Official Cricket Thread Part 302

[Vlad n U 2]

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[Vlad n U 2]

Australia get 6 overs to bat until stumps. Burns gone in the first over, then Lyon as the nightwatchman is out in the fourth.

EDIT: Khawaja bowled the very next ball. 3 for 10.

 

[Axver]

Hahahahaha hoo boy look at how fucked Australia are.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Pakistan now with a lead of 100 over England in the first innings.

 

[cobl04]

Pakistan conceded the advantage overnight. Eng 0/120, a lead of 17 stumps day three. Not a good position for Pakistan to be in.

Stoked with Sri Lanka's efforts.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Sri Lanka win by 229 runs! Absolutely wonderful result for them and world cricket. First ever Test series win against Australia.

 

[cobl04]

Amazing. Perera is 34 and that was only his 11th Test. Fastest Sri Lankan to 50 wickets.

 

[Axver]

Kane Williamson just became the first New Zealander to score a century against all other Test countries.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

And his average finally passed 50.

 

[cobl04]

He's an incredible player, it's just so sad the state of Zimbabwean cricket. It's hard to give the Kiwis too much credit.

 

[cobl04]

Of the world's premier batsmen - which I would call a group of five - Smith, Root, Williamson, Kohli, AB - I would absolutely pick Kohli first in ever form of the game. He is THAT good.

 

[Axver]

I'd be inclined to go AB myself.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Teen debutant takes down Kohli, Rohit | cricket.com.au

Imagine being 19 and taking down Kohli for your first Test wicket ... and you've played only a handful of FC games.

 

[cobl04]

Wowwww. Saha and Ashwin had put on 213 for the sixth wicket and they still managed to roll them for 353. And now they're 1/107 at stumps. Cool as.

 

[cobl04]

RIP Hanif Mohammed; try this scorecard on for size. 1st Test: West Indies v Pakistan at Bridgetown, Jan 17-23, 1958 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Also held the FC record for 35 years until BC Lara broke it. Semi Final: Karachi v Bahawalpur at Karachi, Jan 8-12, 1959 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Vlad n U 2]

There are reports(?) that he is still alive after losing his heartbeat for 6 minutes.

 

[cobl04]

Well that would explain why Harsha Bhogle's tweet is gone

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Now it is confirmed he has passed away. RIP. That brief recovery was indeed very brief.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

The 4th test turning out to be another corker.

 

[cobl04]

It's been a great series for the most part. Sadly the Windies couldn't capitalise on their good position against India.

Tune in on white line wireless now - were calling the Sri Lanka game

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Sri Lanka were 5/26 - now they are 5/213 and de Silva has his maiden hundred. Pretty brilliant recovery and this sort of total looks adequate enough for these pitches.

 

[cobl04]

Stunning recovery.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Old mate Younis Khan with another cracking double hundred. Pakistan leading by 148 now.

 

[cobl04]

Very, very awesome. He doesn't quite get his dues, which is odd, considering he has nearly 10,000 runs at nearly 54, only Kallis and Sangakkara are better in that club.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

I think he's the sort of player who'll be touted as a real cricketing legend 5 years after he retires. I mean, the stats speak for themselves.

 

[Axver]

Geez this is a bloody good writeup: Jarrod Kimber: Pakistan's tail wags in tribute to a master | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Now it's a century for Chandimal. Sri Lanka going at another good total on this pitch.

 

[cobl04]

An hour ago we 1/100. Half an hour before that 0/77. Now 6/125 Thoroughly deserved victory by Sri Lanka, and why the fuck we picked Moises Henriques in this Test will be studied for centuries.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Sri Lanka set 324 to win early on the last day. Australia all the way from 1 for 100 to 6 for 130 ... this test series absolutely loves abrupt batting collapses.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

All over, all out for 160. Only Australia's fifth series whitewash loss in their history. Old Mate Herath with 7/64 in the innings and 13 for the match.

Pretty remarkable series result all things considered.