Fiery
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***Official*** England in Sri Lanka
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Fiery
Banned
Not bad
Fiery
Banned
Isn't it always?England's tail is certainly long. Sidebottom at 8
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
James's post count now the Don's average.
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Stupid rain.
Fiery
Banned
You geek
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Some quick ban James before he post again....oh wait.
Craig
World Traveller
I know, I was watching just to see Murali get his 709th, now I won't until tomorrow unless we get play today which I think is unlikely.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Not this long. And sometimes not long at all. Not that long ago you could have a genuine all-rounder (White) at eight, Cork at nine with First-Class double-centuries, and Caddick and Gough at ten and eleven.Isn't it always?England's tail is certainly long. Sidebottom at 8
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
What in the world are Sri Lanka going to do when Murali is gone? The man means more to SL than Hadlee did to NZ, and I never thought I'd say that.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
If they're lucky they might get a Kumble or a Bedi around the time. Warne and Murali are both, naturally, once-in-two-or-three-generation type bowlers (or twice, as we've oddly got with those 2 at the same time 
) though of course Murali might very well be a once-in-history bowler.
In any case, I genuinely think Murali could go on for another 3 or 4 years at least. I honestly do hope and think it is a realistic prospect that he gets 1,000 Test wickets - better still would be 1,000 in deserving Tests (ie, not Bangladesh, post-WC2003-Zimbabwe and ICC WXI matches).
He's bowled no worse in this Test, accuracy-wise, than ever, and though he doesn't seem to be spinning it as he was a year ago (that evident both in Australia and here) he's still more than capable of being every bit as effective despite that, at least in Sri Lanka, it seems. Although this is hardly The Ritz of a batting-line-up (more of which I'll probably comment on tomorrow after the tail is blown away).
And even without him they've been more than competetive - he was once described, accurately IMO, as "the difference between Sri Lanka being a good team and a very good team".
) though of course Murali might very well be a once-in-history bowler.In any case, I genuinely think Murali could go on for another 3 or 4 years at least. I honestly do hope and think it is a realistic prospect that he gets 1,000 Test wickets - better still would be 1,000 in deserving Tests (ie, not Bangladesh, post-WC2003-Zimbabwe and ICC WXI matches).
He's bowled no worse in this Test, accuracy-wise, than ever, and though he doesn't seem to be spinning it as he was a year ago (that evident both in Australia and here) he's still more than capable of being every bit as effective despite that, at least in Sri Lanka, it seems. Although this is hardly The Ritz of a batting-line-up (more of which I'll probably comment on tomorrow after the tail is blown away).
And even without him they've been more than competetive - he was once described, accurately IMO, as "the difference between Sri Lanka being a good team and a very good team".
JBH001
International Regular
He is also, afaik, the only spinner in the history of cricket to have consistently carried his country's attack for such a period of time. Phenomenal.
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Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
I think this really is the worst match report in history having read it. 
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
"Tamil Maestro"?
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
He's technically very good, young and basically picked on potential. I don't agree with the selection and there are players much more deserving but it's not like they are scraping the barrell to play him - they want him in there.
