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**Official** Sri Lanka in England and Ireland 2016

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JRC67

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theegyptian said:
A year or two ago I would of thought it was fairly ludicrous to play Rashid as your only spinner (as I said at the time of the WI 2015 tour). However I'd seriously be considering Rashid over Ali for these Pakistan tests. Ali just looks lost as a bowler. No plans, no consistency, no improvement. Rashid seems to be bowling as well as he ever has. It might not be good enough still but imo I'd be giving him serious consideration. The 4 seamers they will play does allow them a little freedom in that regard.

Ali is comfortably the better bat imo but I'm not overly concerned in that regard as there is plenty of batting and Rashid is certainly not a bad bat. Of more importance now is finding someone who they can have some confidence in going into the winter tests in Bangladesh and India.
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Ali has always been in the side at least as much for his batting as bowling so after his 150 he isn't going to be dropped this summer. I could imagine us playing a spinner, 3 seamers and Ali at The Oval. Of the candidates to play Rashid may well be in pole position, but it depends on if they go for an attacking spinner or someone who could give them some control. To a degree that will also be the choice in India. Picking a spinner also isn't the same as having a balanced seam attack, as you only tend to have one specialist at best, so to a degree you can only have an off spinner, a leg spinner or a slow left armer. The problem England will face in India is the ball often does nothing for the first 3 and a half days, so they may look for someone who can bowl 35 overs a day for 70 runs, particularly if they have some backup spin options who can get the ball to spin when the pitch deteriorates. It will be interesting to see how things pan out over the remainder of the summer.
 
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JRC67

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ImpatientLime said:
anderson was silly good last time in india.

the gulf between him and all the other seamers playing was nuts.
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Deadly Derek Underwood also had a good series when I was 9 or 10 and for me he was almost a medium paced left arm cutter of the ball than a traditional spinner. Maybe we need a traditional experienced county trundler more than a spinner. I think you probably need to get the ball to hit the wicket quite hard to get it to deviate on some Indian pitches.
 
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JRC67 said:
Deadly Derek Underwood also had a good series when I was 9 or 10 and for me he was almost a medium paced left arm cutter of the ball than a traditional spinner. Maybe we need a traditional experienced county trundler more than a spinner. I think you probably need to get the ball to hit the wicket quite hard to get it to deviate on some Indian pitches.
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Gareth Batty :ph34r:
 
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91Jmay

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JRC67 said:
The problem England will face in India is the ball often does nothing for the first 3 and a half days, so they may look for someone who can bowl 35 overs a day for 70 runs, particularly if they have some backup spin options who can get the ball to spin when the pitch deteriorates.
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If India prepare pitches like this I will be absolutely amazed. Far more likely to get the Saffer series pitches were Ashwin spins the first ball of the match 2 feet.
 
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91Jmay said:
If India prepare pitches like this I will be absolutely amazed. Far more likely to get the Saffer series pitches were Ashwin spins the first ball of the match 2 feet.
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Yeah, looking at the level of both teams right now, that might be India's best chance of beating England. Make it a bit of a coin-toss and take skill out of the picture as far as possible.
 
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91Jmay

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Yeah, that said I could see an argument for flattening the pitches out. England not a great team at piling up massive scores + lack of a quality spinner would give India major advantage there. Ashwin will take wickets regardless of the surface, we are **** against spin still.
 
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^ I doubt that. Based on the last few home series India have played and the feelers from the think tank, the idea is to 'maximise' home advantage. They did that against South Africa, and while they struggled to get runs themselves, South Africa got streamrolled. Expect them to do the same this time.

Had read a couple of months back that Panesar was playing for Essex and targetting the winter tours to Bangladesh and India...not sure what happened of that.
 
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91Jmay

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He can't bowl anymore.

Think Zafar Ansari will be the 3rd spinner this time. He has bowled ok and is a good batsmen, could take over one of the middle order and be a 3rd spin option.
 
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Harmer is not a better bowler than Rashid. No chance lance. India aren't very good players of spin either. I quite fancy Root/Borthwick to pose a few problems ala Elgar as well.
 
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Sensational innings from Shanaka. One ball which is edged over a fielder and then run out going for a second that doesn't exist
 
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I'll always be a big fan of Pradeep's batting.

Never really got going, Sri Lanka. 30 short at least.

Jordan bowled 1 over that went for 20 and the rest of his spell was 3 overs, 3 for 9.
 
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