Missing McGrath and jolly Jayasuriya

The Daily Telegraph’s Tim Morrissey complains about Glenn McGrath’s resting from his home-ground and asks Cricket Australia to revisit its rotation policy. “The decision robbed Sydney fans of the chance to see a local New South Wales hero.”

Peter Roebuck praises Sanath Jayasuriya in the Sydney Morning Herald after his stunning century.

No pirate roaming around in the seven seas could have created more mayhem than did Sanath Jayasuriya at the SCG yesterday. He might as well have put a knife in his mouth, worn an eyepatch, raised the Jolly Roger and swung from the rafters and been done with it. Within a few minutes of his arrival on the scene, the bowlers were quaking in their boots. Nor did he content himself with a few shots across the bows. Instead, he slashed and carved and eventually grabbed a rope and took charge of the opposing vessel.