***Official*** Sri Lanka in England and Ireland 2014

[Maximas]

were you at the game?

 

[Adders]

wasn't that cold to be fair!!

How long have you lived in Yorkshire YL?? TBF your idea of not that cold and that of most of the SL players might be just a tad different.

Congrats on the win and I'm glad you enjoyed the day.......outside the BA I reckon the Sri Lankan supporters have the most fun at the cricket, looked like you had some good support up in Durham.

 

[YorksLanka]

were you at the game?

Yes Maximas and I will be at old Trafford on wed too..

 

[YorksLanka]

How long have you lived in Yorkshire YL?? TBF your idea of not that cold and that of most of the SL players might be just a tad different.

Congrats on the win and I'm glad you enjoyed the day.......outside the BA I reckon the Sri Lankan supporters have the most fun at the cricket, looked like you had some good support up in Durham.

Ha ha good shout Adders,20 years in Yorkshire makes ya tough plus I suppose that amount of beer is insulating too!! Yeah real good laugh yesterday, few beers,but of a baila singing (Local SL music),bit of friendly banter with the barmy army and eventually sharing a couple more beers with them after.-ooh and a bit of cricket too lol..on a serious note- good to see my team showing character yesterday.win or lose..

 

[Adders]

20 years in Yorkshire makes ya tough .

20 years in Yorkshire does not make you tough........it just means you've adapted to life without a sun

Glad you enjoyed the day, hopefully the result isn't quite as enjoyable at OT.........but unless we can learn to catch and bat before then I suspect you may be having a celebratory hangover on Thursday.

 

[YorksLanka]

Ha ha, no drinking for me on Wednesday mate as I am driving due to an early meeting Thursday morning at work..will have to be a civilised cricket fan(for once). Am sure I will still enjoy the occasion though.

 

[Migara]

So, in a thread where no one has said a single thing about Senanayake's action, you bring it up.

What was it Shakespeare said? Methinks he doth protest too much?

This was about the commentators, not forummers. Otherwise would carry the "offending" quote.

 

[Maximas]

Well after Ajmal gave them a hiding I suppose the English coms are a bit over these mystery spinners who use the laws to their advantage

 

[grecian]

Well that was a fantastic performance by our boys today and it was lovely being there to see it.our bowlers similar my bowled excellent lines and lengths.@grecian-ur entitled to your opinion of course but it has been noted that SLC is doing regular checks on Satchis action as they had concerns too, but nothing shows it is outside the regulations -sorry pal.well done SL..shock horror spinner from the subcontinent has mad skills so he must be cheating...

Well I think there were concerns about his actions before he bowled well here, so the last bit is reactionary nonsense, Also I love that SLC doing so many checks on his action is such a brilliant thing. Surely that it shows even they have doubts, so why the heck is it ridiculous to mention his action ourselves.

Anyway Migara bought this discussion up, no-one else.

 

[Maximas]

SLC only got him checked cos he got called for a 'suspect action' on overseas 'A' tours from what I've read (Migara seems to know more about this whole thing but he's never given a source), I don't think they did it out of their own concern (this isn't the ECB), he got cleared by people whose job it is to know exactly how to measure these things accurately and monitor them, so forgive us if we never really take it seriously when you try to claim legitimacy as well as call people 'filthy chuckers". You may of course believe his action simply looks bad and you prefer to watch those with less bend (ftr I usually do) but I think people sitting at home watching TV would have very little idea of whether the law is being broken or not.

 

[grecian]

SLC only got him checked cos he got called for a 'suspect action' on overseas 'A' tours from what I've read (Migara seems to know more about this whole thing but he's never given a source), I don't think they did it out of their own concern (this isn't the ECB), he got cleared by people whose job it is to know exactly how to measure these things accurately and monitor them, so forgive us if we never really take it seriously when you try to claim legitimacy as well as call people 'filthy chuckers". You may of course believe his action simply looks bad and you prefer to watch those with less bend (ftr I usually do) but I think people sitting at home watching TV would have very little idea of whether the law is being broken or not.

I've never asked for legitimacy, it's all my opinion, quite frankly I think the law is an ass.

Again I didn't bring it up, I've realised it's just one of those annoyances of modern-life I have to get used to, like TOWIE and UKIP. Yet this pathetic argument that it's only done by opponents that are losing is just wrong IMHO.

 

[Maximas]

I've never asked for legitimacy, it's all my opinion, quite frankly I think the law is an ass.

Ok fair enough

I'd agree with that second point too

 

[Adders]

Tbf, you can hardly blame the Lankan supporters for being a bit touchy on this subject. Their country brought the game a dead set genious who was never offered the respect he deserved from some (large) quarters. Hardly surprising that they are getting on the defensive early with Senanayake.

 

[YorksLanka]

Nah I am not touchy.each to their own and everyone is perfectly entitled to an opinion- that's why I came to thus forum from CI..good rational debating..

 

[Viscount Tom]

20 years in Yorkshire does not make you tough........it just means you've adapted to life without a sun

Glad you enjoyed the day, hopefully the result isn't quite as enjoyable at OT.........but unless we can learn to catch and bat before then I suspect you may be having a celebratory hangover on Thursday.

We have sun in Yorkshire, we're not Burnley.

 

[Migara]

Tbf, you can hardly blame the Lankan supporters for being a bit touchy on this subject. Their country brought the game a dead set genious who was never offered the respect he deserved from some (large) quarters. Hardly surprising that they are getting on the defensive early with Senanayake.

Since the 12 degree extension, McGrath and Pollock was mentioned in the same line, we are going offensive.

 

[YorksLanka]

Well I think there were concerns about his actions before he bowled well here, so the last bit is reactionary nonsense, Also I love that SLC doing so many checks on his action is such a brilliant thing. Surely that it shows even they have doubts, so why the heck is it ridiculous to mention his action ourselves.

Anyway Migara bought this discussion up, no-one else.

its not a ridiculous thing mate, as i said before you are perfectly entitled to your opionion on him..as for my last statement, sorry, that was a bit of a tongue in cheek joke..I think that SLC want to ensure that he keeps clean in terms of his action becuase they know, as much as us SL fans do, that he will be the key spinning weapon for us in the future and we want to ensure that we dont lose him due to him being called for throwing ( which would be perfectly correct IF he is proven to have an illegal action btw)..

 

[Maximas]

Yeah, no issue for me if people comment on his action saying it looks dodgy or whatever, although it does look like sour grapes when it gets mentioned when the guy is taking wickets (not that anything like that happened here). The issue is when people say that the achievements of a bowler are cheapened by their action - even if it's proved to be legit, or when people just outright think they know better than the scientists. Although tbh, the whole stigma pisses me off, hence I react all the time when I see posts eluding to dodgy actions or whatever.

Chucking isn't the only thing like that, I see all kinds of nonsense about players who largely fail to succeed outside the SC having their home successes completely written off as well which grinds me a bit. Again usually I jump the gun and start accusing everyone when I see the first reference to that kind of stuff but it's the attitude I hate

 

[91Jmay]

I've honestly evolved to the point that I don't care about chucking. Still takes a lot of skill to execute.

Strange to knock someone like Tredwell though, who is a very good ODI performer.

 

[YorksLanka]

Can't see it myself, he just seemed an 'up and down' bowler from what I have seen. Solid and dependable but not world class IMHO...