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***Official**** Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2014/2015

Maximas

Maximas

Cricketer Of The Year
viriya said:
What's wrong with trying the Mahela experiment for more than 2 matches?
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Nothing - but for one, having a specialist opener is better so the middle order is stronger, and two because it's a 7 match series where we can try both, Dimuth deserves a few games at least, I thought he did a decent job today
 
Maximas

Maximas

Cricketer Of The Year
Of all the guys who will be gone or soon to be gone after the WC Dilshan might even be the biggest loss, excellent fielder, very good part-timer and among the best (and most versatile) ODI openers in the world, losing him will sting particularly badly given we haven't got any decent ones outside the team
 
Zinzan

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Howsie said:
Experience. Don't make me bring Scaly in here to talk about the bull**** that is experience.
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I do find it slightly bizarre that this 'worst year ever' from Mills that you speak of is still somewhat superior to what Boult achieved in the last 12 months.

It's really not a point in Boult's favour, particularly considering Mills is the one of the two with the proven track record.

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Howsie

Howsie

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I don't know why people keep bringing up Boult's ODI stats, I know theyr're average. But he's 100 times more likely to win you a World Cup than Kyle fricken Mills. Henry too. Matt Henry would make every team in the World for this World Cup but somehow can't beat out Kyle Mills. Jesus.
 
viriya

viriya

International Captain
Maximas said:
Nothing - but for one, having a specialist opener is better so the middle order is stronger, and two because it's a 7 match series where we can try both, Dimuth deserves a few games at least, I thought he did a decent job today
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I'm almost certain that they aren't gonna try Mahela opening again. And I disagree that Dimuth did that good a job. There was not much movement and his SR was <60. It wasn't horrendous, but he shouldn't get brownie points for that knock.
 
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Jimbo the giant

U19 12th Man
Ross must have been having too many chats with Crowe. 1992's innings building skills are defunct. We need Ross back to 2015's game plan to win the world cup.
 
Howsie

Howsie

International Captain
Jimbo the giant said:
Ross must have been having too many chats with Crowe. 1992's innings building skills are defunct. We need Ross back to 2015's game plan to win the world cup.
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That's Ross Taylor. 40 off 75 is how I would sum him up as a one day player. Now that's harsh as his career record, especially for a NZ player is excellent but it's how he plays.
 
Maximas

Maximas

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viriya said:
I'm almost certain that they aren't gonna try Mahela opening again. And I disagree that Dimuth did that good a job. There was not much movement and his SR was <60. It wasn't horrendous, but he shouldn't get brownie points for that knock.
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Well if Dimuth fails a few more times they won't have any other options in the squad, interesting should that happen.

Dimuth has a pretty simple job - to get through the new ball without putting too much pressure on Dilshan, he did it and now Sanga and Dilshan look comfortable and have a platform to build off, if he does this consistently then he's doing the job.
 
Zinzan

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Howsie said:
I don't know why people keep bringing up Boult's ODI stats, I know theyr're average. But he's 100 times more likely to win you a World Cup than Kyle fricken Mills. Henry too. Matt Henry would make every team in the World for this World Cup but somehow can't beat out Kyle Mills. Jesus.
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You can keep repeating ad nauseam that Boult has better credentials than Mills, but you actually need a decent argument other than "Mills is 35 & slow in the field" and "Boult is a good test bowler".
 
Howsie

Howsie

International Captain
Zinzan said:
You can keep repeating ad nauseam that Boult has better credentials than Mills, but you actually need a decent argument other than "Mills is 35 & slow in the field" and "Boult is a good test bowler".
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Mills isn't the bowler he once was, that's my argument. ODI's have also changed over the last 2-3 years and bowlers need to be capable of taking 3-4 wickets an innings something Mills has proven he can't do (just check his record) .
 
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Howsie said:
Kyle Mills will never win NZ a World Cup. Book it.
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Depends how you look at it....I couldn't see Mills getting 7-25 in a final if that's what you mean, but I could very well see him bowling a really useful spell with the ball if our batsmen played well and got 280-300 in a final.
 
Flem274*

Flem274*

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Hm that's the second time in recent history we've bounced Sanga out (Southee in the 2012 test series and here). He never really got the hang of Milne's bouncer today. I'm not saying it's a weakness but if he's not executing well it's something to file away for the World Cup opener.
 
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