There is a lovely loud smack when the ball hits bat ATM.

Aus 5-274.

With it being only a three day game there is discussion about an Aus declaration.

Yes I can understand that as he has been concussed by the short ball repeatedly in both his junior and senior career.

18 overs remaining.. dusk.. chance for our quicks to swing it. You would be tempted to declare.

Might be waiting for Doran's century

If Doran gets his ton will CA be feeling smug. Reckon someone far more deserving of this chance in Jimmy Peirson may be feeling a little sick. I wanted Josh Philippe.

Doran now 100 not out!

Declaration 5-316.

This knock may just kick start Doran's career after he promised so much as a teen but could not deliver when it mattered.  Too much expectation perhaps?

Good call DC.

 I asked earlier. Why is this game not First Class status? 

Tremain unlucky not to get an LB in first over.

Patterson unlucky this isnt a FC class game but he once again showed why its a complete mystery that he hasnt been picked. Pucovski or Marnus will probably still play but it really should be Patterson's spot

Why isnt Fox or Seven telecasting this game. Live stream is so unreliable.

Tremain asking questions. He is in my Ashes squad.

Yet to see any pronounced swing. Do any of our three quicks actually know how to swing a ball being specialist seamers? May have made more sense to pick a couple of  swingmen for a pinkie match.

Without doubt. He has looked more assured than most our Test batsmen this summer.

0/38 at stumps. Good day for Patterson and Doran. Our actual First Test batsmen failed miserably. Renshaw was unlucky copping a beauty tho.

The fact Sri Lanka want to use about 14 players in the game for a hit out.

It has been a real blast to see an internatinal team at Bellerive. Also, I 've thoroughly  enjoyed not having the pressure of a home team, Tassie or Australia losing.

I'm back on a desk  top after limited use of an iPhone at the game, posting whilst talking with a number of mates!

I still get confused with Tremain and Boland. 

We can't work out if all Aussie pace bowlers   were beating the bat because they were bowling  well, or, the pitch and ball was doing a bit under lights?

Being partially behind Tremain and Boland in the members I can gauge the speed they were bowling. From my end, with Neser's very fast sprint at the end ot his run up, it was difficult  to gauge his speed. Has anyone seen a speed gun on the streams of the game?

I think his actio could dtaje too much out of him to bowl long spells.

Again apart from Neser, the other Aussie bowlers look like a pop gun attack compared to Tassie express bowler, Riley Meredith, who I think should be in this CA 11 team. Where is Jhye Richardson too?

An issue that was discussed amongst TCA members was that this CA 11 team was selected for players with minimal involvement in the BBL and Aussie ODI teams.

If this is the case it infuriates me. The World Cup,  ODIs and BBL are secondary to the Aussie Test team IMO. 

This issue seems to be polarising TCA members. Those of us who despise BBL and think it is destroying the very fabric of FC and Test cricket, and, those who embrace BBL.

The traditionalists are the majority. We call BBL Mickey Mouse cricket, featuring too many  fake cricketers who aren't good enough, or don't have the stamina for FC cricket.

Renshaw is not the batter he was two season ago. He played and missed a number of balls before he got out too.

It is amazing that Test squad members , Renshaw, Burns and Labu, were all out for  under 10, yet Kurtis Patterson, played a superb 170 odd not out. Patterson looked in total  control in the time I saw him play.

He  isn't in the Test squad is he?

I was having a BBQ and a few drinks at my place with some other TCA  members for the lunch break,  so we missed a bit of play a in the second session.

In the time I saw him, I thought Pucovski looked a class act. He played some wonderful shots, including a magnificent  on drive.

When we returned to the cricket  he had been dismissed. One former first grade cricketer said he was so bad against the short balls, he feared for his safety when Sri Lanka tried him out with a few  bouncers.

Apparently Pucoski has already had concussion issues. At the moment though, along with Patterson today, he looks our best Test batsman, including any of the current top 6 in the Test squad. His Achilles heel is the short ball ATM though.

I missed Sanga's innings when he made 3.

I've seen a few former Test cricketers rave about one of Sanga and Pucoski, or both of them.

 

I thought they were getting movement  off the pitch as they beat the bat a bit.

 I wasn't right behind the bowlers though. The former  Shield cricketers can tell what sort of ball  the bowler has bowled, from almost side on , by looking  at the shot the batter plays!

I saw lateral movement, specially from Tremain.. no discernible swing. Reckon CA has egg on face not picking Patterson for the First test. Dont you think it would have made more sense to play this match first and then select the Test side. 

Perfect assessment PC. Pucovski did look a class act. Sadly he does have a history of concussions in both junior and senior cricket.. So clearly the short ball is not his friend.

As he is one of our most promising batsmen he has to do something about this problem. If I was in his shoes I would be leaving or ducking any short balls. Bowlers would soon get the message and stop targeting his head. He looks to have sufficient in his batting armory to abandon the hook shot. It did no harm to Steve Waugh. 

I would be persevering with Renshaw.  Getting dropped after such an auspicious start to his Test career has obviously knocked him for six. He looked nervous before he had a chance to blossom, but unlike his mates he was dismissed by a well placed seamer.  Sangha, like Puck threw away his big chance with a mistimed hook. Burns also fell to a rash shot. What is this saying? To me it is saying our next in line cricketers should be playing red ball not bloody T20 in the Test season. CA just does not see that.

Baggers

Definitely agree they should have played this game before selecting the Test side!

Also, adopting the Steve Waugh approach to short balls was mooted for Pucoski in the members yesterday.

its amazing what a single centurion can do to a scorecard (let alone 2)

Well done patterson and Doran showing great concentration

I've met Doran recently.

He seems like a nice young bloke.

He hung in there, then as Patterson dominated with a high strike rate, he gained confidence.

I hope the selectors are feeling embarrassed. Surely they have no choice but to admit they made a massive error and add Patterson to the test squad and then resign.

Agree.