Why we love to love Sri Lanka - Suresh Menon
CiL
raised eyebrow and a gentle smile. If Australia win the World Cup, the
one-day game will move further into the laptop and towards power and
fitness. If Sri Lanka win, it will be a triumph of spirit. The happy
smile would have triumphed over the furrowed brow, writes Suresh Menon
Read on at http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1088555
CiL
Dave -Turner
> They have blended youth and experience
so does Australia
> planning and flexibility
so does Australia
> a raised eyebrow and a gentle smile.
Australians can also raise they eyebrows and you may be surprised we to read
we can also smile
> If Australia win the World Cup, the one-day game will move further into
> the laptop
laptops, what the?
> and towards power and fitness.
Nothing wrong with power or fitness, and most of Australia's batsmen don't
play with the power of like Hayden and Symonds
> If Sri Lanka win, it will be a triumph of spirit.
If Australia win, it will be a triumph of spirit.
shariq...@yahoo.com
Lots of steretypes and imaginary perceptions in that article...
irn...@email.com
> If Sri Lanka win, it will be a triumph of spirit. The happy
> smile would have triumphed over the furrowed brow, writes Suresh Menon
>
If India win, it will be triumph of commercialism.
The happy smile would have triumphed at the headquarters of Pepsi, LG,
Hero Honda, Fiat etc.
linus
As a Sri Lankan born Canadian I must say that I was flattered when I
first read this article, but it is full of stereotypes. Smiles are
not always gentle, and most of the time there is very little planning!
However, by the grace of a higher god, Tom Moody, and some dedicated
players who does not appear to have any ego problems, this edition of
the national team seems to be clicking on fine.
They really have not been tested to the limit so far in the
tournament, except may be against the South Africans. Bigger tests are
on the horizon - in the form of England, Aus, and New Zealand. So we
shall see.
BenjaminFranklin
"CiL" <cricke...@rediffmail.com> wrote in message
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Which is WHY I preferred Tom Moody over Greg Chappelli as Coach of India two
years back and support Srilanka to WIN WC2007 now.......
Srilanka has ALL the ingredients and with a LITTLE bit of luck SHOULD LIFT
WC2007.......
BenjaminFranklin
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England ??? -- Didnt SL thrash Eng 5-0 in their last head to head series IN
England ?
Aus - Tough fight.......should be a GOOD game
NZ - SL should WIN........havent done research but I doubt if Fulton,
Marshall, Taylor etc can handle Murali, Dilshan and Bandara in the SPIN
dept....
Chan
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> "linus" <lavinia...@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> > On Apr 3, 12:13 pm, "CiL" <cricketisl...@rediffmail.com> wrote:
> >> They have blended youth and experience, planning and flexibility, a
> >> raised eyebrow and a gentle smile. If Australia win the World Cup, the
> >> one-day game will move further into the laptop and towards power and
> >> fitness. If Sri Lanka win, it will be a triumph of spirit. The happy
> >> smile would have triumphed over the furrowed brow, writes Suresh Menon
>
> >> Read on athttp://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1088555
>
> >> CiL
>
> > As a Sri Lankan born Canadian I must say that I was flattered when I
> > first read this article, but it is full of stereotypes. Smiles are
> > not always gentle, and most of the time there is very little planning!
> > However, by the grace of a higher god, Tom Moody, and some dedicated
> > players who does not appear to have any ego problems, this edition of
> > the national team seems to be clicking on fine.
>
> > They really have not been tested to the limit so far in the
> > tournament, except may be against the South Africans. Bigger tests are
> > on the horizon - in the form of England, Aus, and New Zealand. So we
> > shall see.
>
> England ??? -- Didnt SL thrash Eng 5-0 in their last head to head series IN
> England ?
>
Yes, but this is in the West Indies. And iirc Colly and Pietersen (not
to mention Anderson and Panesar) were absent from most, if not all,
the games vs SL in England. So they are not going to be such easy
beats. Note that the likes of Kabir Ali are nowhere to be seen now.
> Aus - Tough fight.......should be a GOOD game
>
I really do hope so. However I would rather lose to Australia now if
it means beating them in the SF or final due to the "law of averages".
> NZ - SL should WIN........havent done research but I doubt if Fulton,
> Marshall, Taylor etc can handle Murali, Dilshan and Bandara in the SPIN
> dept....
I certainly think that the NZs will be somewhat wary of the SL
bowlers. Not just spin but also the deadly Malingerer. However they
have enough batsmen to counter the threat and this should be a very
exciting game. SL are just as likely to be blown away by Bond. I would
seriously consider replacing Tharanga with Atapattu for this match. I
have given up hope of Bandara ever getting a game in this tournament.
