treva
ICC Chairman
Massive wicket. Excellent spin bowling from Swann and Yardy, I think we've found our new spin partnership in limited overs cricket. Could keep them under 120 here.
I still don't think that your player comparison proves that they were better especially when you think that Craig White is better than Bresnan currently is. White had a pitful average of 15 with the bat and his bowling figures although decent still don't make him better than Bresnan.
I'd also rate Collingwood ahead of Thorpe as Collingwood has managed to score multiple centuries on top of his brilliant fielding and decent right arm medium/off cutters. All this while basically having the same average.
Regardless of all of that the point Colly was trying to make was that this team are more powerful as in they can all clear the boundary down to number 10.
White's ODI figures didn't do him justice. But he clearly was a better player than Bresnan. That was the same White that was a major player when England won test series in Pakistan & Sri Lanka in the famous winter of 2000. Something that Bresnan can only dream of doing.
Exactly. Thrope averaged the same as Colly at his current peak in ODIs never scoring a century. Imagined if he did get 4-5 centuries, his average would have been better. Thorpe sort of underachived as an ODI bat, while Colly probably is at his peak right now.
So could the 2002 team as i recall.
Lol Nasser trying to tell us that Broad is tough
LOL :laugh:laugh.To be honest he is tougher then most other girls.
I have a feeling Eng wont chase this
meh, I said right at the start of this tournament sri lanka's squad a batsman short and unfortunatly I've been right.
The middle order as looked cagey, the top order has failed, jayasuriya's spot is untenable now, the middle order has been unable to play with any freedom as they know the tail comes up too quick.
They have Perera, a 20 year all-rounder at no 7, whereas australia has mike hussey, pretty obvious where the difference lies there.
Mathews is maturing into a great player though, I can see him being an important part of sri lanka's squad across all formats now. Gives them great options to play two spinners with his pace bowling. (though not 3, that was ludicrous in india)