However the contrasts have diminished in recent years, not helped by the installation of drop-in pitches at the MCG, the Adelaide Oval and, soon, Perth’s new stadium. He would later be dismissed reverse sweeping a ball pitched on leg stump. In Galle and prior to that in Pallekele, they easily chickened out. “You had Perth which was grassy and bouncy and went through and swung, and Brisbane seamed and Adelaide reversed and spun and Sydney spun from day one”.
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“You are living in a different world and so it’s a bit harder”.
“We’re committed to taking the game to as many parts of the country as possible and we continue to work with regional areas around Australia on how we can make this happen”, Sutherland said in a statement on Monday.
“I think the Galle wicket was a competitive wicket”, said Warner. We had guys that were prepared to change the way they played from Australia to the sub-continent.
“Decision-making is going to be the biggest thing for anyone that plays here”. This was most dramatically shown by Adam Voges, who repeatedly tried the reverse sweep to break up the line of the spinners, before falling to the same shot. “We try and win session by session”, Warner said. So, that’s learning the game, isn’t it, and trying to adapt.
While the Australians have the No.1 ranking, an Ashes defeat a year ago, and their ongoing battles on the sub-continent, have meant there has been debate about their placing. Lehmann had said over the weekend that would not be the case.
Sri Lanka had been languishing at seventh in the rankings before the current series, with the prospect of having to play nations such as Ireland and Afghanistan if plans for a two Test divisions are pushed through.
“I don’t agree with the two-tier system”, Jayasuriya said.
“We’ve been impressed with him”. That’s always the toughest thing.
Three Sri Lankan batsmen were also dismissed in the 11-wicket morning session but the host recovered to post 237 all out, setting Australia a daunting 413-run victory target to stay alive in the three-Test series.
Australia’s batsmen have poked, prodded and perished to the three spinners in heavy defeats in Kandy and Galle and they’ll face another stiff examination at Sinhalese Sports Club starting on Saturday.
“It’s now up to us to say no excuses, full stop, and go out there and get better and put in a good performance come the third Test”, added Lyon, who is the only Australian offspinner to have taken 200 Test wickets.
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European Central Bank regulations mean that Yorkshire are now only able to sign a replacement overseas player for their final six Specsavers County Championship matches, leaving them without one for the knockout stages of the Blast and the Royal London Cup.
