Will Sri Lanka create history by becoming the second Asian team to win a Test series in Australia?

[gh54785]

No other team at the moment can dominate Aus in down under like India did. SA can challenge Aus but don't trust their batting which is devoid of Abd and a rusty out of touch Amla inspires no confidence. England is out of the as their toothless bowling in flat pitches will get hammered just like they are getting in WI. PAK test team is a joke atm which can't even win at home. Only realistic chance is NZ but they too blow hot and cold.
Don't see any other team winning down under for atleast next 5-6 years.

 

[Napa]

Funny how [MENTION=147687]Shandarchowka[/MENTION] hasn't been seen in this thread since the SL loss.

There was also all this talk by [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] and others, that Australian batting is the weakest in history with no centuries having been scored in the India series by Australian batsmen. Well, all it needed was Australia playing against a different team, and you already have 2 centuries scored today.

 

[Shandarchowka]

Funny how [MENTION=147687]Shandarchowka[/MENTION] hasn't been seen in this thread since the SL loss.

It's funny how you ignored what I said. I said Sri Lanka can make it 1-1 if they win 2 tosses. Unfortunately they won the toss at Brisbane which is Australia's stronghold besides with Perth where India LOST. And being a day-nighter, that match became a lottery in a sense. Today also Sri Lanka picked up 3 wickets to make 38-3 but their inexperience meant batting leaderless Australia could exploit them. It's really unfortunate. Sri Lanka had to win the toss today but they couldn't. It's just luck.

 

[Shandarchowka]

The above three posts are turning out to be quite accurate.

The delusions of the following post are being exposed.

Starc has been pretty average even during the day-nighter and Hazlewood lost his place to the new Jhye Richardson, who has been extra supportive to Cummins. India could have folded had Australia played Cummins and Richardson together. The latter also claimed Kohli 3 out of 3 times in the ODI series.

 

[jagatk]

It's funny how you ignored what I said. I said Sri Lanka can make it 1-1 if they win 2 tosses. Unfortunately they won the toss at Brisbane which is Australia's stronghold besides with Perth where India LOST. And being a day-nighter, that match became a lottery in a sense. Today also Sri Lanka picked up 3 wickets to make 38-3 but their inexperience meant batting leaderless Australia could exploit them. It's really unfortunate. Sri Lanka had to win the toss today but they couldn't. It's just luck.

Interesting how it's called luck when India win in Australia or SL lose in Australia but not luck when Pak win CT.

 

[latecut]

Luck plays bigger role in shorter format. Luck can you win a T20 match or an ODI match but one cannot win a test match by luck.

 

[big_gamer007]

It's funny how you ignored what I said. I said Sri Lanka can make it 1-1 if they win 2 tosses. Unfortunately they won the toss at Brisbane which is Australia's stronghold besides with Perth where India LOST. And being a day-nighter, that match became a lottery in a sense. Today also Sri Lanka picked up 3 wickets to make 38-3 but their inexperience meant batting leaderless Australia could exploit them. It's really unfortunate. Sri Lanka had to win the toss today but they couldn't. It's just luck.

You are just showing your lack of knowledge.. sometimes it's better to accept you made a mistake and accept that India is the best test team at the moment..

Not like it means much since the quality of other teams is not as good and few teams are going through transitional period but they are still better than rest of sides

 

[Shandarchowka]

Interesting how it's called luck when India win in Australia or SL lose in Australia but not luck when Pak win CT.

Pakistan lost the toss and still won the CT. That's not luck, it's clutch and big match temperament

 

[yuvi]

Pakistan lost the toss and still won the CT. That's not luck, it's clutch and big match temperament

Yeah we have seen your big match temprament in all WCs

 

[yuvi]

Srilanka has whitewashed Pakistan in UAE and ranked just below Australia. So it will be a good victory for Australia if they manage to defeat them

 

[Shandarchowka]

You are just showing your lack of knowledge.. sometimes it's better to accept you made a mistake and accept that India is the best test team at the moment..

Not like it means much since the quality of other teams is not as good and few teams are going through transitional period but they are still better than rest of sides

There's not much that separates the teams ranking 1-8 these days. India is the best at home for sure and that reflects in their ranking. Otherwise Pakistan drew in England, lost in RSA; India won in Australia but lost in England and RSA; England won in Sri Lanka but losing to West Indies etc.

