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  1. chaminda_00

    ***Official*** Sri Lanka in Australia 2012/2013

    "Nuwan Kulasekara misses out as he's injured. Dhammika Prasad takes his place." Hopefully he latest outperforms MJ, though I'm sure he will take more bad habits from watching him bowl, rather then just trying to bowl like him.
  2. chaminda_00

    ***Official*** Sri Lanka in Australia 2012/2013

    Siddle, Johnson, Bollinger, Tait, Lee, Watson, Hastings, McKay etc. Even Hifenhaus has had consistent injuries the last couple seasons. Since the started to reduce his bowling workload. When he was injury free it was when he was bowling big overs at domestic level.
  3. chaminda_00

    *Official* Big Bash League 2012/13

    Not too fussed either way. As long as Dan Smith doesn't play I'm happy, worst signing ever.
  4. chaminda_00

    ***Official*** Sri Lanka in Australia 2012/2013

    Probably true, but the problem now is guys in their mid to late 20s are also going down with random injuries because they are never bowling fit. As they never bowl enough when they are younger, to get their bodies used to demands of bowling fast. It all good to promote the resting policy as...
  5. chaminda_00

    Top 7 Spinners

    Looks like the spin rating by most people are very subjective based on what people have seen of the bowlers. Looks like Swann under rated a tad due to one poor/average series in Australia. There is nothing wrong with his overall record away from sub continent. Saeed Ajmal overall record away...
  6. chaminda_00

    *Official* Big Bash League 2012/13

    Time to give Hughes, Patterson and Lalor a run if they all fit. Michael Lumb Daniel Hughes Brad Haddin (c/wk) Steven Smith Mosies Henriques Kurtis Patterson Stephen O'Keefe Dominic Thornely Brett Lee Josh Lalor Sunil Narine
  7. chaminda_00

    ***Official*** Sri Lanka in Australia 2012/2013

    Yeah I'm talking about the restrictions on young fast bowlers during their teen years, were they have limited spells and max overs per day. Regardless whether they are playing in National U19s championships or just the local park cricket. It has created a how bunch of young fast bowlers who...
  8. chaminda_00

    ***Official*** Sri Lanka in Australia 2012/2013

    This is the key problem. There is a generation of fast bowlers that will never be bowling fit, because they never bowl enough when they are young. Look at siddle, hilf and Johnson. They should all be fit enough to bowl a ful calendar if the workload management worked. But they are still getting...
  9. chaminda_00

    ***Official*** Sri Lanka in Australia 2012/2013

    No, but you also won't get bowling fit, if you only play every 2nd game with your actually fit to play either. It is about having a balance and they have the balance wrong between resting and getting young players bowling fit. The way they are trying to manage the bowlers they will reduce...
  10. chaminda_00

    ***Official*** Sri Lanka in Australia 2012/2013

    Too tired to go into a discussion about the degree of injuries and relative nature of what impact workload management has on the type of injuries. Because I know I'll just get the stock standard response that has been in this thread from you about workload management has nothing to do with some...
  11. chaminda_00

    ***Official*** Sri Lanka in Australia 2012/2013

    For Australia; Shaun Tait, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee and Shane Watson come to mind.
  12. chaminda_00

    ***Official*** Sri Lanka in Australia 2012/2013

    The point was more that young fast bowlers don't have enough overs in bank when they hit 24/25 to stay injury free. Because they are rest and restricted too much when they are young to maximise their ability when they are at full fitness level as fast bowlers when they are older. The fact is...
  13. chaminda_00

    ***Official*** Sri Lanka in Australia 2012/2013

    Is it really working though. Resting fast bowlers is nothing new. It has been happening in ODIs and domestic cricket for 10-15 years now. It just now it has hit Test cricket, due the high number of Tests matches played continually increasing. The management of young fast bowlers workloads...
  14. chaminda_00

    ***Official*** Sri Lanka in Australia 2012/2013

    Yeah, it is not like you need to play a full strength side against the minnows. Should just play an Australia A against them. The match would be over in three days, they can rest the players during the two days off.
  15. chaminda_00

    ***Official*** Sri Lanka in Australia 2012/2013

    Hasting and Khawaja are more proven then Bird in FC cricket. Bird has only played 17 FC matches, Hastings 26 and Khawaja 60. Hazlewood yes, he would be a unproven player picked on potential only. But the other three has a couple seasons of runs and wickets at FC level and have out performed...
  16. chaminda_00

    ***Official*** Sri Lanka in Australia 2012/2013

    Well there is Luke Butterworth but that would go against the policy you need to bowl 140km/h to play for Australia. Or you could give another chance to likes of Doug Bollinger, John Hastings or Clint McKay. Dougie would break the one left armer rule and the other two would break the 140km/h...
  17. chaminda_00

    Wicketkeeping standards

    The ironic thing is that Healy was selected over the likes Dwyer, Rixon and Zoehrer as he was seen as better batsmen, rather then better keeper. Picking keepers on batting first has been around forever, it is just sometimes they get lucky they are also the best keepers as well. The real...
  18. chaminda_00

    ***Official*** Australian Domestic Thread 2012/13

    I think you might under estimate much the likes of Moses, Smith, Maddinson, Halzewood, Copeland, Starc, Cummins and Warner support O'Keefe as captain. It really just some older and retired players calling for Katich last season and Haddin as captain. These guys are now the core players in the...
  19. chaminda_00

    ***Official*** Australian Domestic Thread 2012/13

    Apparently the young group of players massively support O'Keefe as captain. But Dave Gilbert needs to go, after the massive exodus of players interstate due to poor management. Will be interesting to see how Chandika Hathurusingha, he had a lot of mixed opinions during his time with Sri Lanka...
  20. chaminda_00

    ***Official*** Sri Lanka in Australia 2012/2013

    Cricket Australia clearly trying their best to make sure Sydney not a dead rubber and lose some cash on tickets. Reckon Sri Lanka should play their young 140km/h quicks with no accuracy and movement as well to even up the Johnson selection. You know Test cricket just about bowling fast, it...

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