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Congrats to the Sri Lankans on their series win, they thoroughly deserved the clean sweep.
I can handle being beaten in any sport, my favourite saying is "you can't win em' all", but what hurt me was the comment by Rex Clementine, a Sri Lankan based cricket writer for "The Islander" newspaper -

.............."“The current Australian team and their set up is looking like the England of 1990s. They are overcautious, whining, boring, arrogant and traditional."................

Aussies ?looking like England of 1990s?

Wow, that hurt, but it could have been worse, he could have compared us to the Welsh.

Who else thinks the Bacon Sarnies have discovered spread betting?

England have produced some astonishing batting feats in one-day cricket over the last 18 months, but they surpassed even themselves at Trent Bridge as they plundered the highest total in ODI history to wrap up the series against Pakistan in overwhelming style.

On his home ground, Alex Hales surged to England's highest ODI innings, finally knocking Robin Smith's unbeaten 167 against Australia in 1993 off the top spot, while Jos Buttler hit England's fastest fifty off 22 balls as they tallied a monstrous 444 for 3 to overtake Sri Lanka's 443 for 9 against Netherlands in 2006.

Needing to score six off the final over to set a new high total seemed a formality, but Buttler and Eoin Morgan struggled to lay a bat on Hasan Ali until Buttler connected with a smite through the covers off the last ball to give put England top of the pile.

Pakistan, unsurprisingly, did not get close, bowled out for 275 although Mohammad Amir joined in the batting fun with his own 22-ball fifty, the highest score by a No. 11 in ODIs. Yet while it was another one-sided encounter in this series England's batting had been a sight to behold. Their landmarks, personal and collective, have been regular since the start of last summer.

Having passed Smith's record in the 37th over, Hales was well on track for England's first ODI double - and even a dip at Rohit Sharma's record 264 - but he was lbw next ball for 171 off 122 deliveries to end a second-wicket stand of 248 with Joe Root. That, though, was far from the end of the mayhem.

Buttler, who holds the record for England's fastest hundred, off 46 balls in Dubai last year, went to his fifty with four sixes in five balls off Shoaib Malik - for a period, his own record was in danger - while Morgan chipped in with a mere 24-ball effort as 240 runs came off the last 20 overs.

Pakistan were atrocious. Misfields abounded, chances went down - Hales was dropped on 114, Morgan on 14 - and Wahab Riaz twice took wickets off no-balls, when Hales was caught at deep square-leg on 72 and then Buttler was bowled by another from Wahab late on. Wahab finished with none for 110, the second-most expensive ODI figures behind Mick Lewis from the famous Johannesburg ODI in 2006.

Hales came into the match under some pressure after a difficult few weeks which included his outburst at the umpires during the Oval Test, as well as two low scores at the start of this series. In the build-up to this game he also spoke to the Nottingham Post about the difficulty of coming to a decision over whether to tour Bangladesh, amid the fear of giving up his Test place.

This innings does not mean questions about his longer-form game have been answered, but it does remove any slight doubt as to whether it would have a detrimental impact on his white-ball success. The bowling was often friendly, the fielding even more so, but it was a magnificent display: he reached 51 off 55 balls and his hundred from 83; the last 120 runs coming from 67 deliveries.

Hales' innings will have a little footnote to it when, on 72, he was given a life after pulling Wahab to deep square leg only for the TV umpire to call a no-ball under the current trial system. Then, on 114, Azhar Ali could not cling on to a drive at cover off Yasir Shah.

He was particularly severe on Wahab - just to compound his error - taking 44 off the 26 balls the left-armer bowled at him and he also plundered 19 off Azhar when the captain gave himself an exploratory over

Earlier this summer, against Sri Lanka at The Oval, Jason Roy fell within sight of Smith's record but, after Pakistan had reviewed an optimistic lbw shout, Hales clubbed his 22nd four over midwicket. A ball later and it was over, a yorker from Hasan which would have taken leg stump.

Root fell moments later, having purred to 85 off 86 balls, when he edged Mohammad Nawaz after joining Geoff Boycott, Graham Gooch, Alec Stewart, Jonathan Trott and Hales with five consecutive fifties. Root arrived in the sixth over, when Roy was early on a pull, lobbing a catch to the keeper, and barely broke sweat while Hales broke Pakistan's spirits.

As in Dubai, when he came in during the 36th over, Buttler was shunted up the order when Root departed at the end of the 38th. And, as in Dubai, he gave himself a few sighters - 1 off 7 balls - before cutting loose when he put Nawaz into the stands off consecutive deliveries.

That was just a taste of the treatment Malik would receive when Buttler deposited him for four sixes of varying distance in five deliveries. Such has been the frequency of Buttler's astonishing one-day displays that they should not really surprise, but it is impossible not to marvel at the 360-degree ability of his batsmanship.

Plundering the offspin of Malik is one thing; the power he can generate when flat-batting near-yorkers for four is something else. His 22-ball fifty eclipsed Paul Collingwood's 24-ball effort against New Zealand at Napier in 2008.

Morgan, having regained his touch in the first two matches, helped himself as well, having been given a hand when Yasir continued Pakistan's woeful fielding display by dropping a sitter a backward point: five of Morgan's next seven deliveries went either over or into the boundary.

Where Morgan and Buttler left off, Sharjeel Khan continued at the start of Pakistan's chase as he sped to a 26-ball fifty. Latching on to anything short, he pulled with some style - taking four boundaries in a row off Mark Wood - before picking out deep square-leg to give Chris Woakes the third of his opening spell.

