All Time Sri Lanka XI game

[vitalogy83]

Atapattu to compliment Sanath and their p'ship overall was good for SL
Malinga
Aravinda

 

[a massive zebra]

It's kinda a Greenidge/Haynes type of situation with Jayasuriya and Atapattu. Sanath and Marvan have longevity opening together.

Hobbs and Sutcliffe were far more successful an opening pair than Jayasuriya and Atapattu, yet Hutton was selected over Sutcliffe in the England All Time XI game.

 

[jimmy101]

True. And I would have no disagreements with Dilshan opening with Sanath either.

 

[Starfighter]

Dilshan
Malinga
Aravinda

 

[NUFAN]

While people are making a case against Atapattu for his minnow runs, Malinga's 74 wickets at over 36 doesnt look too great without Bangladesh.

 

[Starfighter]

Sri Lanka have not exactly been blessed with pace bowling talent over their short history:

Bowling records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo

 

[a massive zebra]

True, although I know Ashantha de Mel was held in high regard by the Sri Lankans of his generation as a genuine wicket taking threat and his strike rate is pretty good. Yes the average isnt brilliant but he got no support and didnt have the opportunity to pad up his stats against the Bangladeshis. Maybe he is another option.

 

[Starfighter]

Interestingly enough Cricinfo picked both de Mel and Rumesh Ratnayake in their all time SL XI and batted Vaas at seven. Funny to see that Zoysa and Malinga both played 30 tests yet Zoysa only took 64 wickets to Malinga's 101. I'm guess maybe spin/Murali was slightly less dominant later. Zoysa's higher s/r wouldn't help.

 

[jimmy101]

I was very close to picking de Mel

 

[srbhkshk]

Who is this VB John guy and why didn't he have a longer career?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Tharanga
Kulasekara
Aravinda

 

[Gob]

Second opener has to be Tharanga

Tharanga
Kulasekara
Aravinda

Averages 32 in test cricket and 23 without zimers and bangland. You have a wrong opinion

 

[Flametree]

Dilshan
Malinga
Jayawardene

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I am going with my gut feeling. The guy is a legend in 200+ partnerships.

Any opener would love to have a partner in him.

 

[Himannv]

He is a **** though

That doesn't stop people from picking Sangakkara.

 

[fredfertang]

That doesn't stop people from picking Sangakkara.

Tell me more - I must confess to never having noticed anything particularly objectionable in Sanga

That said the silly haircut aside I hadn't for Dilshan either, until I read his book, which is Exhibit A to support my allegation of ****ishness against him

 

[vcs]

Yeah, Sangakkara is one of the most likeable cricketers around, pure class and intelligence.

 

[Starfighter]

I am going with my gut feeling. The guy is a legend in 200+ partnerships.

Any opener would love to have a partner in him.

Is he? Are you thinking of a different player? I can't see any other Tharangas it could be.

 

[morgieb]

Dilshan
R Ratnayake
Jayawardene

 

[NUFAN]

Sri Lanka XI
1 S Jayasuriya
2 T Dilshan
3 K Sangakkara
4 A de Silva
5
6
7
8 C Vaas
9
10 L Malinga
11 M Muralitharan