 

[yuvi]

There's not much that separates the teams ranking 1-8 these days. India is the best at home for sure and that reflects in their ranking. Otherwise Pakistan drew in England, lost in RSA; India won in Australia but lost in England and RSA; England won in Sri Lanka but losing to West Indies etc.

Also add Pakistan git whitewashed by Srilanka in UAE and won only one match in England, again whutewashed in SA. And when did Pakistan last won a match in Australia. I can't remember. Can you help me with it?

 

[jagatk]

There's not much that separates the teams ranking 1-8 these days. India is the best at home for sure and that reflects in their ranking. Otherwise Pakistan drew in England, lost in RSA; India won in Australia but lost in England and RSA; England won in Sri Lanka but losing to West Indies etc.

You also lost to Nz, WI, SL at your home, if you wanted to say maybe top 3 fair enough but top 8 just because you want to include yourself and don't want your losses to likes of WI and SL questioned isn't going to work, other than england tours you are a rubbish, barely beat Aus in UAE and the losses you mentioned and i added to. The rankings reflect how good the teams are and are pretty accurate, just because it doesn't paint a good picture for you doesn't make it superficial.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Didn't Pakistan win the toss and lose in south Africa recently? Just goes to show. Only a very good team can make toss advantage count away. Not mediocre teams that can neither win when toss is in their favour away or even in their so called fortress against even weaker Australian teams

 

[Shandarchowka]

Also add Pakistan git whitewashed by Srilanka in UAE and won only one match in England, again whutewashed in SA. And when did Pakistan last won a match in Australia. I can't remember. Can you help me with it?

Pakistan won 3 matches in England in the last 3 years while India won 2 matches in the last 12 years

Sri Lankan whitewash.. lol. it was a 2 match series and Herath was part of that team.

 

[yuvi]

Pakistan won 3 matches in England in the last 3 years while India won 2 matches in the last 12 years

Sri Lankan whitewash.. lol. it was a 2 match series and Herath was part of that team.

And when did you last win a match in Australia? It seems you also don't remember

 

[jagatk]

Pakistan won 3 matches in England in the last 3 years while India won 2 matches in the last 12 years

Sri Lankan whitewash.. lol. it was a 2 match series and Herath was part of that team.

if moral victories rather than series victories are what we are counting then when was the last time you won a series in england? Also about the invincible herath last time we visited SL that team too had herath the scoreline read 3-0 to us.

 

[RyanRyan10]

Pakistan won 3 matches in England in the last 3 years while India won 2 matches in the last 12 years

Sri Lankan whitewash.. lol. it was a 2 match series and Herath was part of that team.

Congratualtions for performing better than us in England
Atleast there's one nation where you can perform better than the no.1 side

And yes Pak were technically not whitewashed since it was just a 2 match series,hopefully lower ranked sides get more matches in future.Even though they lost 0-2 against higher ranked SL side with Herath still they were very competitive against the 2nd best Asian test side

 

[Shandarchowka]

Congratualtions for performing better than us in England
Atleast there's one nation where you can perform better than the no.1 side

And yes Pak were technically not whitewashed since it was just a 2 match series,hopefully lower ranked sides get more matches in future.Even though they lost 0-2 against higher ranked SL side with Herath still they were very competitive against the 2nd best Asian test side

Thank you for admitting that Pakistan is much better than India in England, regardless of formats - considering CT and our test series over there.

Sri Lanka won 2 tosses and Herath is super hard to face in the 4th innings. Last I checked, India bundled out for 116 against the same Herath chasing 160. Please check facts before posting.

 

[yuvi]

Thank you for admitting that Pakistan is much better than India in England, regardless of formats - considering CT and our test series over there.

Sri Lanka won 2 tosses and Herath is super hard to face in the 4th innings. Last I checked, India bundled out for 116 against the same Herath chasing 160. Please check facts before posting.

Well India won 3-0 in Srilanka against Herath. Why don't you check the stats?

 

[Shandarchowka]

Well India won 3-0 in Srilanka against Herath. Why don't you check the stats?

Pakistan also won 2-1 in 2015 when we toured the island nation, what's your point?

 

[yuvi]

Pakistan also won 2-1 in 2015 when we toured the island nation, what's your point?

