West Indies in Sri Lanka

[Rangeela]

Schedule

July 9-10 Tour Match Colombo
July 13-17 1st Test Colombo (SSC)
July 21-25 2nd Test Kandy

West Indies Squad

* Ian Bradshaw
* Dwayne Bravo
* Shiv Chanderpaul
* Sew Shivnarine
* Pedro Collins
* Corey Collymore
* Fidel Edwards
* Chris Gayle
* Wavell Hinds
* Brian Lara
* Daren Powell
* Denesh Ramdin
* Ramnaresh Sarwan
* Devon Smith
* plus 2 from A side

 

[Nightwatchman]

hopefully SL will win, i really like Wst Indies, they got a lot of pomise, but i think that inexperience will show. SL have got a good batch as well. Lasith Malinga looks the part, and sangakkara is a future captain.

 

[Sureshot]

Who are shivnarine and remdin?

 

[anakwalajinn]

with lara and his form right now they would have had a MUCH bigger chance of winning, Lara is 65"% of windies batting, Chanderpaul is 30%

 

[rahulk666]

Has the contract dispute been settled with WI players?? Last i heard only three players (one of them was chanderpaul) had signed the contract.

I will vote in the poll only if someone can tell me if Murali is going to play in the test matches...

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Who are shivnarine and remdin?

I know Remdin is a keeper...

And yes, I think Murali is playing :happy

 

[Sureshot]

Anyone know if it is on British TV?

 

[rahulk666]

Its very tough to beat Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has 3-4 international stadiums and they play there most of the times. So as you can expect they know the pitch conditions very well. West Indies batting will revolve around Brian Lara who is in good form but rest of the batsmen will I think struggle against Murali's spin bowling. May be Lara can draw a match for West Indies by his batting but if the Sri Lankans keep posting huge totals (which is very much possible notwithstanding WI bowling attack and SL players accustomed to pitch conditions) then even a double hundred from Lara won't be enough for WI to win. We have seen this in past series where Lara played as good as anybody in all the matches but still WI lost all the matches. If Gayle, Chanderpaul, and Sarwan play well around Lara then only WI has a chance to win the series. but this scenario looks very unlikely as most of the batsmen will find find it tough against Murali's bowling.

Just my two cents regarding the series outcome.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

I think if Lara, Chanderpaul and Gayle can play a few big innings, and Sarwan, Hinds and Bravo play around them, and Collymore and Bradshaw touch form with the ball, the West Indies could win.

 

[jdbais]

Has the contract dispute been settled with WI players?? Last i heard only three players (one of them was chanderpaul) had signed the contract.

It's very close to being settled I think.

 

[sachin]

Well i've gone for a 1-0 win to the West Indies!Do i have the guits to put a bet on that?Porobably not.We'll see how things go.

 

[jdbais]

Just seen on cricinfo that a third-string (not second-string) side has been named. What a shame. It would have been a very interesting series.

http://content.cricinfo.com/slvwi/content/story/212349.html

 

[angryangy]

Like most tours of Sri Lanka, it will come down to how well the tourists can handle big spin on scraggly pitches.

 

[sohum]

No Lara, Gayle, or Sarwan as for now. They'll probably resolve contract issues last moment, though.

 

[jdbais]

There isn't much time with the first test starting on the 13th.