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*Official* Indian Premier League 2011
- Thread starter James
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They probably felt that mahela's captaincy skill was the deciding factor in the game. Although i felt that he missed a trick by not giving murali a slip.
Cevno
Hall of Fame Member
shivfan
Banned
That's one of the reasons why I can't accept the logic that Pollard playing in the IPL is good for his development as a WI cricketer....
Athlai
Not Terrible
Honestly reckon the situation is similar to Bond, the heart says play the head says you play the longer form your body will break.
Himannv
Hall of Fame Member
Agree with this. We do need him though as our pace attack is a bit threadbare without the guy.
Cevno
Hall of Fame Member
Have to say this has been strange by the srilankan Board .
Think they are being directed by the government who is increasingly being supported by China but BCCI won't be happy with this.
Expect the extra tours between the 2 countries to be cancelled. The BCCI has already starting to talk to Pakistan about a series instead of the next Srilanka series.
Think they are being directed by the government who is increasingly being supported by China but BCCI won't be happy with this.
Expect the extra tours between the 2 countries to be cancelled. The BCCI has already starting to talk to Pakistan about a series instead of the next Srilanka series.
Howsie
Cricketer Of The Year
Bond; when fit would play test cricket though. Malinga on the other hand will play in just about every limited overs series only to disappear when the whites are busted out.
wellAlbidarned
International Coach
Great for the development of his bank balance though.
Himannv
Hall of Fame Member
Well, I dont think he's fit enough to bowl for longer spells. He did end up with an injury the last time he played after all.
Having said that, I dont know if he's particularly keen on playing tests. I'd say the general notion in SL is that limited overs success is more important that tests. It could be that Malinga feels the same way.
Blaze 18
Banned
Are you talking about them calling Malinga back? If yes, I'd say you're reading too much into it. With Muralitharan, their greatest match-winner gone, they obviously feel the bowling lacks bite. That's probably why they want Malinga back. Not sure what China has to do with anything.
they say every cloud has a silver lining.
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I also sympathize with malinga from a financial perspective. The way he's bowling right now he's sure to get a million+ dollar contract in the next auction. That's alot of money in SL. It's not like our crickets ever get to sign multi million dollar ad contracts, so the IPL is the only substantial money generator for them. And lasith definitely deserves to cash in a little.
Himannv
Hall of Fame Member
He's making a fair point although he's probably mistaken. Most decisions here are about money at the end of the day. SLC is more likely to do whatever the highest bidder wants them to do. I dont agree with his view though because I doubt SLC have enough financial backing right now. If they get paid off by the BCCI somehow, they would drop the topic IMO.
Blaze 18
Banned
they say every cloud has a silver lining.
So true. An India versus Pakistan series instead of an Indian versus Sri Lanka series can only be a good thing. Both Sri Lankan and Indian players must be tired of playing each other by now, not to mention Indian and Sri Lankan fans.
Blaze 18
Banned
China putting pressure on the Sri Lankan government for something as trivial as this is far-fetched. I feel it's just a case of Sri Lanka wanting their premier strike bowler to bolster an attack that has been significantly weakened by Muralitharan's retirement. Nothing sinister in it in my opinion.
Himannv
Hall of Fame Member
Thats not what he said. His post was more that the SL government is preasurising SLC and since China is providing financial backing to the SL government SLC would not need to bow down to the BCCI.
The issue with the theory however is that its unlikely that the government will bother about the operations of SLC and also unlikely that they will provide them with the kind of money to solve their debts.
The scale of losses for the WC was unbelieveably immense. SLC certainly would not refuse finance from BCCI right now. It is most likely that this whole thing was a ploy by SLC to get BCCI to pay them a fee in order for their players to remain in the IPL. However since BCCI is not Lalit Modi, they would not see the business sense in doing this and will most likely refuse to pay up.
Blaze 18
Banned
I misunderstood his post, my mistake. However, I'd still say his theory is far-fetched. And what are these losses you speak of?
Didn't all the host countries profit from hosting the World Cup? The matches in Sri Lanka had pretty good crowds, by and large
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