When did India lose a test series against SL at home?

 

[Napa]

Starc has been pretty average even during the day-nighter and Hazlewood lost his place to the new Jhye Richardson, who has been extra supportive to Cummins. India could have folded had Australia played Cummins and Richardson together. The latter also claimed Kohli 3 out of 3 times in the ODI series.

Yeah, yeah... India could have folded if Richardson instead of Hazelwood etc. etc. Basically this line of argument is that India's wins were basically due to a defective Australian side, I have heard all this before.

 

[Shandarchowka]

Yeah, yeah... India could have folded if Richardson instead of Hazelwood etc. etc. Basically this line of argument is that India's wins were basically due to a defective Australian side, I have heard all this before.

Just be honest with yourself and with hand on heart tell me.. would India have won if both Smith and Warner played against them? Be honest.

 

[latecut]

This second highest ranked Asian team has played like a minnow in Australia even during the time when all their all time greats- such as Sangkara, Jaywardane, Muralitharan, Jaysuriya etc were in the playing XI. Sri Lanka have never even drawn a test in Australia. Winning a test is like science fiction for them.

Incidentally, same is the story of Pakistan as well in the last twenty years. They have lost all the tests they have played in Australia during this period. There has not even been a draw.

 

[Shandarchowka]

Sri Lanka have never even drawn a test in Australia. Winning a test is like science fiction for them.

WRONG. Sri Lanka drew 2 tests - one in 1989-90 and one in 2004 against Australia. The second one when Australia fielded it's full strength side unlike the earlier series against India where it's bowling leaders were missing and India still couldn't win the series.

 

[gh54785]

In tests:
INDIA




daylight



SL
PAK
BD

 

[latecut]

I do, Pak has won a pathetic 1 game in Aus since 1982 despite have a phast pace "factory". LOL

and that too was against an Australia D side.

 

[Saurav]

SL on their way to create history

 

[ILcricket]

Noticed this thread for the 1st time . Huge

 

[Napa]

Just be honest with yourself and with hand on heart tell me.. would India have won if both Smith and Warner played against them? Be honest.

Without rain India would have won 3-1.

If Smith and Warner played, and India had Agarwal and Shaw as openers from the very first game, then in my opinion India had a better than even chance of winning.

Smith would have made a difference, Warner not so much. Also both would have to deal with scoreboard pressure of India scoring 600+ runs. Basically Pujara won us the series.

 

[latecut]

India would have scored same number of runs that they scored with or without Warner and Smith, because they do not bowl.

Warner and Smith would not have scored as many runs as they did in Ashes, just as the Marsh brothers, who also scored heavily in Ashes failed against Indian bowling attack.

 

[geraltofrivia]

Pakistan won 3 matches in England in the last 3 years while India won 2 matches in the last 12 years

Sri Lankan whitewash.. lol. it was a 2 match series and Herath was part of that team.

India won 2 matches in Australia in the last 2 months while Pakistan won 0 matches in 25 years.

 

[geraltofrivia]

Pakistan also won 2-1 in 2015 when we toured the island nation, what's your point?

We also won 2-1 in 2015 and then won 3-0 again in 2017, same team bundled out Pakistan 2-0 a few months later and then again lost to India 0-1 a few months later. So they lost to India BEFORE and AFTER Pakistan.

Taking a 2015 victory with Misbah and Younis in the team reeks of insecurity (We also won our 2015 series to be honest).

 

[geraltofrivia]

Just be honest with yourself and with hand on heart tell me.. would India have won if both Smith and Warner played against them? Be honest.

Yes

 

[yuvi]

WRONG. Sri Lanka drew 2 tests - one in 1989-90 and one in 2004 against Australia. The second one when Australia fielded it's full strength side unlike the earlier series against India where it's bowling leaders were missing and India still couldn't win the series.

Ok. It proves Srilanka is the second best Asian side in Australia after India. So they have a slim chance of winning a test in Australia which is much more than any other asian side at the moment. Hope they can turn things around in this match.

 

[Napa]

India would have scored same number of runs that they scored with or without Warner and Smith, because they do not bowl.

Warner and Smith would not have scored as many runs as they did in Ashes, just as the Marsh brothers, who also scored heavily in Ashes failed against Indian bowling attack.