Ben Stokes, who had not been able to enjoy himself with the bat, was given his first bowl of the series after overcoming the calf injury he sustained in the Test series. A leading edge from Babar Azam gave him a wicket. Liam Plunkett again pushed up the speedgun, finding Malik's outside edge, and it was just a case of how long the lower order could prolong things into the evening.

Amir provided some final entertainment for those who stayed to the end, bringing up his fifty with three consecutive sixes off Adil Rashid. He and Yasir added 76 in seven overs for the last wicket as it briefly became a little messy from England until Amir top edged a return catch to give Woakes his fourth.

England have never been through a season unbeaten in limited-overs cricket since the game changed to white balls in this country and have only one previous whitewash in a series of at least five matches. Both of those are now very much on the cards.

Andrew McGlashan is a deputy editor at ESPNcricinfo

Good watching here if you like 6s:

England v Pakistan: Hosts break ODI record as Alex Hales hits 171 in series victory - BBC Sport

500 would have been surpassed if KP was playing.

Originally Posted by 12Call

500 would have been surpassed if KP was playing.

Would have quacking. He's past it.

Sri Lanka v Australia: Fourth ODI in Dambulla

HEY tried to trick us but we fooled them.
That was the message from Australia’s captain David Warner after his side claimed an emphatic six-wicket win with 19 overs to spare in Wednesday night’s fourth one-day international.
Australia’s series victory, with three wins in the first four games, prompted much hugging and high-fiving from Australia’s squad. The tourists have the look of winners again after being thrashed three-nil last month in the Test series against Sri Lanka.


Sri Lanka v Australia: Aussies win fourth ODI in Dambulla thanks to Aaron Finch

THE IMPORTANT STUFF

Originally Posted by bobo746

...thrashed three-nil last month in the Test series against Sri Lanka

Ftfy

^ Old news mate,we are moving on from that debacle.

Bacon Sarnies need 303 to win.

Gettable, but depends on their mood, i.e. if they have any pride left to play for.

Jinxed the fuckers, when I came in they were 80-odd for 1 and as soon as I started watching, they've lost the two players that looked like they could build a decent score.

Will their fragile confidence collapse again?

I think Dawson has failed his audition for the Christmas tour so far.

Aussie just won the 5 one day series in Sri Lanka 4- 1.

The test side is in shambles.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Aussie just won the 5 one day series in Sri Lanka 4- 1.

The test side is in shambles.

They lose a series and they are in shambles ? I doubt it, they will come back and hopefully before Nov 2017 when the next Ashes series starts, that's the one I am concerned about.
Well remember the comments on here when the Aussies won the series 5-0 at home, the wailing from the Poms was both pathetic and hilarious.

CRICKET’S great entertainer Glenn Maxwell guided Australia to a world record and almost claimed another for himself in Tuesday night’s 85-run win over Sri Lanka.

Sent in to bat, Australia scored 3-263 which beat the previous mark for a Twenty20 International of 6-260 set by Sri Lanka against Kenya in 2007.
Maxwell’s unbeaten 145 off 65 deliveries fell 11 runs shy of equalling fellow Australian Aaron Finch’s world record of 156.
It was also the first century by a batsman in his maiden innings as an opener in a T20 International.
The only setback for Maxwell was he couldn’t regain the strike for the last four balls of the innings and was stranded on 145.
Nicknamed “The Big Show”, Maxwell’s 49-ball hundred was only the third century by an Australian in a T20 International.
The Victorian right-hander hit 14 fours and nine sixes, cashing in on a woeful bowling display by the home side at Pallekele Stadium near Kandy.
Finch, who was not playing in Tuesday’s game because of a broken finger, wore a cheeky grin on the sidelines when Travis Head hit two fours and six from the third, fourth and fifth balls of the 20th over.
Head was out from the last ball for 45 after sharing a spectacular 109-run stand with Maxwell off 40 deliveries.
Overlooked for the July-August Test series in Sri Lanka and dropped from the one-day squad, Maxwell had a point to prove in the 20-over format.
The former Australian T20 International player of the year was caught at deep-midwicket on 76 but the fieldsman’s foot touched the boundary as Maxwell racked up his fifth six of the innings.




Australia v Sri Lanka 2016 live: Scores, stream of first Twenty20 at Pallekele

Quite the finish to this test match.

Banglas 238/8, they need another 48 to win, England need two wickets.

Stumps with Bangladesh 33 runs from victory with two wickets standing.

Ben Stokes man of the match as England skittled them out to win by 22 runs.

The second and final test begins on Friday.

One hopes the Dhaka wicket isn't such a dust bowl.

^Jesus, they just scraped through.Against Bangladesh......


Thrashed them!

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

^Jesus, they just scraped through.Against Bangladesh......


Thrashed them!

In fairness the wicket was appalling and the umpiring even worse.

England cracking along nicely, theirs to throw away.

Ben Duckett gets his maiden half century.

England with 100 on the board for no loss, 173 more to win.

and throwing it away they are doing nicely....

Originally Posted by Bobcock

and throwing it away they are doing nicely....

Aren't they just!

Bloody hell that was so faint it could have been him farting.

Well played Bangladesh.

Totally befuddled the England batsmen, who went from 100/0 at lunch to 164/10.

You wankers.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Well played Bangladesh.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

You wankers.

Totally English respnse.