Aus v Sri Lanka ODI

[carey]

Spudwell dropped from the squad.

About time.

[heater31]

Full Squad

Australia ODI squad for the Qantas Tour of Sri Lanka:
Steve Smith (c),
David Warner (vc),
George Bailey,
Nathan Coulter-Nile,
James Faulkner,
Aaron Finch,
Josh Hazlewood,
Moises Henriques,
Usman Khawaja,
Nathan Lyon,
Mitchell Marsh,
Shaun Marsh,
Mitchell Starc,
Matthew Wade,
Adam Zampa

[amber_fluid]

Wade!!
Bahahaha
This guy is the real SPUD!

[The Dark Knight]

Travis Head has been added to the squad.

[The Dark Knight]

First match in the ODI series tonight. We won the toss and chose to bowl.

The XI for this match-
Warner
Finch
Smith
Bailey
Henriques
Head
Wade
Faulkner
Starc
Zampa
Hazlewood

Come on lads

[The Dark Knight]

Perera gone, bowled by Starc. That's 99 ODI wickets for Starc.

SL 1/3

[Corona Man]

Henriques... The Jimmy Toumpas of cricket!

[helicopterking]

Finch drops a straight forward catch for an international cricketer.

[Corona Man]

Finch drops a straight forward catch for an international cricketer.

Yep... Looked like a soda.

[helicopterking]

Dilshan lol

[The Dark Knight]

Zampa bowling well so far

[bennymacca]

good to see head get a run. He is bowling well too.

[Jim05]

Congrats Starc.
Fastest ever to reach 100 ODI wickets

[The Dark Knight]

SL 5/132. Starc gets his second wicket for the innings which his is his 100th in ODI cricket. He is the is now the quickest man to get to the milestone, doing it 52 matches.

[Brodlach]

This pitch is starting to break up, will be hard to bat second

[jackpot jim]

This pitch is starting to break up, will be hard to bat second

Yep, some balls sliding straight on whilst some are gripping, spinning and bouncing.

Sri Lanka 227
Aust currently 3/128 off 25 overs

Wade promoted to no. 4, Out for 26 off 34.

Smith struggling 27* off 53
Bailey to the crease.

Finch got Aust off to a flyer , 56 off about 48 then given out caught at slip in somewhat dubious circumstances.
Finch went to drive the ball and smashed his bat into the pitch. Ball spun past the edge of the bat straight to 1st slip.
Aleem Dar obviously thought he hit it but wanted to refer it to the Turd umpire to check if it was a bump ball. Replay showed the ball going past about half way up the bat so instantly we can all see its not a bump ball so logically it is out? But then they fart around showing about 15 replays over the next 3 minutes seemingly trying to determine whether the ball actually snicked the bat. Without hot spot or snicko, there was no way of telling and anyway, Dar referred it, NOT to check for an edge, but to see whether it was a bump ball. Eventually given out. Finch and Smith not happy. No point wasting a review as nothing was going to change. Commentators then confirmed a few minutes later that they were ONLY CHECKING for a bump ball and not whether he snicked it as Dar had already determined he had.
Question is them - WHAT THE F**K are they wasting 3 minutes looking at replays then? The entire process has become an utter FARCE as if it wasnt already with DRS and umpires referrals.

[BoundaryRider84]

Aussies by 3 wickets

[Lightning McQueen]

good to see head get a run. He is bowling well too.

Why would he bat behind Moises? Must've needed a piss at the wrong time.

[The Dark Knight]

good to see head get a run. He is bowling well too.

Why would he bat behind Moises? Must've needed a piss at the wrong time.

Thought the same when I saw the team before the match, strange decision should be batting before Henriques. Ended up batting 7 with Wade being promoted during the innings.

[heater31]

good to see head get a run. He is bowling well too.

Why would he bat behind Moises? Must've needed a piss at the wrong time.

Would have wanted Trav's finishing ability a la NYE last season.....