and Inzamam has been omitted.. :)..Quote:
Originally Posted by Beckham
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and Inzamam has been omitted.. :)..Quote:
Originally Posted by Beckham
Thiru,
I think Sangakara played well against Aussies in the recent home series.
He also played well when they toured down under last.
Besides, he is a decent keeper as well.
Definitely an emerging star in Srilanka... after Mahela Jayawardene.
Thiru,
Also, if we count the best of the keepers in today’s cricket…
Gilchrist
Sangakara
Kamran Akmal
The above 2 are specialist batsmen. Infront, Sangakara can even open the innings.
Considering the current poor form of Adam, I think Sangakara leads the show now….
THiru,
You have mentioned that Inzy is omitted from the world 11.
Pl remember that the past performance was also a factor considered when the team was finalised.
I dont think Inzy had done well in Australia...
He does not have a good average / record against Aussie in Australia.
I think he must have toured atleast thrice .. ..but dont remember any great scoring....
This thread is a nice topic .
It seems, the following players need to be looked at :
1. Mcgrath – eventhough had done extremely well…. Age is catching up
2. Gilesspe – Failed in this series …. Also getting aged
3. Shane Warne – May be the last Ashes series for him
I don’t see any strong lethal backup for the above 3 great guys
Batting :
Adam Gilchrist…. Always used to come when the bowlers are tired and exhausted… plunder runs mercilessly and take an unbeatable position…… to ensure aussie does not bat twice and also scored in double quick time…. He is also getting aged….. Lost his touch this series
Langer… doing well but getting aged… may be for another 2 years
Hayden…… Great guy… but some back up is required
The middle order is weak now….. Martyn / Katich …. Not firing … doing well in patches…
Clarke…. If they are going to consider him as a specialist batsman…. It will be risky
It all seems the beginning of the end of the great formidable Aussie has started
The absorbing recent Ashes series had totally taken away whatever minimum interest we had on the Indian tour….of Zimbabwe…
Hats off to the English team… Irrespective of the outcome of the final test …one should commend the fighting spirit shown by Waughan’s men…From having lost the first test, they have bounced back tremendously… thanks to guys like Flintoff…, Jones, keeper Jones, Giles, Trescothick… Waughan also….
Look… this is what is called as team effort….
From a decent team under Nasser Hussain… the guys have built a formidable team .. potential to become number 1 ….
Not to rest on select guys ….
Now Flintoff has been doing to Aussies what Gilchrist was doing to the rest of the world earlier… Come late order and brutally destroy the bowling….
Probably Aussies are taken aback by the collective effort of England team... They were targetting Waughan mainly...( that used to be their approach always... target the opponent's captain and rest will follow suit )
but missed out on other developing and motivated guys....
Hope Greg Chappell builds a team which wins matches out of collective effort… not out of individual brilliance..
england are probably the best team in the world at the moment, but will need to work on a few areas if thay are going to be successful on the subcontinent....such as learning how to play spin!!!
much as i was delighted by englands performances......warne had all the batsmen bar pietersen (and later flintoff) under his spell. they will need to work harder before they arrive to face harbhajan, kumble, and kaneria on turning tracks.
that aside....i think the rest of the world will have a lot to do to keep up with england over the next few years.
This thread seams to be hilarious :lol: now after that marana adi to World XI.
scale, :lol:
Sanga was easily the best bat for World XI 8-)
The guy is a class