Second Test - Australia v Sri Lanka, Canberra

[Bornadog]

February 1st 2019

Team is unchanged:

Australia XI:

Marcus Harris, Joe Burns, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Travis Head, Kurtis Patterson, Tim Paine (c & wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Jhye Richardson, Nathan Lyon

[GVGjr]

Re: Second Test - Australia v Sri Lanka, Canberra

Hard to change a winning team. Thanks for starting the thread BAD

[Bornadog]

Re: Second Test - Australia v Sri Lanka, Canberra

Australia win the toss and batting. Harris out cheaply for 11

[Bornadog]

Re: Second Test - Australia v Sri Lanka, Canberra

Ussie out for a duck

This is pathetic - 2/15

[Bornadog]

Re: Second Test - Australia v Sri Lanka, Canberra

3/28

Labuschagne out for 6

[Topdog]

Re: Second Test - Australia v Sri Lanka, Canberra

3/30, thats the Australia Im used to

Need Head to play a nice slow innings here and make a 50. Burns the same.

[Axe Man]

Re: Second Test - Australia v Sri Lanka, Canberra

Khawaja has to go. With Smith and Warner back there will be enough senior heads in the team.

Not sure when the penny is going to drop for Harris to put away those square of the wicket shots, particularly early in his innings. Matthew Hayden was just saying that he shouldn't be playing a cut shot until he's well over 100 (I know this wasn't a cut but same principle).

[hujsh]

Re: Second Test - Australia v Sri Lanka, Canberra

Burns and Head have steadied things up a bit to get us to 103-3

[Topdog]

Re: Second Test - Australia v Sri Lanka, Canberra

Excellent end to the session.

[lemmon]

Re: Second Test - Australia v Sri Lanka, Canberra

If Burns tons up here, I imagine if we go:
Warner
Harris
Burns

Come the first Ashes test.

[GVGjr]

Re: Second Test - Australia v Sri Lanka, Canberra

Burns and Head have steadied things up a bit to get us to 103-3

Excellent performance by both of them. Both of them need to turn this great start into triple figures scores.

[hujsh]

Re: Second Test - Australia v Sri Lanka, Canberra

Burns' 87 is the highest score of the summer and a truly embarrassing example of where Australian cricket is at

[lemmon]

Re: Second Test - Australia v Sri Lanka, Canberra

Welcome to the Ashes, Burnsy!

[GVGjr]

Re: Second Test - Australia v Sri Lanka, Canberra

Welcome to the Ashes, Burnsy!

Can we give him a better nickname? What about 3rd degree?

[Axe Man]

Re: Second Test - Australia v Sri Lanka, Canberra

It only took a flat wicket at home against an average test nation with it's first 4 choice quicks injured and their world class spinner having just retired and a dropped catch for someone to post a ton. Bravo.