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by **Arthur Crabtree** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 3:09 am

50 for Angelo. And out. Might stay up and see what they do about the follow on.

by **rich1uk** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 3:10 am

SL imploding here

by **Arthur Crabtree** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 3:21 am

Lovely catch from KW.

Wagner gets little credit, and not much patience from commentators towards his spells, but he's picking up wickets again. Good bowler.

by **Arthur Crabtree** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 3:25 am

6 of last 10 at the MCG have been won by the side bowling first. But of the sides to win batting first, 340 has been the low end of a match winning score. So Aus posting an intimidating total.

by **Arthur Crabtree** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 3:42 am

Played Kiwis. Going to bowl again.

by **Aidan11** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 11:36 am

No fight from SL. Only Matthews put up any kind of fight.

by **Aidan11** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 11:36 am

Better second time around though.

by **mikesiva** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 11:37 am

This is shocking by Sri Lanka....
:no

by **Aidan11** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 11:38 am

To think we struggled against them.

by **andy** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 12:36 pm

good comeback 2nd time round...this is the first time in a game i thought Mathews has done something wrong as captain, and that was the way he handled the debutant spinner Kaushal in that first innings..

by **Making_Splinters** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 11:55 pm

Sanga now has the most international runs ever scored by a player in a year. Impressive feat.

by **Arthur Crabtree** » Sun Dec 28, 2014 12:04 am

Adding runs from different formats together never happened, ever until SRT neared 100 tons. Now it happens a lot. Apart from it being evidence that Sanga had a good year, I don't think it is a meaningful stat. Same with KP cross formats runs for England.

Batting looking a bit easier now, but too late for Sanga in this match.

by **Making_Splinters** » Sun Dec 28, 2014 12:23 am

Arthur Crabtree wrote:Adding runs from different formats together never happened, ever until SRT neared 100 tons. Now it happens a lot. Apart from it being evidence that Sanga had a good year, I don't think it is a meaningful stat. Same with KP cross formats runs for England.

Batting looking a bit easier now, but too late for Sanga in this match.

With the proliferation of ODI and T20 cricket, to be a modern great I don't think it is enough any more to simply be an expert in Test cricket. Scoring runs in all three formats is far more dificult than doing so in one.

by **ianp1970** » Sun Dec 28, 2014 12:26 am

Making_Splinters wrote:Sanga now has the most international runs ever scored by a player in a year. Impressive feat.

He's had quite a few games to get them in though:

Pakistan (Tests)
Bangladesh (All)
Asia Cup (ODIs)
World T20
Ireland (ODIs)
England (All)
South Africa (Tests and ODIs)
Pakistan (Tests and ODIs)
Asian Games (T20s)
India (ODIs)
England (ODIs)
New Zealand (Tests)

by **Arthur Crabtree** » Sun Dec 28, 2014 1:49 am

Some reverse for Boult. A little for Wagner earlier.

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