Sri Lanka made a very bold move, dropping a man who took 1/102 to promote a man who has best bowling record in Australia for years.
Malinga may not have taken any wickets, but he bowled sh1t hot. He got Jacques edging one hand one bounce to the keeper. And he regulary beat the bat. At least he looked aggressive, and he was a hell of a lot harder to face than Vaas and his current brand of pies.
Maharoof bowled pretty well. He beat the bat a bunch of times, but he bowls far too short. He has what Big daddy would refer too as the Kasprowicz length.
Fernando bowled everywhere, he gave Jacques lots of nice balls to smash. Then he took a wicket. Which along with the fact that Natalie Portman hasn’t slept with me, just proves that there is no God.
Hayden batted like the wicket was a minefield. He had all the balance of a drunkard. Malinga had him plum, but Aleem Dar was looking over his visa forms and missed it. Eventually he was out to a half tracker from Fernando. 2 starts to Hayden, neither capitalised on.
I noticed something interesting about how the Lankans bowled to Jacques. They bowled an a$$ full of Yorkers to him. He played them with all the skill of Stuart MacGill in the dark. Trevor Bayliss was his old coach, Jacques Achilles heal perhaps?
Early on Jacques looked a bit everywhere, a few lucky edges, playing and missing and the like. Then Fernando decided to give him a helping hand. By bowling short outside off and mixing it up with some handy half volleys. What a nice guy. Now Jacques looks in brutal form.
Ponting looks a little nervous. You can tell he wants to make a big score.
Wicket looks flat already.
If Sri Lanka can pretend Fernando is injured, they have a nice bowling line up.
Murali bowled like 2 overs, so the match technically hasn’t started yet.
