ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[JSRAW]

What a proud moment for SL team and fans.

After 30 years they finally won a ODI bilateral against Australia at home. I'm surprised to see that how many spinners they had in the playing XI, tonight i counted like 4 and all of them were spinning the web around Aussie. At one time it was looking cakewalk for OZ but Waner's wicket changed the tide,

Even last over was bit tricky but skipper Shanaka did it, not convincely tho.

[Mahdirakib]

Australia is going to lose the fourth match as usual. It is very embarrassing for Australia to lose a series against such an inexperienced team. Australia needs 27 runs from 14 balls to win. But Australia lost 8 wickets. Had an experienced batsman at the crease, Australia might have won. Pat Cummins is still at the crease, scoring 27 off 37 balls. The performance of Sri Lankan bowlers is excellent. Sri Lanka may win today too.

Sri Lankans inexperienced players are playing better than the well experienced Australian players. Now I think Australia was lucky to win the first match. They were going to loss that match too. Australia was in the front seat in today's match, but their batting lineup collapsed after the fall of 5th wicket. Finch, Marsh and Maxwell should have showed some responsibility. It won't be surprising if Australia loss the last ODI match as well.

[kro55]

Australia is going to lose the fourth match as usual. It is very embarrassing for Australia to lose a series against such an inexperienced team. Australia needs 27 runs from 14 balls to win. But Australia lost 8 wickets. Had an experienced batsman at the crease, Australia might have won. Pat Cummins is still at the crease, scoring 27 off 37 balls. The performance of Sri Lankan bowlers is excellent. Sri Lanka may win today too.

Sri Lankans inexperienced players are playing better than the well experienced Australian players. Now I think Australia was lucky to win the first match. They were going to loss that match too. Australia was in the front seat in today's match, but their batting lineup collapsed after the fall of 5th wicket. Finch, Marsh and Maxwell should have showed some responsibility. It won't be surprising if Australia loss the last ODI match as well.

Australia has lost three matches in a row. It was a completely unexpected outcome for us. I would not say that the Australian bowlers have played badly. The Australian bowlers performed well in almost every match. Australia has lost only because of poor batting. The performance of experienced players like Finch, Maxwell and Marsh in today's match was very poor.

[savetheFORUM]

What a proud moment for SL team and fans.

After 30 years they finally won a ODI bilateral against Australia at home. I'm surprised to see that how many spinners they had in the playing XI, tonight i counted like 4 and all of them were spinning the web around Aussie. At one time it was looking cakewalk for OZ but Waner's wicket changed the tide,

Even last over was bit tricky but skipper Shanaka did it, not convincely tho.

There is no doubt it's one of the greatest moment for Sri Lankan cricket history at very crucial time, but they have done amazing job with just 258 on board and team like Australia as opponent never thought they can do this while Warner was on crease my feeling was they will level this series but as he departs Sri Lankan were in complete control even Cummins also done good job, but this was not enough for them to have win in this match again in last over new blood Matthew Kuhnemann done good job in first five balls and change matches momentum, but good thing happen with Dasun Shanaka and other Sri Lankan players keep their faith and win this match and historic series which is big booster for them and their good future in cricket.

[ilovealtcoins]

What a proud moment for SL team and fans.

After 30 years they finally won a ODI bilateral against Australia at home. I'm surprised to see that how many spinners they had in the playing XI, tonight i counted like 4 and all of them were spinning the web around Aussie. At one time it was looking cakewalk for OZ but Waner's wicket changed the tide,

Even last over was bit tricky but skipper Shanaka did it, not convincely tho.

It was a really close match and Sri Lanka managed to win the match. I never thought they will be able to pull off such a good result against a team like Australia. Both the teams played really well in the last match. I have to say it was a little sad to see David Warner not being able to get his century. It was a great performance from Sri Lanka and I have to save it was really unexpected outcome.

[jostorres]

Australia has lost three matches in a row. It was a completely unexpected outcome for us. I would not say that the Australian bowlers have played badly. The Australian bowlers performed well in almost every match. Australia has lost only because of poor batting. The performance of experienced players like Finch, Maxwell and Marsh in today's match was very poor.

