India vs Sri Lanka

Good news for all NZ fans as they are now at no.2 in ranking and bad news for Indian fans as they slip to 3rd and might slip to 6th if they lose all matches

Originally posted by Sledger Spinners love bounce !   Aussies tracks have everything - value for your shots , good pace and turn after a couple of days. Not extravagant turn , but enough for quality bowlers to trouble the best of batsmen.  Swann will do well this winter and if England do retain the Ashes , he'll be a major reason why.

I seriously think that Anderson will be eaten alive in Australia, yet again. You can't afford to bowl too full here and he will get undone. As I said before, Hilfenhaus is Australia's best fast bowler because he adjusts his length according to conditions with complete ease and is not a rhythm bowler. Anderson needs to make adjustmentslike Hilfenhaus does and work on bowling Stuart Broad lengths. I do however think that Broad also gets a lot of his wickets only when he finds his swing, which he might struggle to do here with the kookaburra and he might get frustrated... certainly that's what happened in 2006/07 with Flintoff and co.

Swann is the key, he's the one guy who can do really well, he's definitely England's best bowler by a country mile and that's no disrespect to Anderson, I just think he's England's most dynamic and efficient bowler. If he doesn't take at least 25 wickets for the series England will not retain the Ashes.
          For mine it's Finn and Swann who will be the enforcers. I also think England MUST consider 5 bowlers. Ponting is due for a big summer and he loves the home conditions, while Clarke seldom does poorly at home.


Edited by milkman - 11 August 2010 at 3:54am

On current form and facts , Australia do not stand a chance to win a single match against England this Ashes. Swann,Broad,Jimmy and Finn will be too hot to handle.

Further discussions I will put in appropriate thread when someone starts it.

What pathetic performance by India, I had told earlier India is not a good side in ODI's.

In my opinion India is an excellent side in Test and just ok/good in ODI's, while exactly opposite is Australia with excellent ODI unit and ok/good./average Test side.

Originally posted by milkman India aren't a good side in tests either.

When I think of England batting , I feel they can't lose a test against current Australian bowling lineup.My comments might seem funny , but Strauss,Trott,KP,Morgan and Colly as a group are really good.They won't be intimidated a bit.Plus Ausstralian batting will have tough time against Swann.

A very very boring and unnecessary tri series is going on and this is the reason why ODI cricket comes under the scanner. A totally unnecessary series involving same old India - Srilanka playing against each other for some 100th time in last one year, who wants to watch this? Please.

but why people talk like this, i mean ODI's are not that boring. I love one day cricket, it has its own status but it is not organized properly like SR and India are playing against each other again and again.

It's the right sentiment from the board, but yes it could be perceived as a little harsh. It isn't as if they are short of spinners to call on though. You could say it's another instance of no-ball controversies following Sri Lankan off-spinners around if you wanted to be a bit mischevious.

Nothing wrong with Sehwag's comment to Bangladesh, pre match banter has always been part of the game, even we guys at the smaller level have a bit of it with our opponents as good hearted fun.

It is not the first time then why blow it out of proportion? Cricinfo has written a nice piece today
http://blogs.cricinfo.com/fromeditor/archives/2010/08/out_of_proportion.php. It has all been done before this is just SLC trying to please BCCI as they feed on them. Shame.

Wasn't it Sehwag himself who kicked the ball to the boundary denying Amla a single? Spirit of Cricekt.

How about that incident in South Africa when they banned virtualy half the Indian team and then they walked out and the final test wasn't even given test status. Rahul Dravid putting a throat lozenge on the ball? Gambhir physically assaulting Shane Watson.... list goes on. Indians always cry foul, but they play the dirtiest cricket.

I'm sick of Ponting getting called a cheat. It's not cheating by claiming a catch when even video evidence, which is 2D not 3D is inconclusive. A cheating catch would be like Rashid Latif's against Bangladesh, but he admitted it eventually.

Sangakkara came up with a simple solution - if a batsman scores off a no-ball that counts before the extra - that'll at least sort out deliberate no-balls , but wides are a different matter.

Originally posted by spin wizard Sam, the difference is, you can be assured that India won't be folding again this series for 88, while with Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, you could have been guarantedd another 88 or some score below 150, that's the difference.  Everyone have off days in Cricket, but you tend to get thrashed by the media etc when it becomes all too often.

now they get bowled out for 103 and lose with some 210 balls to spare, that is humongous, I'm sure even China cannot lose like this if they play cricket!!!

... and now will anyone say India should be banned from ODI's? Thank God this is not happening to BAN and ZIM.