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***Official** Sri Lanka in New Zealand
- Thread starter JASON
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shortpitched713
International Captain
Isn't the answer obvious?_Ed_ said:
Drop him every other match.
Matt52
U19 Vice-Captain
Really hope Fleming has a good series. He has got a few more years to retirement but it would be a shame for him to finish with an average under 40. For a player like him, his average should be more in the mid 40's, and a couple of hundreds in this series might help that out. Lets face it.....we are not playing much test cricket over the next few years, so ...........
This may seem unpatriotic but I am hoping that the other batsmen , Cumming, How, and Sinclair, have a poor series so that we can discard their names once and for all. Maybe not How, because he is young and has a long way to go, but I have an awful feeling that if Sinclair, in particular has a good series then his name might come up for the one dayers that follow and maybe even be in the world cup reckoning, at the expense of Taylor or Vincent.........I can just imagine Bracewell doing something like that.
This may seem unpatriotic but I am hoping that the other batsmen , Cumming, How, and Sinclair, have a poor series so that we can discard their names once and for all. Maybe not How, because he is young and has a long way to go, but I have an awful feeling that if Sinclair, in particular has a good series then his name might come up for the one dayers that follow and maybe even be in the world cup reckoning, at the expense of Taylor or Vincent.........I can just imagine Bracewell doing something like that.
Perm
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I think that even if Sinclair has a good test series we won't push him into the middle order for the ODI's where we already have some quite good players. In other news, I bought a small transmitter radio so I can listen to the cricket while I am working on the farm. I also heard that next season 2007/2008 New Zealand will be playing 10 test matches, I think it was Martin Sneddon who said it.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Perm said:
I think we're playing South Africa in South Africa again (wtf?), and then a home and away series to England. I guess thats where our 10 tests will come from.
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
Good to see this is being shown in the UK. More cricket to watch 
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Dravid said:
Yes
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
The real disgrace is SEVEN short form games v two Tests.NZTailender said:Yes
Cut some ODIs instead...
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Snedden barely played tests, so we know where his loyalties lie. Won't be surprised if Bracewell AND Snedden get the flick after the World cup.
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Not fixture enough Test Matches and therefore reduce the improvement of the NZ side.Fiery said:
A/ Because in the eyes of NZ and Australia and to a lesser extent England , SL are not yet an established Test nation - as far as they are concerned we are not worthy of being afforded 3 Tests in their great cricketing nations - we are still upstartschaminda_00 said:
as far as these 3 countries go. (England only just recently afforded us the luxury of 3 tests for which are indeed grateful )B/ Can't agree with you more . Besides Silent Striker needs to consider this, I and most SL support India after SL. So that's a bloody good reason for SS to support SL.
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
TBF its all to do with money not our status as established Test Nation. Sri Lanka doesn't bring enough people through the gates when we play Tests, but were a good chance of a sell out when it comes to ODIs.JASON said:A/ Because in the eyes of NZ and Australia and to a lesser extent England , SL are not yet an established Test nation - as far as they are concerned we are not worthy of being afforded 3 Tests in their great cricketing nations - we are still upstarts
I always thought Kiwis were great sporting people, but some have started resorting to the great Australian Mind games strategy again -such as the likes of Tony Veitch on Radio Sport and some of his colleagues.(ie Ian Smith etc.)
I say this because they have resorted to digging up the same old skeleton from the closet about Murali being "a Chucker " etc..
Pretty disappointed to be honest. This is the sort of thing you expect from Aussies before any Test or ODI with their huge Media Bandwagon and back room Spin doctors working overtime - expected much better from the Kiwis.. Most have been very decent and fair ... but you find the odd muck raker - a la Robert Craddock like rubbish mongrels even here..
Disappointing .
I say this because they have resorted to digging up the same old skeleton from the closet about Murali being "a Chucker " etc..
Pretty disappointed to be honest. This is the sort of thing you expect from Aussies before any Test or ODI with their huge Media Bandwagon and back room Spin doctors working overtime - expected much better from the Kiwis.. Most have been very decent and fair ... but you find the odd muck raker - a la Robert Craddock like rubbish mongrels even here..
Disappointing .
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