Australia vs Sri Lanka T20 Game 2: Sun 19 Feb at 7.20pm at Geelong

[passmark]

Why do that when you can give them half volleys they can hit to the boundry?

Or drop kick over the boundary balls!

 

[davis_756]

I would say batting from that position takes more than luck, a lot more.

Yeah also this isn't SL's best team either. So it is not as one sided on paper as people think it is.

They are all highly talented to be at the level, to get away with the amount of risky shots is luck pure and simple

 

[Tigerssaints]

Especially if we are playing Henriques, Paine, etc who are BBL captains

Gee quicky forget Moises ,wonderboy, the critical 19 over had 22 runs taken from 3 sixes and ` 1
HE LET THEM BACK IN THE GAME AND MOMENTING
Same as fri whe he let a ball goo for 4 instead of 2

 

[Whiskers]

This series has actually been the best one of the summer! Not sure why Tye bowls so badly when he puts the Australian uniform on, if that was the BBL he would've won the game.

Exactly, it's so bloody annoying. You know he can bowl better and just turns to manure at this level.

 

[PTizzle]

Some pretty awful decisions in those last couple of overs captaincy/bowling wise but hell of a knock from Guna. Good fun.

 

[Van_Dyke]

Yep, says more about SL that they can only win these games off the last ball.

They're also not exactly at full strength themselves

Australia B have embarrassed the nation.

Does the nation actually particularly care?

 

[Bradesmaen]

Moises shouldn't be taking the flack, he helped get us in the game with his score in the first place. Shouldn't have been bowling then though


Really? As a player, who else do we have that isn't in India would you pick over Finch?

Inanimate Carbon Rod Mk2 (Since Mk1 is playing in India instead of MMarsh)

 

[barrackers]

Lost it at the selection table Zampa should have played instead of Tye, our 20th over of batting hurt, Turner should have been given at least another over in the middle order and neither Henriques or Tye should have been bowling the last 2 overs.

 

[Damon_3388]

Henriques - papers stamped.. oh wait that won't happen.

And why should it? He's probably the only all-rounder we've tried in recent times who earnt his selection with domestic performances, and he performed well with the bat. One bad over at the death in a T20 on an oval with 50m boundaries shouldn't spell the end for him at all.

 

[davis_756]

Many sides have recovered from 5/50 in odis and test matches

Good batting is good batting no matter what

yeah nah it doesn't happen in a winning side

 

[passmark]

Was that 10 or 11 length balls in a row?

These campaigners are *******s.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

yeah nah it doesn't happen in a winning side

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/65269.html

Bevan was half decent at it

and this is one game

 

[Van_Dyke]

yeah nah it doesn't happen in a winning side

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/406200.html
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/514029.html

 

[Xtreme]

This is why t20 will always be for the lols and not a serious competition, you don't recover from 5/50 and win any real cricket game but in this stuff all it takes is for 1 guy to get lucky.

T20 is serious business, they have a T20 world cup after all. Another trophy Australia won't be winning any time soon, poor T20 cricketers.

 

[BluesMan]

definition of bowling fruit. Slot balls

 

[Admiral Byng]

Finch is the worst captain since Shaun McManus.

Shane will hunt you down and ban you for that...

 

[Carlos Danger]

Right let's blame the only bloke who could bat....

How about the useless Strikers captain get some runs for once in a T20

Hodgey, bit harsh on a bloke that's not playing. But that about sums up the quality of most of your posts

 

[passmark]

Lost it at the selection table Zampa should have played instead of Tye, our 20th over of batting hurt, Turner should have been given at least another over in the middle order and neither Henriques or Tye should have been bowling the last 2 overs.

Tye is a specialist death bowler and usually pretty good.

But Henriques let them get close and Tye bowled his worst over imaginable.

 

[Jimthegreat]

Put Matthews, Chandimal, Herath, Silva, de Silva etc in Sri Lanka's and maybe they don't either. Ifs and buts

Or Warner, Smith etc...

 

[Bradesmaen]

And why should it? He's probably the only all-rounder we've tried in recent times who earnt his selection with domestic performances, and he performed well with the bat. One bad over at the death in a T20 on an oval with 50m boundaries shouldn't spell the end for him at all.

You mean where he bowled like 5 overs for the tournament? and hit one good score? Oh yeah, what form.

 

[Bradesmaen]

Tye is a specialist death bowler and usually pretty good.

But Henriques let them get close and Tye bowled his worst over imaginable.

Unfortunately for Tye, he's choked under pressure before at international level. It's obvious he just isn't up to the level.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/austral...e/match/895821.html?innings=1;view=commentary

 

[Fat Nyfe]

And not a single ******* yorker.....

Aus are loving their full tosses and legside wides. Such skill

 

[DT_fanatic]

Tye is a specialist death bowler and usually pretty good.

But Henriques let them get close and Tye bowled his worst over imaginable.

Didn't Tye give up like 18 runs in one of the T20s last year to lose the game v India?

 

[BluesMan]

Criticism of Finch is unwarranted. Tye and Moises should be able to finish that. It's on them.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

They're also not exactly at full strength themselves

Does the nation actually particularly care?

No. Not really.
My only care factor in this game was to see the new stand progress and hope the crowd was good (not helped by the arctic weather today, truly cold wind chill) to try and get a BBL franchise and the subsequent Stage 5 funding.