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Agreed on both counts.
Franklin batted nicely too, to go with his surprisingly good bowling performance. I've forgiven quite a few of his past efforts as a result of his game today.
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Semi Finals
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Franklin batted nicely too, to go with his surprisingly good bowling performance. I've forgiven quite a few of his past efforts as a result of his game today.
Lostman
State Captain
consider it payback for the runout in the first test.
Flem274*
123/5
seconded, hope he moves up the order
i think hes in better form than vettori atm both with bat and ball. possibly more versatile too
Athlai
Not Terrible
Definitely respect to both of them. A great partnership, but I've grown to expect such handy work from Mr Franklin. Did you see Patels face? He was having great fun.
Fiery
Banned
That was due to Murali's stupidity and McCullum was well within his rights to run him out. One last thing re the catch...Murali even said in the aftermatch interview when asked about it by Atherton...word for word "I don't know, I haven't seen the replay". An admission he wasn't sure but thought he would claim it anyway. Murali = Cheat. There, I've said it.
Lostman
State Captain
ok,
Bahnz
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Another poor effort to finish off an indifferent campaign by the Blackcaps. Its hugely dissapointing that only Franklin managed to bring his A-game to what was the most important game of these player's lives.
And don't be stupid Fiery. You can't take McCullum's run out as an example of brilliant proffessional cricket, and then accuse Murali of cheating. And in the end, that was only balancing out a couple of shockers that Sri Lanka got from the umpires in the first innings.
Sri Lanka are a much better team than New Zealand and fully deserved to make the final. Once again, I don't think they have the lower order hitting to take on Australia, but given how good their bowling attack is, they may not need it.
And don't be stupid Fiery. You can't take McCullum's run out as an example of brilliant proffessional cricket, and then accuse Murali of cheating. And in the end, that was only balancing out a couple of shockers that Sri Lanka got from the umpires in the first innings.
Sri Lanka are a much better team than New Zealand and fully deserved to make the final. Once again, I don't think they have the lower order hitting to take on Australia, but given how good their bowling attack is, they may not need it.
Perm
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
With the bat or ball?
Franklin's world cup average is 95
Fiery
Banned
If you think I'm stupid that's your perogative but blatant cheating and bad umpiring decisions are too totally different things and if Sangakarra had run out one of our batsmen in a similar fashion to McCullum I wouldn't have a problem with it, it was within the rules and Murali should have known better. Claiming a catch you're not sure about without bothering to appeal or even look at the umpire is a different story. If I was the match referee I would be throwing the book at him.
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Think his bowling average is about 29. Handy return.
Fiery
Banned
Styris was the only batsman to hit him for 6Dont worry Bahnz, we can rebuild
Nah Murali isnt a cheat, he was just too good for us on the day. There will be another time, another place though. Then we'll get him.
Was it Patel or Macka that whacked him for six? I know patel whacked someone. please be Patel.....
Athlai
Not Terrible
Bat. With the ball its... 29.18
With an economy of... 4.91
And his batting strike rate is... 98,96.
How suspiciously good.
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Economy Rate of 5 isn't too impressive though.
Trigger_Tiger
U19 Captain
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How suspiciously a potential all-rounder in the makingBat. With the ball its... 29.18
With an economy of... 4.91
And his batting strike rate is... 98,96.
How suspiciously good.
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Smudge
Hall of Fame Member
Well, it is Golightly's show...
The ICC Champions Trophy in 2000 doesn't count?
As for the game? Not really too worried or surprised (admittedly, couldn't be bothered watching it). I know better than to place all my hopeful eggs in a Black Caps basket and the threat posed by Murali and Malinga proved to be exactly that. Well done to Jayawardene on a great knock, by the way.
Fiery
Banned
He's a good allrounder already and will be a very classy one for NZ for the next 6-8 years imo...(if he can fine-tune his line and length with the ball). Capable of batting as high as 6 in the not too distant future I reckonHow suspiciously a potential all-rounder in the making
Flem274*
123/5
Hey thanks for that.
Damn it must have been Jayasuria or Dilshan then. So now that Fleming has retired from the captaincy i guess Vettori will take over then? Would like to see Oram or Styris get a go at it at some stage.
Franklin has been quite impressive recently, though it doesn't mean he's found some consistency in ODI's yet. i suspect he will be under pressure for his spot now if the selectors decide they want to try some new guys from list A and FC cricket. If hes still bowling like he did today and against the safies however, he will certainly be a good future prospect for us. Especially if he continues to be an excellent lower order hitter too.