**Official** Bangladesh in Sri Lanka

[NUFAN]

Three tests would have been good, IMO. Two tests definitely always gives a "we're only playing you because we have to, so we're going to squeeze you in here on a really short tour and then send you back home" feel, especially when the two tests are played at obscure venues.

Agreed. I would much rather 3 and 3 against SL and IND then 2 and 4.

BTW the Gabba is not that obscure!!

 

[chaminda_00]

Anyone know when general tickets go on sale for these Tests in Australia, rather then just Australian Cricket Family ones. I think i quaifly for ACF, cus i play park cricket here, but CBF filling out the forms and finding out.

 

[lionheart]

what is the prognosis on WRS de Silva? his stats from this match look alright, but is he a real prospect?

 

[chaminda_00]

Too slow to make it at Test level really, but its not like Maharoof faster. Probably will get atleast one Test against Australia or England so it will be interesting to see how he goes.

 

[pasag]

Anyone know when general tickets go on sale for these Tests in Australia, rather then just Australian Cricket Family ones. I think i quaifly for ACF, cus i play park cricket here, but CBF filling out the forms and finding out.

You can sign up for the Cricket Family online, you don't have to fill out any forms tbh. I'll hopefully getting my boxing day tickets today.

 

[Nishan]

I wish he didn't get 700 against Bangladesh, cus you get stupid comments like that. Look at the Zimbabwe batsmen his bowled to most of his career. His only played a half of Tests against current lot. He played mostly a batting line up that was Test Standard and overall better players of spin then say West Indies or England.

Can't wait to see him break the World Record live against Australia hopefully.

exactly mate,he bowled to the likes of Andy flower, Grant, Goodwin,Cambell and Whitall, and Neil johnston, Now can some one comapre those with the constant average English batting line ups of the 90's? we all know what happend when enland played Zim in that decade. (Dave Loyd)

His first 10 wicket haul was against Zim in kandy 1997 but if you comaprae that side and the English ashes side of the same year I would say there is barely any difference only one being ashes 5 tests! Murali gets to play 2 match series.

 

[asdfg]

well from an unbiased view (not a Sri Lankan) , MM is >>> SW. He's got tons of wickets at a MUCH better bowling avg. than Warne. No doubt in my mind when he retires hes going to the best bowler of allt ime.

 

[Perm]

well from an unbiased view (not a Sri Lankan) , MM is >>> SW. He's got tons of wickets at a MUCH better bowling avg. than Warne. No doubt in my mind when he retires hes going to the best bowler of allt ime.

From my unbiased view I'd say that Warne>>>Muralitharan.

 

[chaminda_00]

From my unbiased few I'd say that Warne>>>Muralitharan.

No offence mate, but your not very unbiased considering your views on Murali. I would rate Warne greater then Murali as well but that has more to do with Batting, Fielding and leadership abilities. As bowlers its like chaulk and cheese really.

 

[Perm]

No offence mate, but your not very unbiased considering your views on Murali. I would rate Warne greater then Murali as well but that has more to do with Batting, Fielding and leadership abilities. As bowlers its like chaulk and cheese really.

How am I biased against Murali?

 

[JASON]

How am I biased against Murali?

For One , You are a Kiwi .

 

[Perm]

For One , You are a Kiwi .

 

[NZTailender]

For One , You are a Kiwi .

I'm technically Australian and support New Zealand but for me Murali>Warne. Does this shatter your stereotype Jason?

 

[Arjun]

While there is talk of Murali getting 700, the positive and negative side of it, there are loads of negatives for the Sri Lankan team. Imagine, this team stutters along to win a series against a weak Test team, and seems far too dependent on a few players. Looking at the stat sheets, we find Sangakkara scoring over 400 and Mahela, over 300. That's just about as much as the rest of the batting put together. While the positives are there in Vaas and Prasanna getting runs, the rest of the batting has been way behind the top two.

The bowling stats look a lot worse than those sub-20 averages suggest. Murali got 26 in three matches, and that's a little less than how much all the others got together. Malinga got 12 in three, Dilhara eight in four and Maharoof a single, solitary wicket for 58 runs. If this is how the team performs against a Test target team, their prospects outside of Sri Lanka look bleak. We might just see teams post giant totals over 400 regularly, despite Muralitharan bowling over 40 overs an innings. It's a pity, the other great spinner of this era doesn't have the support he needs.

 

[NUFAN]

No offence mate, but your not very unbiased considering your views on Murali. I would rate Warne greater then Murali as well but that has more to do with Batting, Fielding and leadership abilities. As bowlers its like chaulk and cheese really.

Don't you mean it's like chuck and toasted cheese?

 

[crickmate]

result of the practice match (Bangladesh won by 3 wickets):

SL Inv XI Vs BAN
SL Inv XI 241/5 Over -50; Tharanga 64*, Daniel 58, L Fernando 23, Chandana 23, Matthews 22*; Rasel 2/37, Shakib 2/41
BAN 242/7 Over -49.3; Tamim 45, Mushfique 27, Shakib 16, Tushar 9, Ashraful 9, Nafees 0, Aftab 91*

 

[Raghav]

I'm technically Australian and support New Zealand but for me Murali>Warne. Does this shatter your stereotype Jason?

 

[TT Boy]

result of the practice match (Bangladesh won by 3 wickets):

SL Inv XI Vs BAN
SL Inv XI 241/5 Over -50; Tharanga 64*, Daniel 58, L Fernando 23, Chandana 23, Matthews 22*; Rasel 2/37, Shakib 2/41
BAN 242/7 Over -49.3; Tamim 45, Mushfique 27, Shakib 16, Tushar 9, Ashraful 9, Nafees 0, Aftab 91*

 

[Perm]

Good to see Aftab in the runs, as well as Rasel and Saqibul taking a couple of wickets each.

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Why has Mahmudullah been picked if he's not good enough to bat above the likes of Mashrafe? I thought he was a genuine ODI bits-and-pieces player.

Other than that, a solid peformance.