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[GotSpin]

Will be pretty awesome to see Roach bowl in South Africa

 

[Teja.]

Will be interesting to see how Randiv develops as a test spinner.

 

[Xuhaib]

probably some random Pakistani who will start with a bang and then either a) turn in to a prima donna or b) end up cheating on his country and never play again.

 

[Migara]

I think Randiv has a free ride ATM. The real deal is the guy in my avatar. But our selectsuckers think that he's not even good enough to be selected for WC 30 man squad. Averages 21 in FC, better than any spinner in the country.

And we have just lost Hathurusinghe as a coach, who has migrated to AUS. Senanayaka has not played for SL A for 2 years now. Might migrate to AUS (Senanayake is one of the favourites of Hathurusinghe) . In that case aussies will have a permanent solution for the spinning woes.

Coming back to Randiv, he is very good against LHB, which Herath and Mendis both struggle against. It was evident when WI top order played Hearth well but the middle order and tail just crashed against him. Randiv and Senanayake are the future spin attack for SL in most of the people's mind. But we alswas keep running back to lesser players in the name of experiance.

 

[Ruckus]

Who do people think will be the outstanding batsmen/bowler of the generation (the player who stands out amongst his contemporaries), say, for the next decade between 2010-2020? That would mean players now who are between the age of about 18-25.

 

[Blaze 18]

Virat Kohli and Mohammad Aamer.

 

[Mike5181]

Who do people think will be the outstanding batsmen/bowler of the generation, say, for the next decade between 2010-2020? That would mean players now who are between the age of about 18-25.

I would have to agree with the people on this thread tbh...Roach as a bowler and the batsmen are a toss up between those three in the poll..i would say Khawaja his technique looks pretty awesome. Virat Kohli obviously will as well. I keep forgetting about him because he is already a class act on the international stage.

 

[Migara]

I'd have my two cents of Angelo Mathews and Kemar Roach

 

[Ruckus]

The batsman is very hard to pick, but I dunno about Roach. The outstanding bowler of the generation would almost certainly have to be one who averages less than 25 over his career, and I doubt Roach will be capable of that very high level. Aamer is definately the obvious choice, provided he is playing

 

[Mike5181]

I'd have my two cents of Angelo Mathews and Kemar Roach

I think Angelo Matthews will be an effective batsmen in tests but his bowling will be a little bit short of worrying international batsmen. He will make a fine ODI all rounder though.

 

[Mike5181]

The batsman is very hard to pick, but I dunno about Roach. The outstanding bowler of the generation would almost certainly have to be one who averages less than 25 over his career, and I doubt Roach will be capable of that very high level. Aamer is definately the obvious choice, provided he is playing

He would obviously be an automatic selection but judging by the current state of his career it is unlikely he will play for a long long time.

 

[TumTum]

Williamson reminds me of Clarke.

He looks nothing like him.

 

[Teja.]

I think Randiv has a free ride ATM. The real deal is the guy in my avatar. But our selectsuckers think that he's not even good enough to be selected for WC 30 man squad. Averages 21 in FC, better than any spinner in the country.

And we have just lost Hathurusinghe as a coach, who has migrated to AUS. Senanayaka has not played for SL A for 2 years now. Might migrate to AUS (Senanayake is one of the favourites of Hathurusinghe) . In that case aussies will have a permanent solution for the spinning woes.

Coming back to Randiv, he is very good against LHB, which Herath and Mendis both struggle against. It was evident when WI top order played Hearth well but the middle order and tail just crashed against him. Randiv and Senanayake are the future spin attack for SL in most of the people's mind. But we alswas keep running back to lesser players in the name of experiance.

Randiv looks a bit raw but is immensely talented, IMO. He had 9 wickets in the last game against India and it was a case of one more wicket before surrender at one point.

Do you see Senanayaka playing for SL in the next 2 years?

 

[GotSpin]

The batsman is very hard to pick, but I dunno about Roach. The outstanding bowler of the generation would almost certainly have to be one who averages less than 25 over his career, and I doubt Roach will be capable of that very high level. Aamer is definately the obvious choice, provided he is playing

Roach has already pushed his average down to 28 and it's in a downward trend. I'm not sure how much of the recent Sri Lanka/Windies series you saw, but he was very impressive on wickets that generally don't suit the faster men. Picked up quite a few top order wickets from memory too.

 

[Ruckus]

I can't say I saw any off it to be honest, so I can't really comment. But some perspective is that both Siddle, Watson and Johnson have pushed their averages down to 28 before. Pushing it down to below 25 and keeping there is a hell of an ask. That being said he has the advantage of being very young and bowling at good pace, so anything's possible...

 

[GotSpin]

I can't say I saw any off it to be honest, so I can't really comment. But some perspective is that both Siddle, Watson and Johnson have pushed their averages down to 28 before. Pushing it down to below 25 and keeping there is a hell of an ask. That being said he has the advantage of being very young and bowling at good pace, so anything's possible...

He's improving rapidly every match I've seen him play. He had the pace against us at home, and now has got the wicket taking ability to match it.

Johnson and Siddle still have 30ish averages.

 

[Migara]

I think Angelo Matthews will be an effective batsmen in tests but his bowling will be a little bit short of worrying international batsmen. He will make a fine ODI all rounder though.

Agreed. SL should not look up to Mathews as an all rounder in tests. What SL needs is a dependable test batsman with Avg of 45-50, who can roll his arm over in helpful conditions. His ability to play pace will be very useful. But having said that Mathews was primarily a bowler in his younger days. He had some impressive pace (132 - 137k) range before the knee injury. If he recovers fully we may see few batsmen gobbled up by him.

 

[TumTum]

Funny revisiting my comments about Roach last year, seems like I hated him far more than Smith

After filtering out the hate:
"The only thing stopping Roach becoming a great bowler is he is too predictable, he really needed to bowl more short balls this innings."
"TBH Roach is not a very big threat. He hasn't produced in the Gabba or Adelaide Oval. That's what I am saying about him, he bowls fast and got good seam position, but shows no aggression and is too predictable in length."
"Tbh Bravo bowled much better than Roach in the series. On bouncy pitches, Roach should have really achieved more."

I haven't seen him play recently, so I can't comment either.

 

[Migara]

Randiv looks a bit raw but is immensely talented, IMO. He had 9 wickets in the last game against India and it was a case of one more wicket before surrender at one point.

Do you see Senanayaka playing for SL in the next 2 years?

Should play ASAP, and should have played against WI. But was not picked for even the BP XI against WI. That gives a message that he's not considered by the select suckers. His last matches against Aus A and Pak A had 8/70, 2/80, 6/51, 4/62, 6/19 and 2/52 IIRC. If he can do that well against A sides, should do some serious damage in test matches as well.

Randiv lacks experience but is a finished product IMO. His ODI performances shows that he can withstand hammering as well. But needs bit of more spin on the ball for my liking. He'll be mighty effective against short batsmen, but to bamboozle the taller batsmen you needs that bit more spin to miss the inside edge or the outside edge in the case of arm ball.

 

[GotSpin]

His line and length has improved bucket loads, and with his pace, you don't need to do much after that