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*Official* India in Sri Lanka 2010 - Tests

Migara

Migara

International Coach
Too many catches have been dropped. It looks that Fernando had done nothing when looking at the score card. But actually he did give Gambhir, Sehwag and Dravid a torrid time out there with some inspired short bowling. His hard labor did help Welagedara to clean up Sehwag and Dravid, and some one put down Gambhir off Fernando as well. Welagedara, Fernando, Prasad and Malinga are competing for places in tests, and in Galle with seam and swing, First three may get the nod ahead Malinga. Bur he is the one who brings that X factor in to the game. A good spell from him always produce one or two jaffas.
 
Shri

Shri

Mr. Glass
Malinga would probably get a sore shoulder and won't be a factor in the 4th innings if he aims for out and out pace. He has bowled in the 130-140k range for a while now in T20s and suddenly coming back to tests would be difficult. Either that or I shouldn't drink.
 
Migara

Migara

International Coach
Malinga bowled in ODIs as well, and produced some blistering spells in the Asia cup where he kept hitting high 140s. In Galle eamers like Malinga, Fernando and Prasad should bowl about 10 - 12 overs compared to Welagedara and Mathews who may bowl bit more. Murali may bowl 20 - 25 overs per day, with few here and there from DIlshan. The impact bowlers should be given shorter spells to bowl at full speeds and shake up batsmen.
 
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Manee said:
I do not think it is fair to say that he is no longer Mendis. Everyone goes through bad form and the fact that he is a mystery spinner does not mean that his bad form would be permanent. One of his key strengths, when on song, is that he is very accurate and does produce the odd ball that is unplayable and this is not something that will simply disappear, especially in Test cricket.
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That whole being shot thing might have got to him a bit too, I reckon.

He is accurate, yes, but he's not predictable in the way Warne was in India. Reckon that explains why he's doing better.
 
vcs

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Ah well, hope they save their failures for the warmup games.. what else is there to say.
 
Migara

Migara

International Coach
Nah, neither ATM. Parnavithana never got an easy opening attack like this to play. He has made starts, but failed to last long. Deserves another series. He may score big in this.

Mendis is not the best spinner in SL. Murali > Senanayake > Randiv > Herath > Mendis is the order.
 
Umar_Akmal

Umar_Akmal

Banned
SL win or a draw in the series.Zaheer averaged in mid 40s last time in SL so he will be missed by SL more than the indians.
 
Cevno

Cevno

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Lostman

Lostman

State Captain
lol @ tensports panel.
Sanath Jayasuriya and some other guy, before they showed the toss segment they said what happened during the toss.
 
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