AUST V SL 2nd test 16/11/07 preview + scores + another WIN

[locky801]

There actions Ok or not, doesnt really matter, at tea Aussies well on top

Aust 5/515

Jaques, PA c:Fernando b:Jayasuriya 150 329 237 18 0
Hayden, ML c:Jayawardene b:Fernando 17 85 56 0 0
Ponting, RT c:Jayawardene b:Muralidaran 31 94 66 2 0
Hussey, MEK lbw:Fernando 132 282 220 18 1
Clarke, MJ c:Jayawardene b:Malinga 71 174 123 8 0
Symonds, A not out 40 105 54 4 1
Gilchrist, AC not out 50 62 58 7 1



Reckon the first hour after tea may be something to watch if Gilly and Roy can stay together, I would say Ponts would want 600 with an hour left tonight

[Thiele]

Australia has declared ended up 5/542

[mal]

AU 5/542 DEC
ROY 50*
GILLY 67*

No wonder Ponting is having a poor batting series, he is under so much
pressure deciding when to declare the innings !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think Australia can win this test.

Gilly the first man to hit 100 test sixes today

Michael Clarke you idiot.
If Clark makes 100 [made71] it would be the first time in history the same 3 batsman
would have made 100s collectively in 2 test matches
HUNGRY JAQUES/SIR MICHAEL HUSSEY both have made back to back tons
and that useless CLARK failed by only making 71

Poor MuraliCHUCKERadin
4 tests in Australia and never bowled at the Aussies last

As I have thought and now its confirmed off spin bowlers are not big wicket takers
in Test Matches in this country, wrist spinners are much more successful.

In South Africa CUMMING has a broken jaw from a EIN Steyn thunderbolt

And for those who care Shane Watson is likely to resume in the next QLD game

[Mr66]

After that poor effort Clark deserves to be dropped.

[mal]

Jaques KALLIS makes another 100
5th hundred in last 7 games
BRADMAN/KALLIS both have 29 tons each
NZ 188
SA 2/216

KALLIS 100*
AMLA 73 * [Wheres REB !!!]

[NFC]

NZ are so pathetic it's not funny. Well it is, but you get my point.

[mal]

Shane Bond has gone back to NZ injured

[GWW]

NZ are so pathetic it's not funny. Well it is, but you get my point.

For a country the size that they are they're actually not that bad. They've consistently played "above their weight" in 1 day cricket, and their test cricket efforts, whilst not up with the elite countries has always been reasonable apart from their initial years.

[redden whites]

Jaques KALLIS makes another 100
5th hundred in last 7 games
BRADMAN/KALLIS both have 29 tons each
NZ 188
SA 2/216

KALLIS 100*
AMLA 73 * [Wheres REB !!!]

I thought you were only as good as your opposition Mal??? NZ attack is an embarrassment

[locky801]

Great start by the Aussies this morning particularly Brett Lee, has sent both openers back

Lankans 2/62

[mal]

Jaques KALLIS makes another 100
5th hundred in last 7 games
BRADMAN/KALLIS both have 29 tons each
NZ 188
SA 2/216

KALLIS 100*
AMLA 73 * [Wheres REB !!!]

I thought you were only as good as your opposition Mal??? NZ attack is an embarrassment

His previous 100 in the first test was on a lively pitch
He had to face a rampant Shane Bond and a meticulous Daniel Vettori.
But the attacks he is facing of late are pretty ordinary.

[mal]

Jaques KALLIS makes another 100
5th hundred in last 7 games
BRADMAN/KALLIS both have 29 tons each
NZ 188
SA 2/216

KALLIS 100*
AMLA 73 * [Wheres REB !!!]

I thought you were only as good as your opposition Mal??? NZ attack is an embarrassment

At least he has performed well v Australia.
He would average 50 odd against Australia ???
But in general he faces ordinary opposition

[am Bays]

Jaques KALLIS makes another 100
5th hundred in last 7 games
BRADMAN/KALLIS both have 29 tons each
NZ 188
SA 2/216

KALLIS 100*
AMLA 73 * [Wheres REB !!!]

I thought you were only as good as your opposition Mal??? NZ attack is an embarrassment

At least he has performed well v Australia.
He would average 50 odd against Australia ???
But in general he faces ordinary opposition

Nup he is generally shite agaisnt us career avg of 58 (57.74) average v Australia 38 (38.32).

Which is why as a batsman I rate him a long way behind Tendulkar, Dravid, Laxman, Pietersen etc as they produce against Australia he does not

[locky801]

Then again Tassie there isn't too many batsman these days that average 38 against the Aussies, definately behind Tendulker but I would have him in front of the others you have mentioned. apart from Pietersen, Dravid and Laxman have not produced the goods as such on aussie soil

[smithy]

Shane Bond has gone back to NZ injured

Must be something about that Christian name..

[locky801]

At lunch Lankans 3/127

Atapattu, MS c:Clarke b:Lee 25
Vandort, MG b:Lee 14
Sangakkara, KC c:Hussey b:Johnson 57
Jayawardene, DPMD not out 22
Jayasuriya, ST not out 0

[am Bays]

Then again Tassie there isn't too many batsman these days that average 38 against the Aussies, definately behind Tendulker but I would have him in front of the others you have mentioned. apart from Pietersen, Dravid and Laxman have not produced the goods as such on aussie soil

Locky how quickly you forget Laxman last century in teh test in 2000 at Sydney not to mention both he and Dravid batting in Adelaide last time to set up a win for India in Deceber 2003.

MAte both Dravid and LAxman have produced agaisnt Australia far more that Kallis has

[locky801]

Wicket straight after the break to MacGill

Lankans now 4/147

[locky801]

And yet another to Macgill

Lankans now 5/152

[locky801]

Wicket to Stuart Clarke

Lankans collapsing now 6/163