Don't agree. Mendis can do one hell of a job especially if he has a reasonably good target to defend, in ODIs. I think it's high time SL gave a break to Murali in ODIs. I guess Murali himself will retire from ODIs as soon as he breaks Akram's record. Having both Murali and Mendis in the ODI side is a tad unbalanced especially outside the subcontinent in ODIs.
Ah yes. What a shocker of a final was that!
Well yeah that should also be part of the plan, but I would bring in Matthews overseas if you want to sure up the batting and have the extra bowling options. In the sub continent it could be a good chance to groom a 2nd spinner and Mendis' former U19 partner Senanayake. Your not going to lose much with the bat, as he is an all rounder.
I was reminded from looking at the scorecard: whatever happened to Vinod Kambli? The guy averaged 54.20 with 4 centuries from 17 games.
Averaged in the 20s in the last two years of his 3 year long test career.
What a name! Senanayake! Have to admit I havent heard much about him.
Wants to hang around until the 2011 WC. I don't think having one great spinner and an awesome talent unbalances the side in ODI cricket. Most sides send down at least 15 plus overs of spin every game regardless of conditions, the only difference with Sri Lanka is that it's two champions doing it, not one 'real' bowler and some Mickey Mouse guy sending down a few overs here and there.
sen = "e" as in sell
Yes. He said as much in the post match interview but he seems to change his mind quite a bit. It is a bit odd, because in that same interview, he was asked (by Russell Arnold) whether he was aiming for 600 ODI wickets. He laughed and said that was unlikely as he would likely be unable to walk if he achieved that (a fair call considering the number of overs he has sent down since 1992). But after that, he said he would like to make it to the 2011 WC after which he would walk away from the game. Given the number of ODI matches being played these days (although I dont know SL's schedule) I think there might be good grounds for Murali getting pretty close to 600 ODI wickets by 2011 - especially if he keeps taking them at his career rate of 1.5 wickets/ODI.
They used to do it between matches, so this is an improved imho. Still "
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God bless committee's.
Considering the SLCB is broke, how can it possibly be fixed?
This is laughable seriously, i think you should see the highlights of the last two ODIs of the series. They were clearly outplayed, i cannot believed people actually considered the series was fixed. Maybe Afridi because he exposed the stumps to Kulasekara, i'm sure he accumulated some spare ruppees from his grandmother
There were two dropped catches early in the SL innings but they were very tough. The only auspicious chance was the Akmal missed stumping off Kandamby, which looked pretty easy. The only poor shots was really from Khurram and Afridi but that was a blinder of a catch from Maharoof and Afridi is Afridi. I'm just analyzing the 3rd ODI but i do agree with you to an extent.
