Starfighter
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They actually recalled him for a T20I series in February that year. Great example of a player well past their use-by date being picked because 'experience'.
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**Official** Australia in Sri Lanka Jan - Feb 2025
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slcricfan1
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That was a bad time. We recalled Maharoof too. Worst was Jeewan Mendis for the 2019 world cup. Came outta nowhere
Prince EWS
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Had a great tournament too. Played three games batting 7-8 and averaged 6 with the bat. Bowled six wicketless overs for 70.
Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Looked back through my posts and saw I was a bit confused by this one. Chamara Kapugedara was another one who was always constantly being recalled. Younger yes, but never did anything. And there was Thirimanne in tests.
Spark
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No stronger argument for the "hundreds against Bangladesh don't fully count as proper Test hundreds" than the fact that Thirimanne averaged 90+ against them
Prince EWS
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Heath Streak managed to averaged 76 with the bat in 6 Tests.
Chanders 10 Tests for an average of 150.
slcricfan1
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Thirimanne was ok as opener in his final iteration. But yeah Kapugedara was a nonsensical choice
Anthony Clayden
School Boy/Girl Captain
Maxwell in awesome form (albeit in BBL), if not now then it will never be...
slcricfan1
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Kamindu might be out with a split webbing after going for a catch in an fc match
TheJediBrah
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Kapugedera was terrible. He first came along at a time when I was following cricket very closely. Very young when first picked and wasn't very good, fair enough, but he kept hanging around and getting picked on and off and never got any better. Sri Lanka had a very strong batting line-up for a lot of that time as well. Was briefly even recalled as a medium pace bowling all rounder and was awful at that as well
govinda indian fan
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Kamindu missing evens things out since Cummins is missing. As a neutral cant wait for this series to start
govinda indian fan
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Would be intresting to see how konstas goes vs spin and where head will bat
Prince EWS
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Averaged 155 in Tests against Bangladesh though.
Burgey
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With bat or ball?
Gob
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They might take some turn