Australia are not superheroes, it's possible for them to be beaten, but you need to get at them straight away, not let Hayden/Gilchrist get the blazing start and I see Sri Lanka doing it, with Jayasuriya and Sangakkara able to demolish bowling attacks. Muralitharan will probably rise to the occasion, but the key figure for me is Malinga, I mean, cast your mind back, to Sri Lanka and South Africa, South Africa were home and dry and Malinga nearly bowled out South Africa. 4 wickets in 4 balls? But I see Vaas getting smashed by Hayden and Gilchrist, because he's not fast enough, but then again he'll probably take 5 wickets and I'll eat my hat

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Agreed, but as I have mentioned many times before, they are clinical robots designed to perform the task of winning. I do not see them losing...

That statement spanks of more than simple jealousy. Just because Australia have talented players who perform well as a team, it is silly and petulant to label them as "clinical robots". What do you expect them to do - lose a bit more often to prove to you that they have "more heart"?

All the other teams have has chances of beating Oz on the field and some of them have occasionally succeeded. But Oz retain the overall top spot because the players work damn hard for it and deserve to be there.

I was simply stating the fact as I see it. Why should anyone want to prove anything to me and why should I be jealous? No one is playing cricket for me or for my benefit.

This is precisely my point! They have trained themselves so hard (with the help of resources at their disposal) that they have become "machine-like", nothing more, nothing less.

They are like the Terminator...

You could be right. If Sri Lanka do win on Saturday, the Aussies will probably say "We'll be back"!

They said that in 2005 after they lost the Ashes and we all know what happened.

First post have been a reader for some so time so hello to everyone but had to register after reading this, England have better batters than this one shot wonder, he struggles to play any text book cricket shot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSzWhEkN8rU

OK first thing a noticed McGrath still has sting left in him for example Pietersen. Secondly Loye did not have the mental strength to come back from a big blow and keep his head staight and go on with his innings. That shot that he went out with was a worse shot than McGrath would have done with bat in hand. I am not bagging Loye as a batsman he is very talented but I just don't think he has the mental abilities to play international cricket.

I think that Vaas will do better than Malinga because Vaas can swing the ball and accuratly, Malinga may be quick but if he bowls short to Hayden, Gilchrist, Ponting or Hussey he could go for a lot of runs due to there ability to play the cross bat shots. I think that Malinga will do well against Clarke, Symonds and Watson because they are not great hookers and pullers. Muralitharan is a freak he can do anything on his day.

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I doubt very much whether Malinga will be effective against the Aussie batsmen.