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[Wedge2408]

I'm posting on this thread a lot, but great finishing effort by Dave Hussey. Brilliant!

[Cover_Drive]

First debut century by an Australian in ODI cricket.

Wow, thats surprising.

[Jenko]

Don't you hate work...missed the whole innings

[smokem]

Wow, thats surprising.

Only the 8th player to have done so it seems... http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/233754.html
And NZ tops the list with 2 batsmen having achieved this feat! 

[Tail Ender]

Don't you hate work...missed the whole innings

I'm at work too, mate, but I've had the radio on tuned into the ABC Grandstand coverage.

[Jenko]

I'm at work too, mate, but I've had the radio on tuned into the ABC Grandstand coverage.

Yeah thats my one saviour at work....shame I'm outdoors and away from a radio even 85% of my working day...ahh well!

Good to see Australia A going ok anyway 

[potzy248]

Whats up with Healy obsessed with the openers going slow and getting their eye in? Started the day saying that Gilchrist would have been more successful if he had a been a bit more circumspect at the start of his innings... Bill Lawry: "Your joking right"?
Now he's saying that Sri Lanka need to be watchful.
Agree, openers need to pick the right ball, but guys like Gilchrist and Dilshan just need to be given a licence.
Shut up Healy.

[Jenko]

Maxwell on a hat-trick!!!

[Jenko]

Doesn;t get it....Sri Lankans decided not to run on the hattie ball lol. Wonder if there has ever been a hat-trick of runouts before?

[Tail Ender]

Healy is a knob. So is Slater. They should get McGrath in the box more often - really enjoyed his insight during the tests.

[Wedge2408]

Down goes another Aussie fast bowler! Starc has strained his calf.
Way too many injuries occurring in the Aussie side

[Jenko]

Down goes another Aussie fast bowler! Starc has strained his calf.
Way too many injuries occurring in the Aussie side

I wonder how much time they spend actually bowling in the nets....getting real match conditioning. Maybe they are getting so many injuries because they simply dont have match ready bodies, and all this paranoia surrounding bowling too much and wrapping them in cotton wool is actually having an adverse effect.

[Wedge2408]

I wonder how much time they spend actually bowling in the nets....getting real match conditioning. Maybe they are getting so many injuries because they simply dont have match ready bodies, and all this paranoia surrounding bowling too match and wrapping them in cotton wool is actually having an adverse effect.

Yeah, with the amount of injuries happening you would have to question their training methods. I mean he got injured after bowling six overs! Clearly they aren't being conditioned properly.

[Jenko]

Dear Australian Cricket selectors,

Could you please start picking our strongest possible team, forget about resting players, they are professionals and get paid good money to play. I didn't see Australia resting players back in the glory days so I don't see why it should be done now.

If you could please get this sorted ASAP before we become even more of a mockery to International Cricket that would be much appreciated,

Regards,

Jenko.

PS - I'm all for playing youngsters with the view of blooding them for the future, but can we please select them with the view of playing them over a decent period of time so as to get some continuity between the team as a whole. The Baggy Green and ODI Caps are a sacred thing and at the moment I reckon half of Australia think they are a chance of getting one if they enter a raffle down at the local pub.

Cheers and Thanks.

[Alvaro]

 Don't dismay too much. Remember how many players England used in the 1989 Ashes. Esso were giving away Test caps with tiger tokens...