** Official ** Sri Lanka in New Zealand tour

[JASON]

Unless Malinga does something spectacular tomorrow or the Second string SriLankan spinners (in the absence of Murali) can do something in the first session, Its a certain Draw !!

 

[Zinzan]

I don't think so, after what Lee did to him, most quick bowlers will be lining up to bowl to him. He has massive technical problems that he need to be sort out. He has got more chance of making the side as a keeper.

All batsmen get hit once and a while. I remember Martin Crowe was felled by a Bruce Reid bouncer in 1986 and you could hardly say Crowe had technical problems. I'm not meaning to compare Crowe to Papps, but I don't think one can read too much into that one incident.

 

[JASON]

Chaminda , What do you think the Team should be for the second Test at the Basin Reserve ? (or is it Westpac Trust stadium)

I feel Maharoof should come in replacing Kulasekera . Thats the only change I can see. But if the pitch appears greener, may be Chandana should get the chop !!

 

[Zinzan]

Chaminda , What do you think the Team should be for the second Test at the Basin Reserve ? (or is it Westpac Trust stadium)

I feel Maharoof should come in replacing Kulasekera . Thats the only change I can see. But if the pitch appears greener, may be Chandana should get the chop !!

I agree to chop Chandana for the next test. Should be more fresh and green in Wellington, although I hate to say I very much doubt that Wellington would have no rain in 5 days at this time of year. I've got a horiible feeling that it will be badly rain affected Hope i'm wrong

 

[Kumar_42]

I'd like to see Ruchira Perera be given a go replacing perhaps Kulasekera. Also it would be good i think to give kalavitigoda a chance (at no.3), at the expense of one of the spinners.

 

[JASON]

I'd like to see Ruchira Perera be given a go replacing perhaps Kulasekera. Also it would be good i think to give kalavitigoda a chance (at no.3), at the expense of one of the spinners.

Maharoof to me seems a better option. He will also strengthen the batting, being an all rounder.

This being a deciding test and the Teams being so closely matched ATM, I would not try bringing Kalavitigoda for this test.

 

[marc71178]

There's a good chance NZ may get a small lead . Although I am hoping Vaasy will show how classy he is get some runs !
And Chandana too.

Bit of a collapse at the end there.

I did think that those 2 at 7 and 8 leaves a very long tail.

The likes of Vaas and Chandana may be useful players to stay with a top order player, but they can't take the lead when batting with the tail in the same way as someone like a Razzaq or a Bravo, let alone some of the Aussie or South Africans.

 

[JASON]

I agree to chop Chandana for the next test. Should be more fresh and green in Wellington, although I hate to say I very much doubt that Wellington would have no rain in 5 days at this time of year.

Wellington appears to be a mixed Bag , going by the Tests of the past 5 years. Sometimes it has been seamer friendly, but usually a pitch which has some assistance to spinners, so Chandana may be use ful if the pitch appears that way . Only people at the Ground on the day can make the correct decision.

 

[marc71178]

But two an over, that is too slow in anyones books.

That all depends on the match situation.

I don't think SA got above 2 an over throughout the 2nd innings against WI this week, but nobody from SA moaned.

For these 2 the key was to ensure they don't lose early wickets (as that's the only way there's even the tiniest chance of a result) and by lasting 24 overs that's exactly what they did.

Also bear in mind that they've only played 4 and 2 games, so are looking to establish themselves as a long term partnership, and one of the only ways to do that is by batting together.

 

[JASON]

Bit of a collapse at the end there.

I did think that those 2 at 7 and 8 leaves a very long tail.

The likes of Vaas and Chandana may be useful players to stay with a top order player, but they can't take the lead when batting with the tail in the same way as someone like a Razzaq or a Bravo, let alone some of the Aussie or South Africans.

Chandana is a reasonably decent batsman even in Tests - not a Razzaq or Bravo may be not !

TESTS
(including 11/08/2004)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 14 21 1 548 92 27.40 51.35 0 2 7 0


Vaas

M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 82 118 22 2028 74* 21.12 42.11 0 8 23 0

Vaas some away scores only against NZ in past few Tests -

33 n.o, 36 V NZ - Napier 1995
51 and 3 V NZ - Dunedin 1995
2 and 57 v NZ - Dunedin 1997

 

[marc71178]

Chandana is some what boosted by his 92 against Zim (especially on such a small sample of results)

And 1995 and 1997, just a while back?!