There is no doubt it's big setback for Australia but here we have to appreciate Sri Lankan management as well because after losing T-20 series and first ODI they change things very drastically and bring some quality spinners which bring this big change and never allow Australian batsmen for playing freely which helps them for winning these three matches in a row.

Now, we have one last ODI and after this both teams are going to play two test matches series which is surely completely in favor of Australia but here we are going to watch some very entertaining cricket from both teams specially after having this ODI series which is changing Sri Lankan cricket in positive mod after very long time which have the worst results for home team.

[romero121]

What a proud moment for SL team and fans.

After 30 years they finally won a ODI bilateral against Australia at home. I'm surprised to see that how many spinners they had in the playing XI, tonight i counted like 4 and all of them were spinning the web around Aussie. At one time it was looking cakewalk for OZ but Waner's wicket changed the tide,

Even last over was bit tricky but skipper Shanaka did it, not convincely tho.

There is no doubt it's one of the greatest moment for Sri Lankan cricket history at very crucial time, but they have done amazing job with just 258 on board and team like Australia as opponent never thought they can do this while Warner was on crease my feeling was they will level this series but as he departs Sri Lankan were in complete control even Cummins also done good job, but this was not enough for them to have win in this match again in last over new blood Matthew Kuhnemann done good job in first five balls and change matches momentum, but good thing happen with Dasun Shanaka and other Sri Lankan players keep their faith and win this match and historic series which is big booster for them and their good future in cricket.

That's really big performance from Srilanka. Each and every player have contributed in winning the series after losing the first ODI. Setting a target of 258 runs and winning against a team like Australia is really appreciable. Australia lost an early wicket, but David Warner did the best till the seventh wicket, and none took the left position leading towards a win. Srilanka made history with the win, and lets wait for the test series. Surprises can happen.

[Naficopa]

That's really big performance from Srilanka. Each and every player have contributed in winning the series after losing the first ODI. Setting a target of 258 runs and winning against a team like Australia is really appreciable. Australia lost an early wicket, but David Warner did the best till the seventh wicket, and none took the left position leading towards a win. Srilanka made history with the win, and lets wait for the test series. Surprises can happen.

It is really hard to beat Aussie. Srilankan team played really well during the series.
In south Asian countries - the cricket fan are too emotional about their team.. I believer this has brought a fresh change in moods of the people in Srilanka as well.

[pakhitheboss]

If those silly run outs didn't happened then I am sure Srilanka would have scored more than 258 runs. Again the complete match was dominated by the Srilankan spinners. I pity David Warner got stumped brilliantly for just 99 runs. Srilankan won the series against Australia and hope Australia wins the last match in this series.

[Sithara007]

Australia is going to lose the fourth match as usual. It is very embarrassing for Australia to lose a series against such an inexperienced team. Australia needs 27 runs from 14 balls to win. But Australia lost 8 wickets. Had an experienced batsman at the crease, Australia might have won. Pat Cummins is still at the crease, scoring 27 off 37 balls. The performance of Sri Lankan bowlers is excellent. Sri Lanka may win today too.

Australia has lost their mojo. They are no longer the world champions who would destroy lower ranking teams even while paying in the sub-continent. There is no consistency in the performance of their players. Aaron Finch and Mitchell Marsh are too volatile, while Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith are proving again and again that they are not suitable for limited overs cricket. And in the bowling department, apart from Josh Hazlewood to a certain degree, none of the other bowlers are in good form. This is very different from the past, when Australian pace bowling used to be the best in the world.

[Juggy777]

What a proud moment for SL team and fans.

After 30 years they finally won a ODI bilateral against Australia at home. I'm surprised to see that how many spinners they had in the playing XI, tonight i counted like 4 and all of them were spinning the web around Aussie. At one time it was looking cakewalk for OZ but Waner's wicket changed the tide,

Even last over was bit tricky but skipper Shanaka did it, not convincely tho.

