Westindies tour of Srilanka 2010

[Habib]

Originally Posted by nadim 98
boy oh boy...only 80 more rund needed to break laras record

got a feeling he will get there

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Now now don't jinx him :P
Gayle has a cramp. Darren Bravo has come as his runner.

[Night_wolf]

Gayle gone!..out triple nelson!..333

[Tiger Manc]

Superb innings from Gayle! Well done! Good to see that there's still some fight in the windies.

Sri Lanka are already missing Muralitharan.

[simon]

bravo Gayle.
now lets see how Sri respond in such good bttng track,they need atlst a dble hundred.
Sanga looks in attacking form.
Dilshan is gone for a duck,damn.

[roman]

333 for Gayle..Classic!!! SL bowling looks so harmless with out Murli and Malinga.

[zainab]

I dont think that SL took the Windians seriously because they have not performed well lately, but happy to see that they are putting up a great fight, this is a new WI team and should not be taken lightly anymore. I am saying this because BD plays them in the WC.

[Habib]

^And also don't underestimate BD in our sloow low pitches :P These are nothing like Srilankan or Indian flat pitches.

[Zeeshan]

What an innings! What a player! What an inspiration!

I think it's an either-or factor. These players Bradman, Sehwag, Gayle they target that they will score massive and they will score quickly. There is no reason to play Dravidian innings only to get tired and out in a loose ball. Hence it tends to work for men with these sort of mentality.

Hope our Tamim babu reaches that level too. He has the knack, now only needs discipline and experience.

Congrats Gayle!

[Bond]

Originally Posted by Habib
^And also don't underestimate BD in our sloow low pitches :P These are nothing like Srilankan or Indian flat pitches.

But brother, it takes one Gayle to destroy a world class side like Srilanka, if we can't get him out in the first 15 overs then match will be over for us.

[Tiger Manc]

match drawn! rain ruined final day. i was hoping windies would win. never mind i hope they can show some fighting spirit in the remaining tests.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lank...ch/464987.html

[zainab]

If SL wins the ODI series, and BD wins the Zim series, where will the standings be between these 2 teams in the ICC rankings?

[yaseer]

^^ Very good question. Hope someone can answer this.

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by zainab
If SL wins the ODI series, and BD wins the Zim series, where will the standings be between these 2 teams in the ICC rankings?

see the 1st post..there is a link for the icc odi ranking..u can calculate points there for different scenario..i have explained at the bottom of the opening post

[Murad]

5-er for Roach

Srilanka 387/9 declared.

[Dilscoop]

[Dilscoop]

Why are they continuing with this match? No point. Waste cost, in vain.

They should do a Hansie Cronje 2000 - Centurion Park

[Ajfar]

^ was that the match that was fixed?

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[cricman]

Originally Posted by bangladesh_sy
^ was that the match that was fixed?

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Hansie just wanted a result

If Sangu pulled a a Hansie they would have gotten the WI out for a Humiliating defeat

[Dilscoop]

It wasn't fixed, rather a start of a revolution in cricket. Bookie just asked Hanise to make a game out of a dead rubber. But the result was natural.

[Night_wolf]

ODI series postponed due to bad weather

The confusion surrounding the one-day leg of West Indies' tour of Sri Lanka has ended with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announcing that the five-match series has been postponed to late January 2011 because of the bad weather all across the island. The decision, made after an understanding was reached by the boards and the television partner, was announced shortly before the first ODI was scheduled to begin in rain-hit Hambantota. West Indies will fly home on Friday.

There was no clarity over whether the ODI series would be postponed or not on the eve of the first ODI in Hambantota, where it had been raining incessantly. Reports had suggested that SLC and the West Indies board were working on rescheduling the series, but SLC denied this, while the West Indies team management would not officially comment on the development. Adding to the confusion was Chris Gayle's Twitter update - the former West Indies captain tweeted as early as Wednesday afternoon that the series had been officially called off and that he was headed out of the country.

Brian Thomas, SLC's media manager, told ESPNcricinfo that the two boards were "looking at postponing the series yesterday [Wednesday]." He said the delay in the making the decision was because they decided to wait one more day to see if the weather would improve.

Rain has been the only constant during this ill-timed tour, with the players spending most of the time during the drawn three-Test series in dressing rooms. The weather-induced stalemate pushed Sri Lanka from third to fifth in the ICC Test rankings, and Kumar Sangakkara, the Sri Lanka captain, went on to describe the series as the worst of his life.

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[One World]

Srilanka must be over the moon. Assessing the current form it could be anybody's series.