ? i hope he does
 
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