Aussies bowled out for 170

Despite a rearguard half-century by Brad Haddin, Sri Lanka are the clear favourites at the half-way point of the 2nd ODI at the Adelaide Oval. Haddin, who could in fact come out of the team for Wade next week, scored 50 off 67 balls including 4 fours and a six. Ben Cutting on debut supported him well with 27.

A controversial moment came when the Sri Lankan players appealed for a caught behind from Clint McKay off Perera. The umpire gave it not out, before Mahela Jayawardene immediately decided to refer it. Third umpire Richard Kettleborough took around 4-5 minutes to examine the footage and audio. There appeared to be no hot spot and no clear edge on the audio, while on Snicko (shown later on Channel 9 - not used for DRS), there was a slight deviation just after the ball passed the bat. This perhaps suggested it was the sound of McKay's foot on the pitch. I have no clue how this decision could have been overtuned as there needed to be substantial evidence to do so. It will be interesting to hear the reason for the reversal.

With only 171 runs needed for the win Sri Lanka are the favourites. Two debutant bowlers for Australia will also help the visitors' cause. Don't rule out Australia, but a quality ODI team like Sri Lanka should really coast to this win.