Just look at what is happening in the WI-Eng series. The same WI batsmen who looked like minnows against Indian bowling are looking like superstars against the English bowling.

 

[geraltofrivia]

Just look at what is happening in the WI-Eng series. The same WI batsmen who looked like minnows against Indian bowling are looking like superstars against the English bowling.

Also Aus batsmen (And bowlers) against SL.

 

[Napa]

Also Aus batsmen (And bowlers) against SL.

The very simple fact is that Smith or no Smith, when Australia is looking at an Indian first innings score of 600+, it faces only 2 possibilities, a draw or a loss. The Indian batsmen led by Pujara made it impossible for India to lose this series.

 

[K4Kohli]

Just be honest with yourself and with hand on heart tell me.. would India have won if both Smith and Warner played against them? Be honest.

Just be honest with yourself and with hand on heart tell me.. wouldn't India have won if kohli has won all the tosses instead of root

 

[Bhaijaan]

The very simple fact is that Smith or no Smith, when Australia is looking at an Indian first innings score of 600+, it faces only 2 possibilities, a draw or a loss. The Indian batsmen led by Pujara made it impossible for India to lose this series.

India did not win the test where scored 600.

Rather they lost when they only had to score 300 runs or so.

 

[big_gamer007]

There's not much that separates the teams ranking 1-8 these days. India is the best at home for sure and that reflects in their ranking. Otherwise Pakistan drew in England, lost in RSA; India won in Australia but lost in England and RSA; England won in Sri Lanka but losing to West Indies etc.

India doesn't lose or draw at home they mostly demolish teams add to that they won in Australia makes them the clear number 1 for now.

 

[Napa]

India did not win the test where scored 600.

Rather they lost when they only had to score 300 runs or so.

They most likely did not win that one because of rain. The point is that to save the series Australia had to win the last Test. Would having Smith in the team helped them? No, simply because Smith or no Smith it is not possible to win when opponents have scored 600+ runs in the first innings.

 

[big_gamer007]

Yeah, yeah... India could have folded if Richardson instead of Hazelwood etc. etc. Basically this line of argument is that India's wins were basically due to a defective Australian side, I have heard all this before.

According to some posters a fast bowler who last played in 2015 wasn't in the test side so Australia lost .

The jealousy and bitterness is making some go insane, it's very funny to read posts.

 

[Sir Alex]

Let's take the ranking of the Aussie bowlers vs Indian bowlers at the beginning of the Aussie series. I am sure almost all Aussies were ranked way above indians

 

[Napa]

Let's take the ranking of the Aussie bowlers vs Indian bowlers at the beginning of the Aussie series. I am sure almost all Aussies were ranked way above indians

You are probably thinking only of pacers. Ashwin and Jadeja have for a long time been in the top 10 of Test bowlers.

Though Bumrah is not ranked very high (currently #15), it is because he hasn't played a lot. He is definitely one of the best pacers around.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/rankings/mens/player-rankings/test/bowling

 

[Unleashed]

And when did you last win a match in Australia? It seems you also don't remember

Forget win, ask them when they did last draw a match in Australia?

Pakistan posters here undermining India's win in Australia makes me laugh considering their own record in Australia for the last decade and more.

 

[Shandarchowka]

Just be honest with yourself and with hand on heart tell me.. wouldn't India have won if kohli has won all the tosses instead of root

Yes I agree and even batting leaderless Australia would have defeated India had they won other tosses like they did at Perth.

 

[Stalin]

Yes I agree and even batting leaderless Australia would have defeated India had they won other tosses like they did at Perth.

Yes. Good teams make it count after winning the toss. And some teams lose in 3 days even after winning the toss.

 

[Mamoon]

My condolences to all the posters who wee ready to use Sri Lanka's performance to undermine India's historic series win.

 

[ravisurya]

Yes I agree and even batting leaderless Australia would have defeated India had they won other tosses like they did at Perth.

Just like how India would have won the series in England if they had won a couple of tosses atleast.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Australia used the India series as a great warm up to get ready just in time for the Sri Lankan series.

Of course had India toured Australia after the Sri Lankans they would have lost too.

 

[Babbar]

India is clearly a minnow in Test And ODIs as amply proved by their loss in England. Forget stats of Indian trips in Australia, NZ. Let’s also ignore record of almost any time traveling to India in the last 5 years- must be due to Delhi belly.

