Congratulations to Phillip Hughes. 100 on debut for the ODI team @ the M.C.G.

Still can't get over the fact that he's just the 8th player ever to get a 100 on his ODI debut.

Well done. =d> =d> =d>

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand he's gone for 112.

Pretty unlucky. Getting out from an under-edge is always a bit tough. Especially when it's a slower-ball from a paceman.

Unlucky way to go, but it was a pretty poor shot selection.

Call it what you want, but he had reached his 100 - it was hit and giggle for him from there on in. The previous 3 shots proved that. Still a good take from the keeper who only just got his gloved under the ball.

As I type, George Baileys holds out on 89.

The Aussies are good anyway. I can't see Sri Lanka scoring above 240.

Don't really know what makes you say that.

You kidding Afro? All it takes is one of Tharanga, Dilshan, Jayawardene or Mathews to really fire.

Exactly. It's a good batting strip. Anything less than 300, 320 and Sri Lanka are going to right in it. 300 looks about the most we'll get now.

It'll take three of them firing to get above 240. We'll see.

Hardly, it just takes one of them to get a hundred and the rest of them to get 30 odd to get up around the 240 mark. To be perfectly honest Afro, I don't want to sound harsh but I haven't been able to take much you say about cricket seriously since you said Tasmania never have and never will have a good cricket team when at the time we were Shield Champions and probably the best side the country.

Great knock from Hussy to finish of the innings 60 off just 34 balls to finish the innings at 5/305

Australia finish the innings at 5/305.

Sri Lanka 306 to win. Good score. ~300 is about par on this wicket. Should be an interesting run chase should Dilshan, Jayawardene or Mathews hit their straps.

Phil Hughes' List A scores since mid-2011 138, 96, 58*, 111, 104, 12*, 4, 57*, 64*, 68, 69, 9, 37, 95*, 114, 4, 73, 112. At an average of 94.23.

When was the last one-day game you saw everyone get above 30? That wasn't against Bangladesh.

Their performances against New Zealand were pretty average.

The only scores over 300 at the MCG have all been set by Australia (6 times since 1982).

Yeah...about that, they're all already out buddy.

How does that make him wrong?

This :lol:

They can't really "fire" if they're out, can they? #-o

That doesn't make him wrong, he never said that they would just that all it would've taken for Sri Lanka to win or have a very good chance of winning was for one of them to fire. Just because they didn't doesn't mean he was wrong.

Reading isn't really your strong point is it...

Great take from Haddin.

Since you're apparently so much better than me at reading, maybe you could read back to me where I said "gooner, you're wrong"?

:lol: Backtrack harder.

All out for 198 :-"

Sri Lanka all out for 198. Australia win by 107 and lead the series 1-0.

Was always going to be difficult chasing down 300.

Had an eye on the India vs England ODI. England scored 325, India nearly fucking got there, 9 runs short. Great game for the neutral.