There is no doubt it's one of the greatest moment for Sri Lankan cricket history at very crucial time, but they have done amazing job with just 258 on board and team like Australia as opponent never thought they can do this while Warner was on crease my feeling was they will level this series but as he departs Sri Lankan were in complete control even Cummins also done good job, but this was not enough for them to have win in this match again in last over new blood Matthew Kuhnemann done good job in first five balls and change matches momentum, but good thing happen with Dasun Shanaka and other Sri Lankan players keep their faith and win this match and historic series which is big booster for them and their good future in cricket.

That's really big performance from Srilanka. Each and every player have contributed in winning the series after losing the first ODI. Setting a target of 258 runs and winning against a team like Australia is really appreciable. Australia lost an early wicket, but David Warner did the best till the seventh wicket, and none took the left position leading towards a win. Srilanka made history with the win, and lets wait for the test series. Surprises can happen.

I believed that Australia would easily crush Srilanka in this series, but the way Srilanka played throughout the series till now is commendable because it’s not easy to defeat Australia. Furthermore now I’m hoping that Srilanka can build on this series victory and start rising to the top again, because they used to be a competitive team in the past.

[vennali]

It was in the hands of the Aussies with 184/4 and 5 runs per over required, while chasing 258. Australia are having a really tough time against the Sri Lankan spinners and the Lankans have identified that quite well, fielding 4 quality spinners into the squad. Still, I'd have never bet against the Aussies to chase that total down. A little reckless from the Aussies but overall, good bowling by the Sri Lankans.

[kro55]

It was in the hands of the Aussies with 184/4 and 5 runs per over required, while chasing 258. Australia are having a really tough time against the Sri Lankan spinners and the Lankans have identified that quite well, fielding 4 quality spinners into the squad. Still, I'd have never bet against the Aussies to chase that total down. A little reckless from the Aussies but overall, good bowling by the Sri Lankans.

The performance of the Australian batsmen was very poor. No other player has played better except Warner. Australia lost the fifth wicket for 189 runs in 35.5 overs. They needed only 69 runs to win in 14.1 overs. No batsman has played a big inning. Australia could have won this match if Maxwell had been able to play better. Sadly Australia has lost this series.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Netherland VS England

Today's third and final match between the Netherlands and England will be held. England set a new record by scoring 498 runs in the first match. However, in the second match, the performance of the Netherlands improved a lot. They were able to provide a target of 236 runs. Hopefully the Netherlands' performance in the last match will be better. Despite playing well with their batsmen, they are unable to put up any resistance against England due to a poor bowling lineup.

[onecall123]

It was in the hands of the Aussies with 184/4 and 5 runs per over required, while chasing 258. Australia are having a really tough time against the Sri Lankan spinners and the Lankans have identified that quite well, fielding 4 quality spinners into the squad. Still, I'd have never bet against the Aussies to chase that total down. A little reckless from the Aussies but overall, good bowling by the Sri Lankans.

The performance of the Australian batsmen was very poor. No other player has played better except Warner. Australia lost the fifth wicket for 189 runs in 35.5 overs. They needed only 69 runs to win in 14.1 overs. No batsman has played a big inning. Australia could have won this match if Maxwell had been able to play better. Sadly Australia has lost this series.

Warner scored a brilliant innings against a great spin attack, as none of the other batsmen were able to match it. I think Warner would probably take Australia's hopes of winning if he could survive. He neither scored a ton nor did his teammate perform. Seeing Sri Lanka play like this makes me very happy. Sri Lanka's spinner Charith Asalanka led Sri Lanka to a 20-year away win over Australia. I hope Sri Lanka continues to play such great cricket in the future.

[ibuddy122505]

Netherland VS England

Today's third and final match between the Netherlands and England will be held. England set a new record by scoring 498 runs in the first match. However, in the second match, the performance of the Netherlands improved a lot. They were able to provide a target of 236 runs. Hopefully the Netherlands' performance in the last match will be better. Despite playing well with their batsmen, they are unable to put up any resistance against England due to a poor bowling lineup.