Anyone could have beaten Australia and NZ esp on those exact days when India traveled there. BCCI bossed ICC to schedule matches exactly when these Nz, Aus teams were at the weakest.

In NZ, first three matches were warmups and Indian aukat was visible on 4th ODI when they got out at 92 and hammered. The same result would have been in 5th ODI too when BCCI Bribed NZ to toss lollipops to No-hopers like Rayudu, Jadhav, Shankar and Pandya. How can Shankar, Rayudu play match-winning innings, must be deliberate ploy by NZ so that BCCI keep them in CWC team.

 

[fitCricFan]

India is clearly a minnow in Test And ODIs as amply proved by their loss in England. Forget stats of Indian trips in Australia, NZ. Let’s also ignore record of almost any time traveling to India in the last 5 years- must be due to Delhi belly.

Anyone could have beaten Australia and NZ esp on those exact days when India traveled there. BCCI bossed ICC to schedule matches exactly when these Nz, Aus teams were at the weakest.

In NZ, first three matches were warmups and Indian aukat was visible on 4th ODI when they got out at 92 and hammered. The same result would have been in 5th ODI too when BCCI Bribed NZ to toss lollipops to No-hopers like Rayudu, Jadhav, Shankar and Pandya. How can Shankar, Rayudu play match-winning innings, must be deliberate ploy by NZ so that BCCI keep them in CWC team.

A brilliant mind with such an insightful analysis. You are spot on the money.
Once you wake up, pl share what you are smoking so we can try flat next time we BOSS another cricketing nation

 

[ravisurya]

india is clearly a minnow in test and odis as amply proved by their loss in england. Forget stats of indian trips in australia, nz. Let’s also ignore record of almost any time traveling to india in the last 5 years- must be due to delhi belly.

Anyone could have beaten australia and nz esp on those exact days when india traveled there. Bcci bossed icc to schedule matches exactly when these nz, aus teams were at the weakest.

In nz, first three matches were warmups and indian aukat was visible on 4th odi when they got out at 92 and hammered. The same result would have been in 5th odi too when bcci bribed nz to toss lollipops to no-hopers like rayudu, jadhav, shankar and pandya. How can shankar, rayudu play match-winning innings, must be deliberate ploy by nz so that bcci keep them in cwc team.

potw

 

[urnotserious]

Can we put this thread to rest? No one but India can beat Australia in Australia.

The other teams and their fans just make excuses. i.e. [MENTION=147687]Shandarchowka[/MENTION]

 

[sunny85]

Thanks for the entertaining post. Good job. Keep posting gems like this. Plz improve on English a bit. Would be easier for us

Quote"india is clearly a minnow in test and odis as amply proved by their loss in england. Forget stats of indian trips in australia, nz. Let’s also ignore record of almost any time traveling to india in the last 5 years- must be due to delhi belly.

Anyone could have beaten australia and nz esp on those exact days when india traveled there. Bcci bossed icc to schedule matches exactly when these nz, aus teams were at the weakest.

In nz, first three matches were warmups and indian aukat was visible on 4th odi when they got out at 92 and hammered. The same result would have been in 5th odi too when bcci bribed nz to toss lollipops to no-hopers like rayudu, jadhav, shankar and pandya. How can shankar, rayudu play match-winning innings, must be deliberate ploy by nz so that bcci keep them in cwc team.quote".

 

[Sachin136]

India is clearly a minnow in Test And ODIs as amply proved by their loss in England. Forget stats of Indian trips in Australia, NZ. Let’s also ignore record of almost any time traveling to India in the last 5 years- must be due to Delhi belly.

Anyone could have beaten Australia and NZ esp on those exact days when India traveled there. BCCI bossed ICC to schedule matches exactly when these Nz, Aus teams were at the weakest.

In NZ, first three matches were warmups and Indian aukat was visible on 4th ODI when they got out at 92 and hammered. The same result would have been in 5th ODI too when BCCI Bribed NZ to toss lollipops to No-hopers like Rayudu, Jadhav, Shankar and Pandya. How can Shankar, Rayudu play match-winning innings, must be deliberate ploy by NZ so that BCCI keep them in CWC team.

Please tell me this is supposed to be satire.

 

[Hitman]

Please tell me this is supposed to be satire.

Of course it is.

