Sri Lanka vs Australia ODI match Perth 15 February, 2008 - A Fun Report

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- Tailenders watch Malinga’s funny action and the clicking sound of bails falling to ground
- Gilchrist scores a century without stuffing a tennis ball in his gloves
- Wicketkeeper’s day is celebrated in Perth
- Symonds makes an art gallery out of his bounced ball catch collection

Australia were once again lucky with the Toss and got to bat first. They began in the right earnest after losing Hayden initially. It seemed that Ponting has regained his glory, however, the joy didn’t last and from 66/1 and Ponting was foxed by Vaas. However, Clarke batted well and the Australians were sitting pretty at 171/2 in 36 overs, a rifle slow perhaps, but the situation was well setup for a huge slog. However after Muralitharan enticed Clarke to come out of the crease to have a huge go and thus broke the partnership, no one was willing to stand up with Gilchrist who waged a lone battle. Gilchrist score an awesome century with stuffing a tennis ball inside his glove! Once Gilchirst left, Hussey scored a few to take the score to 236 all out! So they lost last 8 wickets for just 65 runs!! Malinga should be banned from bowling to tail enders who just watch the funny action followed by the click of bails falling to the ground.

For once Sri Lanka saw, what seemed a gettable target and Sangkarra was keen on celebrating the wicketkeeper’s day. Sangkarra waged a lone battle like his counterpart but was not supported at all. And finally Symonds again proved that he’s least sportman by once again claiming a bounced catch to get Chamara Silva out. He can now make an art gallery out of his bounced ball catch collection!! Man the Aussie honour doesn’t even shrink at such disgusting ideas. Hey, Gilchrist, once you go, everyone’s gonna sue the Aussies in Court for cheating. It’s your honourable ways that stop us short.

Sri Lanka also lost their bonus point, and still remain 2 points short of India.

(the above are written in a funny mood and not intended to hurt your sentiment - i doubt if any actual players gets time to read - so please don’t (get) hurt yourself defending them)

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Sri Lanka vs India ODI match Canberra 12 February, 2008 - A Fun Report

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- Finally Duckworth Lewis gets the better of Rain Gods
- Indian batsmen played slow enough to last a 50 over match
- Sreesanth gets hammered and how
- Sri Lanka rides on Jayasuriya’s cameo

Rain Gods came again and were angry as ever (with Duckworth and Lewis of course). However, the umpires could just manage 29 runs a side for result.

India took field and started very cautiously for a couple of overs (one of them was even a maiden). However Sehwag threw caution to wind and went home as usual (Fire or Retire?). Sachin played a small cameo before he was satisfied and went. Gambhir, Dhoni all contributed 30s and Rohit Sharma made up for his earlier average performances. Indian batsmen played slow enough to last a 50 over match. Overall, a pretty average stuff of about 6-7 RPO (which is good for a full match but not much for a shortened match). Maybe they didn’t think Sri Lanka deserved to see more of them! Aah and Yuvraj, well he did get only 8 balls and since he needed to score fast you can overlook this dismissal, though his contribution at this stage could have mattered. Overall it was a strike rate of just about 100 for everyone. For the record - none of the Sri Lankan bowlers was impressive, nor were the Indian batsmen extraordinary.

Rain Gods checked that 25 overs were necessary and so left us in a position where only 21 overs could be bowled. However,it seems that there was a short cut and 21 overs were enough for this to be declared a match.

Dilshan who was supposed to be dropped in favour of Maharoof got retained and the “Fire or Retire” worked for him. He Fired! And so did Jayasuriya, and how!! Sreesanth went for 23 in an over, and the mayhem didn’t stop at that. He went for 48 in 3 overs,and overshadowed Ishant and Irfan who went for 26 and 30 respectively.

Jayasuriya lasted only 13 balls and he brought back Sri Lanka into contention in just those. All others got inspired and the target looked very small from there onwards. Though Harbhajan bowled quite steady, it was too late. And India paid the price of using part time bowlers this time (they had a lucky escape last time when Australia had almost recovered from the slump with even part time batsmen like Brett Lee). India had got 7 extras in 29overs but gave 19 in 19 overs,including 3 no balls resulting in 3 free hits.

Well now India may pay the price of not earning the bonus point. Let us wait and watch!

(the above are written in a funny mood and not intended to hurt your sentiment - i doubt if any actual players gets time to read - so please don’t (get) hurt yourself defending them)

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ODI Match Predictions for CB Series 2008 - Australia India Sri Lanka

Australia vs India prediction
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The team performance is entirely deduced on the following factors:

2007 Team performance at locations (Home for Australia and Away for India and Sri Lanka)
Based on the team’s performances during 2007 batting first and second
Possible Team totals based on the players (batsmen) playing and their scoring rates
Possible team totals for opposition based on the players (bowlers) playing and their economy rates as well as strike rates

Do note that on different individual days the scores can vary highly, but the average impact could remain near to this. This is not a recommendation for placing bets and betting. We recommend that the bets be placed using your own discretion and banking on your own luck

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