Farveez Maharoof - Long term all ronder option?

[tooextracool]

Not only is Perera always looking like he is one game away from being called for chucking, he can not bowl a consistent line or length, his far to erratic to succeed at test level. Also his not an all-rounder so he can not replace Maharoof at seven. You only have to look at their career statistics or they recent performances to see who the better bowler is.

and maharoof can bowl a consistent line and length? maharoof got absolutely destroyed on a seamer friendly wicket recently and his bowling is nothing more than medium-fast. and to call maharoof an all rounder when he cant bat or bowl is pushing it a fair bit. Perera may not be the most accurate, but hes got a fair bit of variety and looks more likely to succeed than maharoof. and if hes playing in ODIs then why not play him in tests too assuming that he isnt playing because of the chucking controversy?

 

[chaminda_00]

Perera is injuried last time i checked and apparently his action got cleared about four years ago. You would think when he is fit again he will be the 2nd seamer picked behind Vaas.

 

[Arjun]

Wijekoon has good stats, but apparently his technique is not up to scatch to bat at 7. This only what my mates in Sri Lanka say, so im going by secondary info, but he batted below Vaas in the Tests he played. So i would say that both Maharoof and Vaas have better techniques and if they played in the same side he would bat below both of them. Thats the big thing with most these all rounder option, there not really that much better then Vaas with the bat, so whats the point in playing them.

With Mirando his got pace and nothing else. You don't make sides just cus your the fastest bowler in the country, especially when you only bowl mid 140s. He wouldn't hurry up most international batsmen.

Wijekoon's batting can't be far worse than the likes of Dilshan and Mubarak, can it? Neither of them can make the top four in this Lankan side, and neither can bowl ten overs in every match. As for Vaas, he was just plain lazy, and never contributed much with the bat. Otherwise, there would be five bowlers in every match they played.

At least Mirando has pace– the others don't even have that. With pace, there's always the extra wicket. He can also score runs, so he should be ahead in the line, before as many as four seamers picked for SL. Still, why not go back to Chandana or Zoysa?

 

[Arjun]

Wijekoon's batting can't be far worse than the likes of Dilshan and Mubarak, can it? Neither of them can make the top four in this Lankan side, and neither can bowl ten overs in every match. As for Vaas, he was just plain lazy, and never contributed much with the bat. Otherwise, there would be five bowlers in every match they played.

At least Mirando has pace– the others don't even have that. With pace, there's always the extra wicket. He can also score runs, so he should be ahead in the line, before as many as four seamers picked for SL. Still, why not go back to Chandana or Zoysa?

Look at this lineup-

• Vandort
• Ian Daniel
• Marvan
• Sangakkara
• Mahela
• Dilshan
• Zoysa/Chandana
• Maharoof
• Vaas
• Muralitharan
• Dilhara

Why not try it?

 

[chaminda_00]

Wijekoon's batting can't be far worse than the likes of Dilshan and Mubarak, can it? Neither of them can make the top four in this Lankan side, and neither can bowl ten overs in every match. As for Vaas, he was just plain lazy, and never contributed much with the bat. Otherwise, there would be five bowlers in every match they played.

At least Mirando has pace– the others don't even have that. With pace, there's always the extra wicket. He can also score runs, so he should be ahead in the line, before as many as four seamers picked for SL. Still, why not go back to Chandana or Zoysa?

First of all Dilshan is ten times better then Mubarak and Wijekoon. Why compare other batting options to Mubarak, when he clearly is not good enough to play Test Cricket. He can score million runs against Bangleadesh A and take million wickets, but he still wont be good enough.

If pace is all that thats required then why don't we just play Mirando, Dihara and Malinga and forget about Vaas. You don't take wicket cus you can bowl mid 140s, if he bowled in the 150s then maybe we should consider him on the back of his pace. But really is he that fast in comparsion to the rest of world.

Zoysa and Chandana - well there are spinners who are bowling better then Chandana, Hearth, Weerakoon and Bandara are all bowling better then him. But he is back in the Sri Lanka A OD side, so he preforms his a good chance to make the ODI side. For Zoysa, last i heard he was injured, but if he isn't his batting isn't good enough to bat at seven, he is way too inconsistent. When it comes to his bowling, yes he maybe better then the guys currently there, but how many times do you have to go back to the same guys over and over again. Prasad, Maharoof and Malinga are preforming at domestic level and if given a decent run at international level, may convert those preformances to international cricket.

