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HEADLINE: Battle of the middle orders
CaribbeanCricket.com
2008-03-20 08:23:28
Former West Indies fast bowler cum coach Reon King feels that the Digicel Test Series between West Indies and Sri Lanka will be a battle of the middle orders.
King, who was appointed coach for the Guyana Cricket Board President’s Select XI which took on Sri Lanka in the visiting team’s warm up game at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, is in a good position to comment as he paid close attention to all the trends in the entire three day game. Full Story
imusic
2008-03-20 08:45:13
In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
“The batsmen don’t seem to be absolutely comfortable with the slowness in the surface here as yet, maybe because they were just in Australia or are probably because they are used to a bit more bounce in their own surfaces back home, they struggled a bit with the lowness of the bounce on the track we played on,” King said.
Sri Lanka 492-5 decl. (Malinda Warnapura 132 ret., Tillekeratne Dilshan 101 not out, Mahela Jayawardene 99, Chamara Silva 51 not out, Thilan Samaraweera 36, Michael Vandort 29, Kumar Sangakkara 22; Shamarh Brooks 1-20).
Yup..sure as hell looks like the Sri Lankan batsmen struggled alright.
Banner
2008-03-20 08:47:24
Narper
2008-03-20 08:50:19
And he also thinks that swing which Vaas in particular thrives on will not feature too much in the Digicel Test match.
Tell de quacks Kingie
unitsypher
2008-03-20 08:52:36
It will definately come down to the middle orders. I don't think Vaas is the same player he was two or three years ago. He is still good but not someone to fear, the problem will be Muralitharan and the other spinners. Sarwan, Samuels, Chanderpaul and Bravo will have to do a lot of batting for us to do well in this series. They are the best players of spin we have and Sri Lanka will be playing a few guys who can turn their hand over.
I hope Sarwan can find his groove right away. We'll really need him to hit some good form right away.
tigga
2008-03-20 09:00:26
Did not know Kingie a coach. Me think Ganga should learn from this move...
Spectator
2008-03-20 09:06:38
In reply to Narper
When wickets start to tumble we will find who really are the duck merchants of WI. 
Whereas Sri Lankan batsmen will have a run fest!
vulcan
2008-03-20 09:11:38
In reply to imusic
Yup..sure as hell looks like the Sri Lankan batsmen struggled alright.
Someone put a mike in front of Kingie, what you expect, that he said nothing. The man had to say something but I didn't thing he would have said all this trash.
Cleg
2008-03-20 09:46:13
In reply to unitsypher
Sarwan, Samuels, Chanderpaul and Bravo will have to do a lot of batting for us to do well in this series. They are the best players of spin we have
Not only did you name neraly all the batting!.......you left out
`Onry...why?
defeyeant
2008-03-20 09:49:54
of course its about the middle order cause any battle of openers or bowling we lose outright
camos
2008-03-20 09:51:08
In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
Guyana Cricket Board President’s Select XI
thought was a WI select XI?
vulcan
2008-03-20 10:02:38
In reply to Cleg
The main idea is about middle order. Onry is not middle order,the last time I check, right
Cleg
2008-03-20 10:06:25
And he also thinks that swing which Vaas in particular thrives on will not feature too much in the Digicel Test match.
I dont think there is anything to fear from
Vass either!
In 7 matches vs WI he took 43 wkts......39 from 5 in Sri Lanka.....
but only 4kts from 2 @ 50.75 in WI
......as a matter of fact he must hate playing in
WI and India....of his 157 wkts away...only 11 in India and of course that meagre 4 in WI.
Cleg
2008-03-20 10:18:37
In reply to vulcan
The main idea is about middle order. Onry is not middle order,the last time I check, right
I dont think the poster was thinking about the "subject" being discuss....else he wouldn`t name,all the middle order
as being our best players of spin!
vulcan
2008-03-20 10:25:50
In reply to Cleg
Perhaps, just perhaps, Gayle is not among our best players of spin
doosra
2008-03-20 10:32:05
Warnapura and Vandort will surprise allyuh
Cleg
2008-03-20 10:43:48
In reply to vulcan
Perhaps, just perhaps, Gayle is not among our best players of spin
`Onry is as good a player of spin as anyone in the team.He is flat footed to "pace".....but moves reasonable well to slow bowlers.....
and on a flat pitch,he will murder any bowler
vulcan
2008-03-20 10:53:31
In reply to Cleg
We on the same page, bro. Did you notice I said that the analysis from Kingie was 'trash?'
Cleg
2008-03-20 11:03:59
In reply to vulcan
Cool! 
greypatch
2008-03-20 11:52:51
this just in king gets a late call up to the windies squad..
he replaces the left arm seamer pedro "ah wha ah game" collins...
gwannn kingee
Flickcan
2008-03-20 14:04:29
Vass will take care of the top order while Murali take care of the middle order.
Watch the flow on Saturday.
Internationalfan
2008-03-20 14:42:22
Sri Lanka is missing stream line bowlers, I guess amarsinghe is still in sri lanka and may not play 1st test but not sure. If WI bat first they have the advantage.