- Chan
driz
> > tournament, except may be against the South Africans. Bigger tests are
> > on the horizon - in the form of England, Aus, and New Zealand. So we
> > shall see.
>
> England ??? -- Didnt SL thrash Eng 5-0 in their last head to head series IN
> England ?
Refresh my memory: Was KP playing that series with an injury?
Eng bowling still looks weak, except for Panesar who can keep one end
tight.
SL have the advantage that this is their 3rd game in Antigua -- while
Englans is playing their first one here tomorrow.
yeskay
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Murali/Jaya will eat England on WI pitches. SL will win this wc if
they
beat Aus with Murali throwing everything in his might at them
Andrew Dunford
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Will be a difficult game for NZ - indeed has the potential to be a decent
encounter.
Malinga is a threat to any side at the moment; NZ's track record against him
makes them vulnerable. However the real threats are exactly the same as
they have been for the last ten years or more: Murali and Jayasuriya. In all
that time the NZ batsmen have never worked out how to play Murali;
Jayasuriya, although has average against NZ is not spectacular, has long
enjoyed scoring centuries against them.
Difficult to know why the nut case is excited about the spin of Dilshan and
Bandara; the latter has potential but is not likely to be picked, whilst the
former does little more than roll down a few tight overs of mostly
non-turning stuff. He performs that job well, but it's not a
lie-awake-at-night proposition.
As somebody else pointed out yesterday, NZ's pace attack has a soft
underbelly once Bond has been dealt with.
Andrew
ants...@xtra.co.nz
> ? ...
>
> > They have blended youth and experience
>
> so does Australia
So how many in the Australian team are 23 or younger then?
Dave -Turner
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heh I see you've examined the ages of both teams and decided that 23 is the
best age to use against Australia here - let's conveniently forget that
Shaun Tait is 24 for example, yet i guess he's a year over being youthful
huh.
Andrew Dunford
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SL has younger players in its squad than Australia - there are three Sri
Lankans younger than the youngest Aussie.
But...the average age of the Sri Lankan squad is higher than that of
Australia (as is the average age of the NZ squad).
So, SL has a greater spread of young and old players than does Australia.
What does this all mean...sod all.
Andrew
Rats
> As somebody else pointed out yesterday, NZ's pace attack has a soft
> underbelly once Bond has been dealt with.
I would normally agree with this and yes Franklin in particular has
looked rather ordinary. However Oram and Styris, and to some extent
Mason, have bowled reasonably well to compliment Bond. We don't need
all our bowlers firing on all cylinders for our bowling attack to
succeed. As long as Bond is performing well from one end the other
bowlers will be in business from the other. (Touch wood on Bond
performing well from one end!).
alvey
We nearly vomited.
Stex
> "Dave -Turner" <d...@t.3.2.1> wrote in message
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Absolutely nothing. Unless of course they make a century in a losing
game. Different ball game then sonny
Stex
ants...@xtra.co.nz
> Lankans younger than the youngest Aussie.
>
> But...the average age of the Sri Lankan squad is higher than that of
> Australia (as is the average age of the NZ squad).
I call bullshit on that one - I just checked on cricinfo and averaged
all the ages of each player in the squads.
Sri Lanka = 28.33
Australia = 30.53
> So, SL has a greater spread of young and old players than does Australia.
> What does this all mean...sod all.
Nice strawman, but how can you claim that Australia has a blend of
youth and experience when 9 of their squad are 30 or over and only 1
player is younger than 25?
>
> Andrew
Andrew Dunford
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>> SL has younger players in its squad than Australia - there are three Sri
>> Lankans younger than the youngest Aussie.
>>
>> But...the average age of the Sri Lankan squad is higher than that of
>> Australia (as is the average age of the NZ squad).
>
> I call bullshit on that one - I just checked on cricinfo and averaged
> all the ages of each player in the squads.
>
> Sri Lanka = 28.33
> Australia = 30.53
Oops - bullshit it was. I left out Ponting, but still divided the total by
15.
>> So, SL has a greater spread of young and old players than does Australia.
>> What does this all mean...sod all.
>
> Nice strawman,
It wasn't a strawman, it was a mistake in the calculation.
> but how can you claim that Australia has a blend of
> youth and experience when 9 of their squad are 30 or over and only 1
> player is younger than 25?
I didn't make such a claim. Ask Dave.
That said, despite Dave's usual knuckle-headed response, he does have a
point that the 'over 30' and 'under 25' categorisations are somewhat
arbitrary.
Andrew
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Ah, CiL - a true legend of this forum, long before my time. It is
wonderful to see you posting again, but why have you been so scarce of
late?
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