ODI Series - 3rd Final: Australia v Sri Lanka, Adelaide

Commonwealth Bank Series
Australia - India - Sri Lanka

3rd Final: March 8, Adelaide Oval
Start time: 1350 CST, 0950 IST, 0320 GMT

CBS Table - Final Standings: 04/03/12


Australia:
1 Matthew Wade†, 2 David Warner, 3 Shane Watson*, 4 Michael Hussey, 5 David Hussey, 6 Peter Forrest
7 Daniel Christian, 8 Brett Lee, 9 Clint McKay, 10 Xavier Doherty, 11 Nathan Lyon.

Sri Lanka:
1 Mahela Jayawardene*, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3 Kumar Sangakkara†, 4 Dinesh Chandimal, 5 Lahiru Thirimanne, 6 Upul Tharanga,
7 Chamara Kapugedera, 8 Farveez Maharoof, 9 Nuwan Kulasekara, 10 Lasith Malinga, 11 Rangana Herath.

Was thinking we could post all of our comments for the CB Series here since there will be 12 round matches in this triangular tournament.

I'll update the heading for each match.

Brett Lee ruled out with a broken toe and will miss the series. He'll be out for 4-6 weeks.

Some interesting stats & analysis on the triangular series since it's inception in 1979-80.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/commonwealth-bank-series-2012/content/story/551766.html

(1979-1989)
WI winning ratio 6.77
Aus wining ratio 2.35

However, since 1990 the winning ratios for both of these teams have headed south.

india win the toss and decide to bowl

some early fun from warner to keep us entertained hopefully

india drop sehwag

Hi rich... congrats on the rugby.

Yes, they say they're resting him... maybe trying to experiment in these early matches with possibly 4 spinners Rohit Sharma/Ashwin/Rahul/Jadeja along with some medium pace from both the Kumars?

scotland frustrate me so much at rugby recently , we seem to play well , have alot of possession but dont have the killer instinct to turn it into points and then one mistake and we lose

but onto the cricket :P

there were rumours of a rift between dhoni and sehwag as well , its not like sehwag has spent that much time in the middle during this tour that he needs a rest

The hot nor-wester breeze will make bowling difficult this afternoon.
Once night falls it will probably drop off a bit and be more pleasant for the Aussies in the field.

Aargh... sorry mate. Thought you were English. Ooops.

I tipped Scotland by 4 so I sort of share your frustration. At least 2 tries went begging - so close but England got that freak charge down try then defended adequately for most of the game.

rich1uk wrote:scotland frustrate me so much at rugby recently , we seem to play well , have alot of possession but dont have the killer instinct to turn it into points and then one mistake and we lose

but onto the cricket :P

there were rumours of a rift between dhoni and sehwag as well , its not like sehwag has spent that much time in the middle during this tour that he needs a rest

I can imagine there would be some sort of clash with those two.

Warner gone for 6! Inside edge back onto the stumps off the bowling of Vinay Kumar.

ponting gone too

poor start for australia

Ricky now hits another VK delivery straight to Raina at short cover.

Australia 19/2

Linebreaker wrote:Aargh... sorry mate. Thought you were English. Ooops.

I tipped Scotland by 4 so I sort of share your frustration. At least 2 tries went begging - so close but England got that freak charge down try then defended adequately for most of the game.

easy mistake to make , i played cricket as a kid at the school i went to and at that time if you were a cricket fan in the UK you followed england regardless of the national conflicts that caused with other sports

i've never really viewed the england cricket team as a national side tho as it is wider than that, its just called england

The curator has had a bit of fun with that map of Australia... that must be a first!

Are you up in the Borders region rich?

i do live in england now , originally from a town called dunfermline in the kingdom of fife , but lived in edinburgh for most of my adult life

I see. Would love to go visit Scotland one day.

Players have gone off the ground now. Thunderstorms are in the area and a bit of rain... and it's gone pretty dark now for 3:15 pm.

