Australia v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Melbourne, Nov 3, 2010

'95-'05 Aus Cricket Team - 'We can win from any position'.
Current Aus Cricket Team - 'We can lose from any position'

It's fair to say that Clarke's not making every post a winner atm.

As for the crowd, it's part of a recent trend for ODI cricket, but in fairness, it's a middle of a working week and the weather's hardly propitious. Even the AFL might struggle if it staged matches in the middle of the day in the middle of the week and sandwiched between Melbourne Cup day and the Oaks.

philcric wrote:'95-'05 Aus Cricket Team - 'We can win from any position'.
Current Aus Cricket Team - 'We can lose from any position'

Aye phil, pretty much sums it up.

skully wrote:Congrats on 1000, Ross.

It's taken a while, the last 100 posts have truly been Pupesque.

The CA site lists the crowd as being just under 20,000, meaning an ODI just took place in Australia's sporting capital with well under 10,000 Australian fans in attendance...

Dead, I tells ya.

Ross wrote:

skully wrote:Congrats on 1000, Ross.

It's taken a while, the last 100 posts have truly been Pupesque.

The CA site lists the crowd as being just under 20,000, meaning an ODI just took place in Australia's sporting capital with well under 10,000 Australian fans in attendance...

Dead, I tells ya.

As I said though, think of the timing. If you staged Kangas and Freo at 2 this arvo and a paltry crowd turned up would you say that AFL was dead?

According to today's paper, CA was expecting around 15,000.

jeez what a performance from SL

...and from memory AUS have won only 1 out of the last 7 or 8 international games.

Red wrote:As I said though, think of the timing. If you staged Kangas and Freo at 2 this arvo and a paltry crowd turned up would you say that AFL was dead?

This analogy doesn't make sense because North is a total non-factor in the AFL. If anything they cost the AFL more money than they generate. CA, on the other hand, relies almost entirely on the fortunes of the Australian team to generate enough revenue for pumping into the state teams and grass roots cricket. If North folded the AFL would still be fine, possibly even better off. If Mudge successfully got the Aussie team barred from international cricket on racist grounds for not picking Khawaja then CA would be in big trouble.

PlanetPakistan wrote:jeez what a performance from SL

...and from memory AUS have won only 1 out of the last 7 or 8 international games.

Line on cricinfo said that they haven't won a game since July.

Could the fall be even greater than the Windies? Surely they weren't this bad this quick...

skully wrote:So Aus 0-2 so far this summer. Erk!!

spangler wrote:Line on cricinfo said that they haven't won a game since July.

This is not good. You're getting the losses in far too early you qunts! Don't use them all up.

Amazing ODI by the sounds of it.

Nath wrote:bring back the Vics to polish off the tail (or leak some runs to make it a contest)

Sorry Nath, this was too good to pass up.

But, very good game, that's two in as many days.

out of the last 12 'live' games australia has played, they have lost 11 (the 1 win vs the paksters in T1)

I sense an Aussie cunning plan to fool us that we've only to turn up at the Gabba to win the first test.

No, we are just stinkin' the joint up, Bas.

JGK wrote:I can't think of a more clueless performance by any Australian team EVER. And don't worry, I have recalled many highly clueless recent performances in forming that conclusion.

It takes some doing for a captain to make Ponting look unclueless.

Even Ritchie bagged him ffs


and is Hastings the new Mick Lewis?

This is the Commonwealth Bank series.

Perhaps the low crowd was a protest at the Commonwealth for raising their rates again despite just recording a 7 billion dollar profit? A lot of CB customers have apparently quit the bank in protest.

As a rule, Australians dont change their banks, regardless of how often the bank bends them over and had their way with them.

A bit like their captains and selectors.

skully wrote:No, we are just stinkin' the joint up, Bas.

What bright spark thought an ODI series against S/L was a prep for the Ashes?

There are so many potential candidates Bas, I wouldn't know where to start.

G.Wood wrote:

JGK wrote:I can't think of a more clueless performance by any Australian team EVER. And don't worry, I have recalled many highly clueless recent performances in forming that conclusion.

It takes some doing for a captain to make Ponting look unclueless.

Even Ritchie bagged him ffs


and is Hastings the new Mick Lewis?

dunno about battle but current midge is sadly like the old midge

Hastings is just a little bit out of his depth, I think.

The one obvious positive for Aus was Doherty, who looked the part. Reminds me a little of Vettori, actually.

not that good I am afraid

Well I think he's now become the fourth spinner in the last two weeks to be 'pencilled in' for the first ashes test, following Hauritz, Smith, and O'keefe.

Doherty may well have the gig now- Hauritz is much beleaguered, they're starting to realise Smith is nowhere near ready, and for whatever reason they're not giving O'Keefe a chance to show what he can do.

Henry wrote:Well I think he's now become the fourth spinner in the last two weeks to be 'pencilled in' for the first ashes test, following Hauritz, Smith, and O'keefe.

Doherty may well have the gig now- Hauritz is much beleaguered, they're starting to realise Smith is nowhere near ready, and for whatever reason they're not giving O'Keefe a chance to show what he can do.

Okeefe is playing the wozzies in the futures league ...didnt take a wicket in the first innings and hasnt got any of the first 5 to fall in the second ...

G.Wood wrote:
and is Hastings the new Mick Lewis?

harsh, plus he's an ex-Dubber

Smith is screwed? Really, was he that bad in India (didn't see any of the series)?

Looked very raw but promising.