Yes, Netherland improved their batting and set a target of 244 in the last match which little better than previous match. Netherland all out at 244 as batting collapse happened, I can't imagine they went 203/3 to 244 all out. No wonder England will chase the total easily in a dominant way, so Netherland will be white-washed this ODI series.

[redsun114]

Warner scored a brilliant innings against a great spin attack, as none of the other batsmen were able to match it. I think Warner would probably take Australia's hopes of winning if he could survive. He neither scored a ton nor did his teammate perform. Seeing Sri Lanka play like this makes me very happy. Sri Lanka's spinner Charith Asalanka led Sri Lanka to a 20-year away win over Australia. I hope Sri Lanka continues to play such great cricket in the future.

A very good series win for Sri Lanka at a very crucial time peoples having too many difficulties, but this can give them something to talk other than this dirty politics which is killing beauty of this world for just sack of few people's personal ego.

After watching Sri Lankan inning I was sure Australia will chase this target easily, but amazing spin attack from Sri Lanka completely ruin their hopes and bring down them on earth after winning T-20 series and first ODI now they are at 3 loses streaks and want to change their fortune before start of 2 test matches series which is also going to be some interesting even Australia is hot favorite for this because they are much superior in this format, and they can handle things in much better way instead of this ODI format.

[savetheFORUM]

Netherland improved their batting and set a target of 244 in the last match which little better than previous match. Netherland all out at 244 as batting collapse happened, I can't imagine they went 203/3 to 244 all out. No wonder England will chase the total easily in a dominant way, so Netherland will be white-washed this ODI series.

It's a good change from England and this give them amazing result in shape of 3 - 0 even it's against minor Netherlands but good start for them after having too many problems on and off the field. In this series their batting lineup completely destroy Netherlands bowling attack and never allow them for having any positive response, all top order batsmen done very good batting with few hundreds which are going to help them in near future.

Now Morgan is some concern for them as he completely fails to give any positive stand in two matches and out on figure of 0 and they are going to another minor country for more practice matches which is going to help them before having big challenge in future against quality teams.

[posi]

Netherland improved their batting and set a target of 244 in the last match which little better than previous match. Netherland all out at 244 as batting collapse happened, I can't imagine they went 203/3 to 244 all out. No wonder England will chase the total easily in a dominant way, so Netherland will be white-washed this ODI series.

It's a good change from England and this give them amazing result in shape of 3 - 0 even it's against minor Netherlands but good start for them after having too many problems on and off the field. In this series their batting lineup completely destroy Netherlands bowling attack and never allow them for having any positive response, all top order batsmen done very good batting with few hundreds which are going to help them in near future.

Now Morgan is some concern for them as he completely fails to give any positive stand in two matches and out on figure of 0 and they are going to another minor country for more practice matches which is going to help them before having big challenge in future against quality teams.

Netherlands did improve their batting but honestly, it is absolutely nothing in front of England. England reached the target of 245 in just 30 overs. All knew that this was not going to be a fair competition, to be honest. But it was good to see that Netherlands at least tried to give a competition to England. I have to say as an associate country they did really well. They could not win a single match but their performance was quite good.

[Sithara007]

Netherlands did improve their batting but honestly, it is absolutely nothing in front of England. England reached the target of 245 in just 30 overs. All knew that this was not going to be a fair competition, to be honest. But it was good to see that Netherlands at least tried to give a competition to England. I have to say as an associate country they did really well. They could not win a single match but their performance was quite good.

Netherlands is a big zero, if they play without their premium bowlers such as Timm vd Gugten and Paul van Meekeren. For the last match, Paul van Meekeren was included in the playing XI and he made an immediate impact by getting out Phil Salt and Dawid Malan. Unfortunately he didn't got any support from the other bowlers (Logan van Beek and the spinners). That said, Gloucestershire is not very happy that van Meekern chose to represent the Netherlands when the county championship is going on. I have a feeling that if players such as van der Gugten and van der Merwe (Roloef) were available, then the Dutch could have been much more competitive.