West Indian Tour of Sri Lanka, November-December 2010/11
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Dare
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Good start by the WI removing to openers early. Sammy needs to give the ball to Bravo so he can attack from the other end and give Roach some support.
shravi
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Bravo has been a little wide. Sangakkara could leave those alone all day long. It's just undoing all the hard work done by the opening bowlers early on. They should look to attack and force the issue here, not tempt the batsmen into loose strokes. West Indies should take the initiative, not Sri Lanka. It's they who are on top. The pitch is still doing a bit as well.
EDIT: That's more like it!
EDIT: That's more like it!
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angryangy
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But to what end is that a problem? After a poor first over, he bowled 16 overs for 16 runs. You can't write off centimetre-accurate medium pace on a Sri Lankan wicket that is doing a bit. That's most of their pace bowling history. Players like Vaas and Kulasekera have excellent home records. Mathews, Maharoof and Thushara too, if you count one dayers. It's only gentle stuff, but it often works.
Plus if you get a spell so miserly, it means the bowler at the other end can afford to attack more, or have an extra slip.
The question is who in the side is actually prepared to take advantage of that? Roach has shown some return on his talents, but Bravo, Benn and Shillingford seem to be between them a rather unpenetrative selection. It's a quandary no matter how long Sammy bowls himself, because you'd thing none are likely to turn a mere 1 run per over for too long either.
Plus if you get a spell so miserly, it means the bowler at the other end can afford to attack more, or have an extra slip.
The question is who in the side is actually prepared to take advantage of that? Roach has shown some return on his talents, but Bravo, Benn and Shillingford seem to be between them a rather unpenetrative selection. It's a quandary no matter how long Sammy bowls himself, because you'd thing none are likely to turn a mere 1 run per over for too long either.
relentless_rock
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Got to give respect to Sangakkara, Sachin topples him in the list of highest batting career avg amongst current playing cricketers and he takes that position back with a 100. This champ is surely going to overtake Ponting and Dravid's test records by the time he retires.
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Yeah, they only have one bowler who offers more than that. That's the problem. Benn and Shillingford are not good enough to play in the same team.
Dare
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Sammy taking it a bit too far here with his overs. He has bowled 37 overs so far and is getting hit around by the tailenders. Bring on Roach and let them try to do that against him.
Not following this at all because of the Ashes, but I don't get it. Are these puss trying to bat out all 5 days? They should have declared long days ago, considering how it rained so much.
These current captains are buncha puss!
These current captains are buncha puss!
Dare
Chairman of Selectors
Whodini?
Declaration just came.
Great bowling by Roach. His first time in the subcontinent (at least in real cricket) and he gets a 5 fer to go along with his 5 wickets from the first test.
Dare
Chairman of Selectors
West Indies turn to get lucky with the rain.
He doesn't have enough time left.4-5 years left in him.Besides,Lankans don't get many test matches.
Rain might win the man of the series award
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