Australia vs Sri Lanka | T20 WC | Group F | Durban | 20/9/07

[12thMan]

Australia has won the toss and will bowl first.

Shane Watson in for Ponting. Hodge likely to bat at #3

SL no change in side

[161]

i'm rooting for lanka here .. i don't want to face australia again in the final !!

[161]

australia reluctant to play hogg .. big mistake IMO to go with 5 pacers.

[12thMan]

I think so too. Aus don't have a specialist or good spinner and Hogg is a good ODI bowler. They probably picked Watson for his hitting

[12thMan]

Lee strikes first over. Jayasuriya LBW
SAl 1-1 after 0.3 overs

someone please change the title and replace Durban with Cape Town. thanks

[12thMan]

Jayasuriya unlucky there. Ball was going over the stumps.

[12thMan]

Thranga ct by Lee off Bracken
SL 9-2 after 2 overs

[darkmoon459]

Sl 9/2

[12thMan]

Jayawerdena out ct Clark at mid on off Lee
SL 11-3 after 2.4 overs

[Asim2Good]

11/3
Mahela gone too , 2nd wicket for Lee

[darkmoon459]

wardna gone 3/11 now

[12thMan]

Sangakara dropped by Hodge at wide midoff
yeh kiya ho raha hey

[12thMan]

SL 21-3 after 5 overs

[12thMan]

C Silva out ct at 3rd man by Lee off Stuart Clark
SL 21-4 after 5.3 overs

[darkmoon459]

21/4 .......... SL is in trouble

[12thMan]

Dishan out ct behind on the leg side off Clark
SL 30-5 after 7.3

[Punter]

WICKET !

Clark catches Kumar at backward point

[faisalm]

Its 7 down now. 43-7. Looks like a quick finish.

[darkmoon459]

39/5 Sl ,i guess AUS won this game and are into the semi's.

[Punter]

Maharoof Gone

Clarke catches him at point

7/43

[12thMan]

2 wickets in the over. Sangakara and Maharoof out
SL 43-7 after 10 overs
I might as well go to sleep now

[Punter]

Great figures from Clark 4/14 from 3 overs.

[Islamabadi]

disaster....43/7..schoking...

[darkmoon459]

Ouch

[12thMan]

Clark has 12 wickets in tournament now

[from_da_lost_dim3nsion]

WOW!australlia killing sri

[Punter]

7/59 in 11.3 overs.

[Punter]

Clark has used up all his overs with figures of 4/20.

[Boundary View]

Pakistan ridiculous celebrations after the Aussie match followed by the equally stupid intervention by the President and the awward of $10k to each player will go down as one of the most unprofessional and premature acts in sport. The winner of this 20-20 tournament (I refuse to add the words 'World Cup' to this sloggathon) will PROBABLY be Aussies or Saffer. Anything can happen in this lottery version of the game. Which makes the celebrations and awards even more crazy. The Aussies will come very close to winning this thing. The game today was won by Aussies by a knockout. In three rounds (overs).

[Usman Chadda]

Damn. Australia's net run-rate is going to be so much more than Pakistan's now. Trust Sri Lanka to self-destruct in such an important match

[tauseefm]

mubarak gone.. SL is in deep hole now.

[tauseefm]

Pakistan ridiculous celebrations after the Aussie match followed by the equally stupid intervention by the President and the awward of $10k to each player will go down as one of the most unprofessional and premature acts in sport. The winner of this 20-20 tournament (I refuse to add the words 'World Cup' to this sloggathon) will PROBABLY be Aussies or Saffer. Anything can happen in this lottery version of the game. Which makes the celebrations and awards even more crazy. The Aussies will come very close to winning this thing. The game today was won by Aussies by a knockout. In three rounds (overs).

i think it was good step by giving some reward and now players will work even more harder to get the bigger reward. if you get $10k by beating AUS, imagine what would they get if they win the tournament.. again its my personal view

[MIG]

Have Bangla beaten us already? What is this talk of net run rates etc

[12thMan]

SL 86-8 after 17 overs

[12thMan]

chakkkkaaaa and Watson limping again :)

[12thMan]

Vaas out off Symonds who came in to complete Watson's over
SL 99-9 after 18.5 overs

[Usman Chadda]

Have Bangla beaten us already? What is this talk of net run rates etc

As in we had a chance of totally eclipsing Australia in the group. Doesnt look like it now

[Punter]

all out for 101

[iZeeshan]

Wow, murdered. THis could very well happen to us in the finale.

[faisalm]

No it won't, the Sri Lankans played stupid shots and caused their own downfall. We have a middle order that i hope won't follow that route but the openers almost certainly will.

[Boundary View]

I think it would have been far cooler to finish the match against Aussies, smile, pat each other on the back and focus on the next match. By running around like they had lifted the World Cup (the proper world cup not this thing), and getting rewarded suggested :

- we beat Australia - thats something we didnt expect - rather then 'We haven't won anything - this is another game. And so what if we beat Australia? We're a top cricketing nation. We EXPECT to beat them when we play at our best'

[Punter]

Looks like that Watson has injured his hamstring again

[Punter]

9 runs for no loss in the first over

[muhammad saad]

What Austrailians are made of????????????????????????
I m certainly sure they gonna win the worldcup once again.

[Milroastnescafe]

Australia haven't really played well, it's just Sri Lanka were absolutely dreadful with the bat. 20/20 inspires some of the worst cricket I have ever seen. Nothing to enjoy about this game.

[Punter]

0/29 of 4 overs

[Punter]

0/54

from 6 overs require another 48

[Punter]

29 runs left to get with 13 overs left so Australia have this game wrapped up

[12thMan]

Aus 102-0 after 10.2 overs - win by 10 wickets

[MIB]

Srilanka are Back to Home.

[jackal786]

Australia is going to win another world cup. What is new !

[Milroastnescafe]

South Africa are undefeated, and at home. Surely they should be favourites.

[jackal786]

Yea.. they will be until they run into ozzies where they will have a completely one-sided game. By the way India beat South Africa in South Africa in the first 20/20 of India last year. I don't think Saffers are unbeatable. All they need is little "hayden" treatment.

[Milroastnescafe]

Ha. But both sides are one-dimensional, with no specialist spinners. South Africa have a clear advantage in that they're undefeated, at home and bat alot deeper than Aus. I expect SAF to win comfortably myself.

[jackal786]

MIlo, Australia does have one. They have not played him so far. Brad Hogg. OZ will definitely play him for sure.

[OZGOD]

Pakistan ridiculous celebrations after the Aussie match followed by the equally stupid intervention by the President and the awward of $10k to each player will go down as one of the most unprofessional and premature acts in sport. The winner of this 20-20 tournament (I refuse to add the words 'World Cup' to this sloggathon) will PROBABLY be Aussies or Saffer. Anything can happen in this lottery version of the game. Which makes the celebrations and awards even more crazy. The Aussies will come very close to winning this thing. The game today was won by Aussies by a knockout. In three rounds (overs).

Damn right. You just need to play well for 3 hours as opposed to a whole day, or five (in the case of Tests).

[OZGOD]

Yea.. they will be until they run into ozzies where they will have a completely one-sided game. By the way India beat South Africa in South Africa in the first 20/20 of India last year. I don't think Saffers are unbeatable. All they need is little "hayden" treatment.

SA are definitely the favourites. They thrashed us in the warmup game.