Australia tour of Sri Lanka, July 26-Sept 9

[Aidan11]

Bad start for SL.

[dan08]

4 Pereras!

[Aidan11]

4 Pereras!

Must be some kind of record.

[Aidan11]

31/3. Even worse now.

[Arthur Crabtree]

This should be on freeview. The Quest channel.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Surprising amount of conversation between Wee Davey and the umpires.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Russel Arnold delivers an impassioned speech against bullying, sledging, general aggro.

Danny Morrison is commentating! I thought I detected a Kiwi rather than Aussie accent.

Still Wee Davey harangues the umpire about a decision made ten minutes ago.

Still the coverage shows pictures advertising Sri Lankan tourism, and our thoughts turn to Tony Grieg.

[Aidan11]

Good recovery from SL.

No Pereras have batted yet.

[Aidan11]

SL collapsing again and Mathews retired hurt.

Hope he is fit to go back out. They might need him quickly.

[Aidan11]

212 all out.

Gotta be Australia's.

[yuppie]

So Finch has gone absolutely ballistic here at the start. 43 of 14 balls

After Hastings takes 6-45

[yuppie]

Finch just got his 50 in 18 balls. Equal fastest by an Aussie.

[yuppie]

And the carnage ends the next ball.

55 from 19 balls.

[Arthur Crabtree]

It'll be interesting to see how SL and Australia respond to a new era where 444 is now possible in a fifty over contest. Can they catch up with a new reality for the limited overs game?

444 is hardly the new reality. What was the score between SA and Aus more years ago than I like to think when "aussie shane warnie" crashed and burned on the BBC forum?

Just a statistical outlier that may be bettered next week or next decade depending on the progression of the bell curve.

Just teasing! England are catching up with everyone else, including Australia and SL.

We can tell that Finch has played in the finishing school of the English fifty over game.

;)

[Aidan11]

Australia well on course for victory.