 

[JASON]

Against Australia -
Mat I NO Runs HS1 HS2 HS3 Ave 100 50 0

unfiltered 14 21 1 548 92 76 43 27.40 0 2 0
filtered(v Australia) 4 7 0 146 43 27 19 20.85 0 0 0

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Runs Pos Dismissal I R Match

12 8 caught 2 W 1st Test v Aus in SL 1999 at Kandy [1459]
DNB - - 4
27 8 caught wk 2 L 1st Test v Aus in SL 2003/04 at Galle [1685]
43 8 caught 4
14 9 caught wk 2 L 1st Test v Aus in Aus 2004 at Darwin [1705]
17 8 bowled 4
19 8 stumped 2 D 2nd Test v Aus in Aus 2004 at Cairns [1706]
14 8 stumped 4

I beg to differ. If anything Chandana's problem is in making good starts and then giving it all up without buiding a fifty from thereon .

Against England - it looks even better

Mat I NO Runs HS1 HS2 HS3 Ave 100 50 0

unfiltered 14 21 1 548 92 76 43 27.40 0 2 0
filtered(V England) 2 3 0 116 76 21 19 38.66 0 1 0

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Runs Pos Dismissal I R Match

21 7 lbw 1 D 1st Test v Eng in SL 2003/04 at Galle [1670]
19 8 lbw 3
76 7 caught 2 W 3rd Test v Eng in SL 2003/04 at Colombo (SSC) [1675]

Against SA

Mat I NO Runs HS1 HS2 HS3 Ave 100 50 0

unfiltered 14 21 1 548 92 76 43 27.40 0 2 0
filtered(v SA) 5 7 1 131 40 32 29 21.83 0 0 0

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Runs Pos Dismissal I R Match

8 8 caught 1 W 1st Test v SA in SL 2000 at Galle [1504]
1* 9 not out 2 L 2nd Test v SA in SL 2000 at Kandy [1505]
16 8 bowled 4
32 9 caught 2 D 3rd Test v SA in SL 2000 at Colombo (SSC) [1507]
DNB - - 4
5 8 bowled 1 D 1st Test v SA in SL 2004 at Galle [1709]
29 8 caught 3
40 9 stumped 1 W 2nd Test v SA in SL 2004 at Colombo (SSC) [1710]
DNB - - 3

 

[Cam7]

Maharoof to me seems a better option.

Maharoof... Maharoof... Maharoof is on fire!

 

[Kumar_42]

Maharoof... Maharoof... Maharoof is on fire!

He might be. But he's still no match for Chaminda-he's Vaastly superior

 

[_Ed_]

Maharoof... Maharoof... Maharoof is on fire!

 

[chaminda_00]

All batsmen get hit once and a while. I remember Martin Crowe was felled by a Bruce Reid bouncer in 1986 and you could hardly say Crowe had technical problems. I'm not meaning to compare Crowe to Papps, but I don't think one can read too much into that one incident.

The techincal faults im talking about is his footwork, not the fact he got hit by a bouncer. His footwork and overall game is not good enough at present to play test as a batsmen.

 

[The Maestro]

Maharoof... Maharoof... Maharoof is on fire!

oh my god........hahahahahahahahahahaha



are the crowds chanting that? They need to be!!

"We dont need no water, let the...."

The Barmy Army would make good use of that one (if they dont already)

 

[chaminda_00]

Chaminda , What do you think the Team should be for the second Test at the Basin Reserve ? (or is it Westpac Trust stadium)

I feel Maharoof should come in replacing Kulasekera . Thats the only change I can see. But if the pitch appears greener, may be Chandana should get the chop !!

I've never really been that impressed with Kulasekera, he doesn't look up to test or ODI standard for me. I would replace him for Maharoof for sure for the next game. It is very likely that the pitch might be fairly green from what some of the Kiwis have been saying and from my memory of Basin it is generally pretty seamy. If that the case then i might be go for 4 quicks and and the extra batsmen. This would mean that both spinners would be droped and Ruchira Perera and Shantha Kalavitigoda come in. If the pitch isn't green then i would go for Herath over Perera. So my side would be:
S Jayasuriya
S Kalavitigoda
M Atapattu (c)
M Jayawardne
T Samaraweera
K Sangakkara (wk)
T Dilshan
C Vaas
F Maharoof
R Herath/R Perera
L Malinga

 

[dinu23]

i don't think Kalavitigoda wil be given a chance in the next game. if the pitch is green then herath will probably be left out and Perera or Maharoof will get in.

 

[chaminda_00]

i don't think Kalavitigoda wil be given a chance in the next game. if the pitch is green then herath will probably be left out and Perera or Maharoof will get in.

I think they need the extra top order batsmen so Sangakkara can bat down the order, also his fielding might be useful. I heard he was more then a useful fielding, if it is true then his fielding could be useful considering our overall fielding in this match so far.