CB Series Match 12: Australia vs Sri Lanka @ MCG (Friday D/N)

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Friday March 2, 2:20pm AEDT​

Team News

Australia (possible) 1 David Warner, 2 Shane Watson (capt), 3 Peter Forrest, 4 Michael Hussey, 5 David Hussey, 6 Matthew Wade (wk), 7 Daniel Christian, 8 Brett Lee, 9 James Pattinson, 10 Clint McKay, 11 Xavier Doherty.

Sri Lanka (possible) 1 Mahela Jayawardene (capt), 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Dinesh Chandimal, 5 Lahiru Thirimanne, 6 Angelo Mathews, 7 Thisara Perera, 8 Sachithra Senanayake, 9 Nuwan Kulasekara, 10 Lasith Malinga, 11 Rangana Herath.

Pitch and Conditions

Melbourne's last international match can be expected to offer bounce to the pacemen and value for shots for committed batsmen. There has been cloud and rain around the city this week, but the forecast is for a clearing day on match day.
 

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Very wild and windy day here today, but expected to be a basically dry day, with the chance of the odd shower.
Will be interesting to see if Patto plays and we rest Lee, who surely would benefit from resting his broken foot, especially since we've already qualified for the finals.
 

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SL win the toss and batting first.

Australia team
DA Warner, SR Watson*, PJ Forrest, MEK Hussey, DJ Hussey, MS Wade†, DT Christian, CJ McKay, JL Pattinson, XJ Doherty, BW Hilfenhaus

Sri Lanka team
TM Dilshan, DPMD Jayawardene*, KC Sangakkara†, LD Chandimal, HDRL Thirimanne, AD Mathews, NLTC Perera, KMDN Kulasekara, SMSM Senanayake, SL Malinga, HMRKB Herath
 

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resting Clarke, very dissapointed in that. *if* he is fit enough to play he should instead of giving Warner another chance to prove himself....
 

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Maybe they want to give Warner, Forrest and Christian another go to see who will miss out when Clarke returns.

J-Pat :heart: :thumbsu:

Watson listed to come in at 3. Like that. Look forward to seeing how that works. A bit ominous for Forrest that he's listed at 4 with Clarke to come back to that spot on Sunday, most likely.
 

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Thank you once again to Channel 9 Perth for deducing that Ellen, Entertainment Tonight and Hi-5 are all more important that showing the cricket live.

At least Jayawardene is out early! Good start.
 

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Didn't need that. Wicked throw.

May find myself supporting the Lankans though, and not because I think one is easier than the other but rather just a **** you to the Indians for giving us a whole lot of nothing for the summer.
 
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