Sport The Hangar Cricket Thread IV

[eth-dog]

Clearly out. Ball is only dead once it's taken by the keeper and the batsman has made their ground

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

Clearly out. Ball is only dead once it's taken by the keeper and the batsman has made their ground

Why did square leg ump not make the easy decision and give him out??

 

[Old Campaigner]

Why did square leg ump not make the easy decision and give him out??

Presumably because the central umpire had ****ed up and called over before the ball was dead

 

[eth-dog]

Gonna get home right around the start but my predicted XI:

Head
Khawaja
Labuschagne
Smith
Inglis
Webster
Carey (+)
Starc
Lyon
Murphy
Kuhnemann

 

[Pweter]

Gonna get home right around the start but my predicted XI:

Head
Khawaja
Labuschagne
Smith
Inglis
Webster
Carey (+)
Starc
Lyon
Murphy
Kuhnemann

It's pretty close to my preferred lineup with the squad they have over there.

Are you opening with Webster or spin? I don't mind either option in Galle to be honest but will the selectors have the kahunas to go with 1 strike bowler? I can see them playing only 1 of Murphy or Kuhneman and playing Boland or Abbott simply because it's the type of thing they do.

 

[eth-dog]

It's pretty close to my preferred lineup with the squad they have over there.

Are you opening with Webster or spin? I don't mind either option in Galle to be honest but will the selectors have the kahunas to go with 1 strike bowler? I can see them playing only 1 of Murphy or Kuhneman and playing Boland or Abbott simply because it's the type of thing they do.

Webster first dig, spin second.

 

[Old Campaigner]

What a dogshit pitch

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

Aussies glad they are not playing Bumrah.

Spinner bowling off a 5 step run-up like a 65yo 4th grade bowler rolling the arm over in the session after tea

 

[jannissary]

What a dogshit pitch

what did you expect?

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

Loving being able to watch the cricket on ch7.

This keeper is having a shocker.

 

[eth-dog]

Loving being able to watch the cricket on ch7.

This keeper is having a shocker.

He's a great bat but terrible keeper.

Smudge batting beautifully

 

[jannissary]

been a good test so far, pretty crazy how short some of the sri lankan runups are.

 

[boncer34]

Let Usman break Lara's record and then declare.

 

[jannissary]

been pretty insipid today from sri lanka

 

[boncer34]

been pretty insipid today from sri lanka

They've won 25% of series at home against non-minnows over the past decade. They're not a great test team, our insipid record makes people forget that.

 

[jannissary]

They've won 25% of series at home against non-minnows over the past decade. They're not a great test team, our insipid record makes people forget that.

they’re certainly not fantastic but it’s been pretty ordinary out in the field.

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

been pretty insipid today from sri lanka

Yep they have been very insipid.
They’ve tried nothing. No interesting field placements, no changing bowlers around…nothing!!

 

[boncer34]

Women have bowled well.