sirjeremy11
State Vice-Captain
Bashar wins the toss and bats first. Good luck tigers.
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***Official*** Sri Lanka in Bangladesh
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chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Great start for Malinga 0/11 off two overs. A bit disppointed they didn't play Kappa at 7, would of been a good chance. I rather Dilshan and Thilan bowl then Dilhara right now.
I am disappointed in the SL Team Management for failing to give Kapugedera and Weerakoon their frst Test caps .
They could've dropped Murali or Bandara and given Weerakoon a go. Likewise Dilshan or Samaraweera could've made way for Kapugedera .
Another instance of SL selectors missing an opportunity to blood a couple of promising youngsters !!
They could've dropped Murali or Bandara and given Weerakoon a go. Likewise Dilshan or Samaraweera could've made way for Kapugedera .
Another instance of SL selectors missing an opportunity to blood a couple of promising youngsters !!
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Add Prasad to that too, but then again we have to respect Bangla a little, you can't just send a A side against expect to win. You are pretty much asking to lose.JASON said:I am disappointed in the SL Team Management for failing to give Kapugedera and Weerakoon their frst Test caps .
They could've dropped Murali or Bandara and given Weerakoon a go. Likewise Dilshan or Samaraweera could've made way for Kapugedera .
Another instance of SL selectors missing an opportunity to blood a couple of promising youngsters !!
sirjeremy11
State Vice-Captain
36/0 off 5 overs. Must be an interesting pitch.
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Yes it would cus these youngsters would be seen as scapegoats. "Your not good enough to play Test Cricket cus you couldn't even beat Bangladesh" Also Weerakoon is not really a youngster, 28yo.JASON said:
Bangla look like they are taking the game to us 0/40 off 5.5, there not holding much back. Time to bring on Murali.
alternative
Cricket Web Content Updater
Murali picks up his 598th test wicket, with that he has also reached his 50th five wicket haul.. congrats murali..
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
AMAZING STATS.alternative said:
598 (will surely get his 600 in this game) in his 101st test match !
A five-for once every two test matches !!
Could this guy end up with a thousand test wickets ?
In the last six calendar years (2000 to 2005) he has taken 357 wickets and he has missed a few games too.
He will be 34 this April. Its not an impossibilty.
The mind boggles.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
I can honestly say I didn't see Murali destroying Bangladesh over and over coming.
Despite being a Sri Lankan, I have little doubt that Murali owes a lot of his success to playing most of his Tests at home and this coupled with his playing more tests against weaker opposition has no doubt helped him accelerate and get there pretty quickly.SJS said:AMAZING STATS.
598 (will surely get his 600 in this game) in his 101st test match !
A five-for once every two test matches !!
Could this guy end up with a thousand test wickets ?
In the last six calendar years (2000 to 2005) he has taken 357 wickets and he has missed a few games too.
He will be 34 this April. Its not an impossibilty.
The mind boggles.
But that's not his fault if he does not get the opportunity to play more against tougher opposition (ie Australia/England/SA/India) or that he does not get an opportunity to play away from home more.
He can only play against Teams that SL are pitted against (more often than not).
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
He does do better against the minnows (naturally) but he has an amazing record againt non-minnows too. In the last six calendar years hw has (other than against Zim and BD) 253 wickets in 41 tests at 22.00 each - better than his career average against all comers !!JASON said:Murali is a champion against Bangla , but can he do the same against tougher opposition ie.Pakistan later in the month ?
Thats six wickets (almost) a test still.
And he has 24 five-fors in these 41 tests, thats much better than his career rate of one in two !!
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
Tha is perhaps true to an extent but even then his figures are mind boggling unless we assume that there is a non cricketing element that helps him at home.JASON said:But those Tests against non-minnows were mostly played at home rather than away , that obviously helps !!
He has played ONLY five matches against Bangladesh before this one. Thats a small number out of 101. He has played 14 against Zimbabwe and although Zimbabwe werent such a poor side all these years, I took out the figures of both these teans and we have.
Tests : 82
Wkts : 463
- 5.6 wkts per test
- Average : 24.3
- Str Rate : 59.4
- 5 fors : 37
- one every 2.2 tests
- 10 fors : 10
- one every 8.2 tests
These are still remarkable figures and will take some beating.