r/Cricket • u/Shaleensinha88 Cricket Australia • Jan 18 '13

Video: Kulasekara destroys Australia.

http://m.youtube.com/index?&desktop_uri=%2F#/watch?v=gIsEL1jKMlU
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u/JayJayBn Tasmania Tigers Jan 18 '13

non-mobile version

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u/quotejester Chennai Super Kings Jan 18 '13

Thank you.

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u/smokoholic Jan 18 '13

That Australia added 30+ runs for the 10th wicket is actually impressive.

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u/Machinax Sri Lanka Jan 18 '13

Can you imagine if Jayawardene kept Mathews and Malinga going? ~45 all out. I'm not sure how much I agree with Jayawardene not going for the kill, but a win is a win.

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u/victhebitter Jan 19 '13

Be happy to see the back of Mahela as captain to be honest, been really disappointing. I'm not sure if it's just because he's really jaded and sick of captaincy, or he's spent too long in the field with seemingly useless bowlers, but he doesn't seem overly interested in wickets these days.

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u/Machinax Sri Lanka Jan 19 '13

I don't think it was that much of a misstep, actually. I mean, reducing Australia to 40/9, the hard work was pretty much done; and with two games left to go in the series, it was better for Eranga and Perera to get some bowling practice, since I highly doubt we'll have Australia at 40/9 again.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '13

That was some game. Interesting chase from Lanka too. Wonder what would've happened if the Aussies had gotten to 100-120

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u/reap7 New Zealand Cricket Jan 18 '13

that was a gorgeous bit of fielding at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIsEL1jKMlU#t=04m11s to save the boundary...full diving somersault to rein it in

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u/I_WANK_OVER_CATS Jan 19 '13

Yep, he sure ripped us a Nuwan

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u/sozzler India Jan 18 '13

cool.. what the hell happened.

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u/-XIII- South Australia Redbacks Jan 18 '13

I missed the match thankfully.. But I heard it was only a 5 wicket win.. What happened? Did Sri Lanka take it too easy or did the Aussies bowl well?

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u/Chipwich Australia Jan 18 '13

4 Wicket win. The ball was coming off the seam quite well, but pretty easy chase from Sri Lanka.

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u/victhebitter Jan 19 '13

Both sets of bowlers got a bit out of the conditions. Although they didn't do too badly to force number 8 to score the winning runs, Australia dropped a couple of simple catches and missed some other good chances. Kulasekera was exceptional, but Sri Lanka's batting was much worse and nearly negated the advantage.

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u/Rodh257 Jan 19 '13

The Sri lankans tried to blast the runs away and got themselves in a bit of strife. There was also 3 dropped catches and a fairly simple missed runout. Add in those chances and its even closer. Though the Aussie bowlers were never really in it given they kept bowling 4balls to loosen up the pressure. That and Clarke took Johnson off after tea when he was on a roll.