 

[BreadPakoda]

Last night I had a dream that Angelo Matthews made 300 and took SL close to the target. Then I woke up and realised Angelo isn’t playing.

Oh Angelo, could have been the difference here.

 

[BreadPakoda]

9 wickets per test by SL. Would be tough for any team to beat this rejuvenated Ozzie side

 

[jnaveen1980]

Last night I had a dream that Angelo Matthews made 300 and took SL close to the target. Then I woke up and realised Angelo isn’t playing.

Oh Angelo, could have been the difference here.

I doubt so. These guys are sitting ducks against bouncers. It is almost like you could bowl them out thrice in one test. He is averaging like 29 in Australia.

 

[Rahul2020]

A brilliant mind with such an insightful analysis. You are spot on the money.
Once you wake up, pl share what you are smoking so we can try flat next time we BOSS another cricketing nation

Thanks for the entertaining post. Good job. Keep posting gems like this. Plz improve on English a bit. Would be easier for us

Quote"india is clearly a minnow in test and odis as amply proved by their loss in england. Forget stats of indian trips in australia, nz. Let’s also ignore record of almost any time traveling to india in the last 5 years- must be due to delhi belly.

Anyone could have beaten australia and nz esp on those exact days when india traveled there. Bcci bossed icc to schedule matches exactly when these nz, aus teams were at the weakest.

In nz, first three matches were warmups and indian aukat was visible on 4th odi when they got out at 92 and hammered. The same result would have been in 5th odi too when bcci bribed nz to toss lollipops to no-hopers like rayudu, jadhav, shankar and pandya. How can shankar, rayudu play match-winning innings, must be deliberate ploy by nz so that bcci keep them in cwc team.quote".

Please tell me this is supposed to be satire.

The post was clearly a sarcasm

 

[urnotserious]

9 wickets per test by SL. Would be tough for any team to beat this rejuvenated Ozzie side

Except India you mean.

 

[Joseph Gomes]

Sri Lanka is the punching bag in cricket now. I don't think they can beat even Bangladesh in a 3 match series, home or away in any format.

 

[latecut]

Sri Lanka is the punching bag in cricket now. I don't think they can beat even Bangladesh in a 3 match series, home or away in any format.

Before this series, Australia was supposed to be the punching bad. Now Sri Lanka becomes the punching bag. Let us not forget that this team had defeated Pakistan 2-0 just a few months ago, which led to the creation of this thread.

 

[BaankeJi]

Clearly Australia were out of form when India toured. If India really have courage, they should face Australia now. I am 99% certain Australia will win.

 

[urnotserious]

Clearly Australia were out of form when India toured. If India really have courage, they should face Australia now. I am 99% certain Australia will win.

Agreed. The only way to prove if India can beat Aus in Aus is if they play simultaneous balls with Sri Lanka and then compare who does better.

 

[Cric Fan]

There was no richardson, burns and Patterson against india that's why india won

also Khawaja and starc were out of form in that series.

 

[Joseph Gomes]

Before this series, Australia was supposed to be the punching bad. Now Sri Lanka becomes the punching bag. Let us not forget that this team had defeated Pakistan 2-0 just a few months ago, which led to the creation of this thread.

That was when Herath was playing. Current SL team is mediocre in everything.

 

[BaankeJi]

With Herath in side, Sri Lanka would certainly have created history.

 

[Sir Alex]

Without Australian batting leaders and the woeful form of post sandpaper Starc, Lankans do have a great chance. But Angelo is not there, I predict 1-1 if Sri Lanka wins at least one toss. Sad that Pakistan is not touring this time! We could have bagged an easy series win in the toughest country to tour..

Hahaha.

 

[latecut]

Khwaja has scored eight test centuries. Most of these centuries have been under no pressure situations, viz against poor bowling attacks, and when series result is already decided.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Without Australian batting leaders and the woeful form of post sandpaper Starc, Lankans do have a great chance. But Angelo is not there, I predict 1-1 if Sri Lanka wins at least one toss. Sad that Pakistan is not touring this time! We could have bagged an easy series win in the toughest country to tour..

Yes, please bookmark this post.

Australia could field 9 players against and we would still find a way to lose.

Let's not think Pakistan a 7th ranked team can beat Australia in home, weak as they may be.

