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***Official*** India in Sri Lanka 2015
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Kippax
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Kirkut
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Noticed something here? Australian grounds are full of seagulls, Sri Lankan grounds are full of crows. Some grounds in UK have pigeons.
weldone
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Get over Jayawardene, Sangakkara and Samaraweera.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
yeah... there was this series when Lara decided to banish Kaneria from bowling in tests well before the fixing issues... He literally did not play a single defensive shot against him and he made a daddy 100 that day...
Shady Slim
International Coach
so lads is varun aaron really this crap
weldone
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yes
hendrix
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check sri lanka cricket's youtube channel.
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WRT 5 bowlers: The point isn't that 5 bowlers on any one given test will be more effective than 4. The potency of the attack in a one off game is not improved by having 5 bowlers.
The point of having 5 bowlers means that, over the course of a long tour, our bowlers stay fresher. In both Aus and England, from the 3rd Test on the bowlers were already flagging due to the weight of overs bowled in the first couple of Tests. We were starting with a tired attack from ball 1. That was a huge factor in why we go from competitive at the start to absolute **** by the end of the tour. Having 5 bowlers alleviates that. Especially with 2 spinners. It means less 20+ over days for our already fragile quicks.
A 2 Test series like this or the 1 off test in BD doesn't require us to play 5 bowlers. But we should be doing that when we have a long tour. Especially since Ashwin, Bhuvi, Bhajji and even Mishra recently are all pretty adept batsmen.
The point of having 5 bowlers means that, over the course of a long tour, our bowlers stay fresher. In both Aus and England, from the 3rd Test on the bowlers were already flagging due to the weight of overs bowled in the first couple of Tests. We were starting with a tired attack from ball 1. That was a huge factor in why we go from competitive at the start to absolute **** by the end of the tour. Having 5 bowlers alleviates that. Especially with 2 spinners. It means less 20+ over days for our already fragile quicks.
A 2 Test series like this or the 1 off test in BD doesn't require us to play 5 bowlers. But we should be doing that when we have a long tour. Especially since Ashwin, Bhuvi, Bhajji and even Mishra recently are all pretty adept batsmen.
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Yeah agree with that. Over a series there's an argument. But people are saying this about the SA and NZ tours for some reason. If our bowlers get gassed after 2 tests, forget 5 bowlers, just hit the ****ing gym.
Contra
Cricketer Of The Year
Bhuvi didn't get tired because Dhoni overbowled him, he got tired because he scored runs on top of bowling. The theory of playing Binny was legit, but ultimately Binny wasn't going to contribute as a bowler to really count as a 5th bowler, we really should have played Ashwin instead.
Also people need to understand that 5 bowlers includes Ashwin + few other guys who can hang around and contribute (Jadeja, Bhajji, Mishra, Bhuvi). So it's not like the batting finishes after the top 6.
Also people need to understand that 5 bowlers includes Ashwin + few other guys who can hang around and contribute (Jadeja, Bhajji, Mishra, Bhuvi). So it's not like the batting finishes after the top 6.