Tuffey is nothing currently, he certainly won't be selected for the two test matches. James Franklin, Chris Martin and Daniel Vettori will all test the Sri Lankan batsmen in the conditions, although if the likes of Fernando, Maharoof and Kulusekera can back up Vaas, it could be a very even series.dinu23 said:
Sure, the Sri Lankans performed reasonably well against the South Africans without Murali but playing in New Zealand without the star spinner is something completely different.dinu23 said:
If Murali is out and it looks like Bond is out then the bowling attacks are pretty even, it will probably come down to batting. Allot will depend on who bats at 7 for Sri Lanka Prasanna or one of the batsmen, who ever it has to preform. Also the Kiwi have a problem at the top of the order, but that might be solved by the Australia Series, or made even biggerSomerset said:
i think you'll find the sri lankan bowlers will not be as effective as you seem to be hoping in the NZ conditions because they are typically along the wicket type of bowlers as opposed to into the wicket bowlers where they can extract more out of a pitch with a bit in it, but hey i have been wrong before(i thinkdinu23 said:
)While I agree Bond being out is a major blow for NZ, they haven't had him for a long time and their other quicks have learnt to get by without him, But Murali is SriLanka's no. 1 strike force and I am not sure our bowlers have got the ability or the mental strength to cope without their main strike weapon.chaminda_00 said:
Well the NZ conditions are going to be completely different to what they usually are in NZ, cus it will be pretty rugby season over their. Their will be allot more swing around then usually so if the Sri Lanka fast bowlers can make the most of the swing, which im pretty confident they will, then they will be as effective if not more effect then Kiwi bowlers. Most of our bowlers are mainly swing bowlers.bryce said:i think you'll find the sri lankan bowlers will not be as effective as you seem to be hoping in the NZ conditions because they are typically along the wicket type of bowlers as opposed to into the wicket bowlers where they can extract more out of a pitch with a bit in it, but hey i have been wrong before(i think
as u said, Murali is our no.1 bowler. and i'd hate to see him retire earlier than he would because of an injury. he had already said that too much bowling is a strain on him.JASON said:
SL does have Vaas, Fernando, Malinga (who is an express quickie at about 145k + from what I have heard) and spinners Herath, Chandana and Lokuaaratchi .zinzan12 said:
), so what would you say to that ? 
We will see.JASON said:SL does have Vaas, Fernando, Malinga (who is an express quickie at about 145k + from what I have heard) and spinners Herath, Chandana and Lokuaaratchi .
They are all capable of taking wickets !! But not as effective as Murali (I have to agree).
But without Murali, they tend to take their responsibility more seriously and as A Team can achieve more !!
When you say, Sri lanka has no chance with out Murali in NZ conditions, the same would've been said of NZ without Bond (and still being said off NZ
Also , when you say Sri lanka has no chance with out Murali in NZ conditions, which conditions are you talking about ?
The conditions in Christchurch yesterday and today (and for rest of Australian tour -By this I mean Dead Flat tracks that have been prepared to nullify the Aussie Pace maestros )
or the Seamy pitches we are likely to return to when SL return in April !!