Sri Lanka is only marginally better than us in rankings and it is almost inconceivable they will get anything other than a thrashing, toss or no toss.

In fact, I hope Sri Lanka wins the toss in all the matches to demolish the myth that anyone can beat current Australia in Australia

Probably not, given that their bowlers' lack of skill will make-up for Australia's lack of batsmen. However, England, South Africa, Pakistan and New Zealand would all beat the current Australian side in Australia. Provided they win at least half of the tosses at least.

I didn't bring India into my discussion because I am not looking at what others are doing and not doing but I am gauging the strengths of the teams in question, which include Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

The thread is related to how Sri Lanka and how it would perform, but since you included Pakistan, which is languishing at the bottom end of rankings table, I had to respond to you, otherwise I tend to ignore most posts and posters which are borderline outlandish, because I believe they are either trolling or not bothering to look at facts.

Sri Lanka does not have the bowlers to get 20 wickets in Australia. You need good fast bowlers and Sri Lankan trundlers will not trouble Australia, toss or not. That's why I stick to my words, that Sri Lanka could win all the tosses but still won't be able to get anything out of a Down Under trip.

Regarding, Pakistan, the story is a bit different. We couldn't even manage to sweep Australia in UAE when the ignominious Paine managed to stick out a whole day in the desert with his defensive skills, we lost to NZ in the Desert ( I know people say it should've been 2-1 to Pakistan , but could have, would have, should have are terms made to appease the emotionally distressing result and I deal in cold, hard facts), and if we had won something in South Africa, you might have given Australia a shout. But we lost there 3-0 too.

We have been on a losing run winning only one Test Series in Australia, that too 1-0 over the last 6 months, so much so, that our ranking has deteriorated to 7th only better than WI and Bangladesh because we have not been WINNING.

Which is why when I say we won't win in Australia, it's not based on defeatist attitude or mentality, but based on cold, hard facts that I have seen over the last 06 months. Anything else is a mere whiff or imaginary stuff which is not based on facts or any substance.

India doing well or not doing well, is not my concern and I will not address it in a topic which is focused on Sri Lanka, and a pretentious Pakistan somehow winning in Australia after failing for 20 years.

And there's that.

Some things are written in stone.

It's like asking Afghanistan to produce a result in Pakistan in a Test match in their favor.

I am just surprised people are still delusional enough, to think, Pakistan would somehow win against the current Australian side.

 

[BreadPakoda]

Poor display by SL eventually. Took only 9 wickets per test against a weak batting line up. Probably performed their worst in the last decade or so.

 

[big_gamer007]

India is clearly a minnow in Test And ODIs as amply proved by their loss in England. Forget stats of Indian trips in Australia, NZ. Let’s also ignore record of almost any time traveling to India in the last 5 years- must be due to Delhi belly.

Anyone could have beaten Australia and NZ esp on those exact days when India traveled there. BCCI bossed ICC to schedule matches exactly when these Nz, Aus teams were at the weakest.

In NZ, first three matches were warmups and Indian aukat was visible on 4th ODI when they got out at 92 and hammered. The same result would have been in 5th ODI too when BCCI Bribed NZ to toss lollipops to No-hopers like Rayudu, Jadhav, Shankar and Pandya. How can Shankar, Rayudu play match-winning innings, must be deliberate ploy by NZ so that BCCI keep them in CWC team.

These kindnof posts should be POTW very funny

 

[Abdullah719]

Last night I had a dream that Angelo Matthews made 300 and took SL close to the target. Then I woke up and realised Angelo isn’t playing.

Oh Angelo, could have been the difference here.

Sri Lanka - Angelo = Sri Lanka B

With Angelo, they would have certainly won.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Looking at the commentary thread i don't suppose many watched the match live. I saw it live most of the match. They were woeful against short balls. I felt sorry for them. It was like feeding lambs to wolves. Glad nothing serious happened to two of them. Atleast pujara got hit on the knuckle due to uneven bounce. These were normal bouncers. They had one Johnson to bounce you out. Now Cummins, Richardson, Starc all three can rattle you with bouncers. England should be ready for some chin music when they tour.

 

[BreadPakoda]

Doing well against SA. I hope I haven't jinxed them

 

[Stalin]

Time to start a new thread .
Will Sri Lanka create history by becoming the first Asian team to win a test series in south Africa?