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**Official** Sri Lanka in England / Scotland - 2011
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BoyBrumby
Englishman
Haven't seen it, but it sounds exactly his MO. I find it irritating, so god knows how opposition fans feel about it.
KP ticking, as Bumble would have it.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
I brought this us many times during the series. Selectors just don't rate him. He's never going to be a gun Test bowler but he's serviceable which is a level or two above what they were picking.
Howe_zat
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Run-rate's back up to servicable now. This is why KP's in the team, even if he doesn't go on he's brought us back in it, and at the very least he's not wasting time.
Doubtful, really. Lakmal and Perera were just as disciplined for long periods, and gave it away after getting frustrated by Cook and Trott. Kula's a line-and-length medium pacer, and a good one, but nothing more.
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He's definitely better than Lakmal and Perera. Might not have caused many problems anyway though.
Check out his FC record- you'll be surprised. He's genuinely better than he looks.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Perara, perhaps, but Lakmal's extra pace alone makes him more of a threat in tests. It's not like Kulasekara hoops it around corners. He's just a medium pace, wicket-to-wicket containing bowler.
He won't be as big a threat in tests because there isn't the impetus to score as quickly. Trott & Cook would bleed him white.
MW1304
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Gets a bit more swing than them as well as keeping a good line and also has some marginal history in Tests. Not saying he'd have ripped through us, but surely would have been a better bet than some of those who were picked.
S Chanderpaul
U19 Vice-Captain
Take away his 5 fours and Cook has just 11 singles from 44 balls!!
Needs to learn how to rotate the strike!
Needs to learn how to rotate the strike!
Prince EWS
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Yeah, AWTA. It's pretty unlikely he would've made much of a difference but he definitely should have been playing. Reject out of hand any suggestions that Lakmal, Perera or Maharoof are better bowlers.
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Seriously, check out their respective first-class records. It pretty conclusively overrules everything else.
Lakmal bowls about 2mph faster, and Kula's played tests before and been pretty effective in much less helpful conditions than he would've had in England. It was a shocker from the Sri Lankan selectors. Nothing more.
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Spot the guy watching on a time delay
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Bun
Banned
kp once again fletters to decieve,...
looked gold, loved his pull and tuck from outisde off off lakmal..
but seemingly just has a unidimensional game against anything that goes away from him, attack.
brought his downfall, was lucky a plumb lbw wasnt given earlier....
must play mishy.
looked gold, loved his pull and tuck from outisde off off lakmal..
but seemingly just has a unidimensional game against anything that goes away from him, attack.
brought his downfall, was lucky a plumb lbw wasnt given earlier....
must play mishy.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Sorry, but I prefer to watch players before I cast judgements. Kula has a far better FC record than Malinga too, but better bowler? Pffft.
Lakmal more like 7-8mph quicker too. Averages about 83-4mph. Kula barely worries 80mph.
