Very difficult for Australia

aussies playing properly now, its to late

Yes 54...tooooo much...Tho they only have to stay...its not a good prop..

clint mckay always gives 100 perecent

Cetainly wothh keeping an eye on any drift....

r

r

good odds those

footiefan - I missed most the game, came on to lay SL @ 1.18 earlier on while AUS were only 5 down.. stupid wickets theyve given away.. So I'm on AUS to win but its nothing major to be fair :) bet £50 to win £320 currently

okay mate

SHOT!

Malinga pretty expensive today

so many silly wickets given away when they where 5 down qualifying was never going to happen

Market might panic much before that

SO stupid throwing away the last two wickets when they could have still walked this match considering the RRR

i know

Clint wants to nick this game i feel...SRI ought to keep on the metal..

38 more

glad i greened @ 1.02 , maybe they can give sri lanka a scare here

I think Australia have got there numbers wrong - the numbers 10 and 11 should be the openers.

their

commentators ramping the SL price.

well they were 30/1 ... now 6/1 .. keep drifting pleeeease cmon u AUSSIES.. Layed more at 1.04 lol ;)

They ll believe in themselves once they get into 20s..still a long way

sri lanka have to be lay of the century, they cant win semi and final

Waiting for 1.25 ish to GREEN UP

All they need is 1 wicket

david lloyd farts

lol

they wont win with this bowling against the mighty india mug

no need to take malinga on for his last over , just see him off

Doherty wont survive..

sri lanka will need 400 min when they play india if they bat 1st

Australia will win this!!!

Really wish I layed more at 1.03.. could have greened up already!! DAMMIT

Tricky thing with tail enders is that now they would start batting like batsmen lol which is never good.Score a few runs it always helps

dilshan will leak runs...

tie would see sri lanka knocked out and new zealand through

that hit bat

sensible batting.. makes u wonder tho doesnt it

what mate

McKay 3 away from his highes odi total

is this a entertainment fix, sri lanka win still

Dohrety is only blocking

got thai insurance , just in case

what the odds now

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30 runs required and 1 wicket left guys,,it ll come

just awesome,,sheer class,,genius

get malinga back on to knock one of these bunnies over ffs

Almost..!!!

nicky i thought you green

why bowl ur part timer dilshan >?

yes , green , but want sri lanka through

footie

Spin i think is there best bet

they've put on 30 runs these 2

Have greened up.. 1.03 lay of the week no doubt looool.. still got a few hundred coming in if AUSSIES GET THROUGH !

only 31 to go boys - lets start the countdown...

easy easy singles

Feck had to cover THAI also....will do a little trade of green to pay gor cover.

29

20s now..now Aussies would start believing they can win

29 needed

when will they start to play aggressive shot

Yeah i meant in the twenties.

They wont play shots..they would now bat like batsmen and that can be their undoing actually.

aussies must be crapping themselves

Thai covered...taken a bit more green to Aus...but would prefer Sri..on outright..

28

tie would put sri lanka out and new zealand through , so sri lanka need to get this wicket before the cores are level

28 off 60 balls

2.8 rr

would be happy to see malinga back on and disturbing the furniture of one of these 2

Yes...dont see big shots either...but nervous fielding and a wide or two..

edge through slip

24 - hmmmm interesting now

aussies got 4 off that over

getting tight this

footie did u trade on low odds

tbh SL backers should have greened up earlier when the last wicket fell and SL went to 1.02 so all on board the OZZY train lol.. not often u get to back a team at 26/1 and they actually pull it off!

amazing stuff

I'm happy green on both. Missed 1.03 but took 1.08. Happy for these 2 two make it now.
The 50 over format is boring and dead....

these 2 have put on 40 runs

1.08 not too bad at all! yeah totally after the IPL these games are usually about as exciting as watching paint dry

get malinga on ffs

forget dilshan

need 22

and its done! well done SL

blimey , made hard work of it

I got some 1.44....wanted a little more...happy SRI go through...

Nice catch...

Great game

what a catch

what was mckay doing

tried to give him catch the ball before

never ever in doubt

The fact that they got so close is evidence to me that teams usually, either chasing or setting a target, place too much emphasis on keeping wickets in hand at the expense of the run rate. The Aussies did the opposite by an extreme extent because they had to and yet they were one dropped catch away from winning in the end. Losing wickets early on doesnt neccesarily mean you will get a low score. Although I never thought The Aussies would win the match because of the situation had they been only slightly more defensive they would have.

very true aston. i suspect the correct tactics for 50 over cricket is to go hard at it from the outset, and keep going until very deep in it - particularly with the batting friendly constraints and the fact that 8, 9, 10 and 11 nowadays are pretty darn good.
no team has the balls to do it though in a regular match

yep, thought occurred to me too Aston.  Just by going mad initially it puts your opponents on the defensive anyway.

My strategy would be go hard until you lose two wickets then go very carefully until 30 overs, step it up and go beserk in the last 10.

My strategy would be if you need 5 an over, score 5 an over or a little bit more from the start, if you need 6 score 6 etc. If setting a target aim to be 50 after 10 overs,then if you dont lose any wickets try and get 60 off the next 10. If you lose 3 or 4 then 40 off the next 10. When chasing it doesnt matter if you lose wickets though as you still have to get the runs and not make it too difficult for the batters lower down.