Tag: Pat Cummins

Head in a Spin as Aussies Smite Sri Lanka

I should make it clear upfront that I am taking legal action against the Australian Test Cricket team for finishing a game that I could have spent another 2 and half days watching. Not to mention my loss of income from coverage of the rest of the game. I mean you can only imagine how much money this site turns over in a day. Actually you can stop imagining that. Regardless, what a wild ride those two and a half days of cricket played were. Australia literally smoked Sri Lanka with their own pipe (taking me back to my university days). The big worry coming into this series was around how well the Australian’s could deal with spin on turning pitches. As it turns out the sandal was truly on the host’s foot.

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Sri Lankan Pitch Eats 1 1/2 Cricket Teams

You could almost hear the strains of Daryl Hall and John Oates’ ‘Maneater’ playing over last nights final ODI between Sri Lanka and Australia. Yes boys she’s a man-eater, and yes boys she will, and did chew you up (mental note for Hall and Oates – I’m not sure chewing is appropriate lyrical subject matter). The Sri Lankan pitch produced some ridiculous spin and also clearly helped the Aussie quicks who bundled the Sri Lankans out for 160, a figure which would have been far more diminutive if it wasn’t for the talents of Chamika Karunaratne who scored 75 at a run a ball. Oh did I mention the Australians won? Whatevs.

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Sri Lanka Equalize Series, Kuhnemann Impresses

I wish I was in the crowd at last nights game as the sense of joy after Sri Lanka pulled off a wonderful win was palpable, even through the idiot box. On a wicket that spun sharply, it was pace that put wickets on the score sheet at pivotal match moments.

Pat Cummins bowled beautifully and along with an excellent debut by Matthew Kuhnemann and some canny bowling from Glenn Maxwell Australia kept Sri Lanka to a modest total of 220. Once again rain affected play (good euphemism for a specific type of sexual disaster) but only took a few overs from the match. Kuhnemann not only gave by ball, but also by hand after taking two solid catches (the first one was a beauty).

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