Where was all the rain when India was struggling big in the test series? What a frustrating thing.
Hopes the match now gets rained off, as a ODI turned T20 is a farce.

msp83 wrote:Where was all the rain when India was struggling big in the test series? What a frustrating thing.
Hopes the match now gets rained off, as a ODI turned T20 is a farce.

Mostly up north, msp

They're talking about of possible start in about half an hour but it will be reduced to 32 overs a side... which is just short of a farce.

Finally back on.
32 overs per side.

Hows it going there breaker?

Fine thanks mate. Nice big 6 from Wade just then. Are you having a peep at this or watching the Test? (I'm hopping back & forth a bit)

Good luck later today v Wales.

117/3 after 22 overs, Wade 63*, Hussey M 34*

Watching England get done in the test unfortunately

Wade out for 67. Bowled Rahul Sharma

Now it's the Hussey brothers putting on a show with the bat.

Currently 135/4 after 24 overs

India much prefer the shorter formats in cricket dont they

It would seem so. Maybe tests at home too.

154/4 after 26 now. Power play of 3 overs... 6 overs left.

Going well the is it breaker?

MEK Hussey out for 45, c Kohli at deep square leg off Vinay.

170/5 with Dan Christian at the crease now.

Bugger....

216/5 in the end.

David Hussey 61* It will be adjusted... don't ask me how.

So it was a slow start, then a few hours rain interruption, then some fireworks from Wade and the Hussey bros. after the resumption of play.

216 in 32 overs? Thats not bad breaker

217 to win for India - so no adjustment?
They should treat it like T20... with 12 extra overs.

Tendulkar gone for 2... caught Ponting off Starc in the gully.

Gambhir edges another Starc delivery to Wade. Gone for 5
India 13/2

Good start for the Aussies

Flattery will get you nowhere... the trebell jinx does not work in some instances (you schizoid Paddy!)

Is it safe to check the other score?

Another catch to Ponting off the bowling of McKay. Kohli out for 31
64/3

Now Rohit Sharma edges to Wade. McKay again. 2/5 in his first over.
67/4 after 12 overs.

Dan Christian cramps Raina and he provides David Hussey with a simple catch at short mid-wicket.

India 77/5

Linebreaker wrote:Flattery will get you nowhere... the trebell jinx does not work in some instances (you schizoid Paddy!)

Is it safe to check the other score?

Another catch to Ponting off the bowling of McKay. Kohli out for 31
64/3

Now you have done it

That has a certain ring to it... don't you think?

Run rate creeping up to 8.5 for India now.

Damn it all to hell, it does breaker....

A couple more wickets have fallen... 123/7 now.

94 runs off 50 balls required for India

Make that 123/8 - Sharma has just been clean bowled by Doherty.

128/9 as Dhoni departs.

India all out 151.

Australia wins the 1st match by 65 runs (D/L method)

Congrats breaker

Thanks Billy.

Might watch a few overs of England batting then I need to have a kip before the Ireland-Wales match in about 5 hours.
22:45 here now... and I'm so tired from last night!

well done australia

Apologies for not setting this match up earlier...

SL made a fair score of 233/8 off their 50 overs with Dinesh Chandimal top scoring with 64 runs off 81 balls. Dilshan made 48 and Angelo Mathews chipped in with a valuable 33 runs towards the end of the SL innings.

Ashwin (3/32) and Khan (2/42) were the pick of the bowlers for India.

Sachin Tendulkar is looking good on 44* (53) and Kohli 24* (35) with Sehwag falling for 10 in the 3rd over. c. Kulasekara b. Malinga

India are currently 81/1 after 16 overs... and it's drinks.

Tendulkar tries to run it on but chops it back onto his stumps. b Mathews for 48.
India 89/2

Poor shot from Sachin.

Kohli has been one of the few positive things abotu this tour. Definatly showing signs of being a top Bat.

Just need Sharma to come through at Test level now..and the rebuilding work is in full throttle