 

[chaminda_00]

Look at this lineup-

• Vandort
• Ian Daniel
• Marvan
• Sangakkara
• Mahela
• Dilshan
• Zoysa/Chandana
• Maharoof
• Vaas
• Muralitharan
• Dilhara

Why not try it?

Did you stop keeping up with Sri Lankan cricket twelve months ago?

Tharanga would make the side infront of Daniel, his dropped in form a lot in the last 12 months. Dilhara has been bowling pies since his latest return from injury and the sooner he gets dropped the better. Bandara, Hearth, Weerakoon and Suraj have all overtaken Chandana as the 2nd spinner options in tests. Maharoof would bat infront of Chandana and Zoysa would bat at 9 anyway. Zoysa will never should bat at 7 for Sri Lanka, his just not good enough.

Why not try it, you playing five bowlers and you would struggle to take 20 wickets unless Vaas or Murali get a 10fer.

 

[ramkumar_gr]

First of all Dilshan is ten times better then Mubarak and Wijekoon. Why compare other batting options to Mubarak, when he clearly is not good enough to play Test Cricket. He can score million runs against Bangleadesh A and take million wickets, but he still wont be good enough.

If pace is all that thats required then why don't we just play Mirando, Dihara and Malinga and forget about Vaas. You don't take wicket cus you can bowl mid 140s, if he bowled in the 150s then maybe we should consider him on the back of his pace. But really is he that fast in comparsion to the rest of world.

Zoysa and Chandana - well there are spinners who are bowling better then Chandana, Hearth, Weerakoon and Bandara are all bowling better then him. But he is back in the Sri Lanka A OD side, so he preforms his a good chance to make the ODI side. For Zoysa, last i heard he was injured, but if he isn't his batting isn't good enough to bat at seven, he is way too inconsistent. When it comes to his bowling, yes he maybe better then the guys currently there, but how many times do you have to go back to the same guys over and over again. Prasad, Maharoof and Malinga are preforming at domestic level and if given a decent run at international level, may convert those preformances to international cricket.

I dont agree Bandara as a better bowler to Herath at the test level. whenever Herath has got opportunities, he had done well may not picked up five-fors regularly but has done his job. But Jayawardane does not seem to have the confidence in Bandara , and has done very little in the two-test series, whereas Herath had always played a bigger role in home tests.

 

[Prince EWS]

Russel Arnold averages a pathetic amount with the ball, and so does Dilshan, and also Mubarak.........so let's do a reversal.

Dilshan hardly averages a pathetic amount with the ball. Mid thirties may not be great, but its far better to average in the mid 30s with the ball than average 7 with the bat.

 

[chaminda_00]

Another CricInfo article about him. It seems that there is a lot of pressure starting to build upon him by the media. I read as Sri Lanka newspaper article on him last weekend also. There are already starting to compare him to other all rounders. Must see something that myself and other CW posters, haven't seen yet.

 

[Arjun]

Dilshan hardly averages a pathetic amount with the ball. Mid thirties may not be great, but its far better to average in the mid 30s with the ball than average 7 with the bat.

Would you have him bowling as many overs as Murali or Vaas? Then he'd be shown up, because that's what you need. The Lankans have six specialist batsmen, so you don't need one at seven.

 

[nookie_lk]

Another CricInfo article about him. It seems that there is a lot of pressure starting to build upon him by the media. I read as Sri Lanka newspaper article on him last weekend also. There are already starting to compare him to other all rounders. Must see something that myself and other CW posters, haven't seen yet.

Farveez maharoof holds the highest total runs made by a schoolboy cricketer in sri lanka playing for Wesley College Colombo (which is my school too) 260 something runs...

 

[chaminda_00]

how many overs did Bandara bowl and how many did Dilhara bowl at times against bangla and in the first test. Really i would have no problem with Dilshan/Samarawerra bowling 10 overs per innings.

 

[chaminda_00]

Farveez maharoof holds the highest total runs made by a schoolboy cricketer in sri lanka playing for Wesley College Colombo (which is my school too) 260 something runs...

I know all about his youth records, but his yet to score a FC hundred, surely you have to be able to score hundreds to bat in the top 7 these days.

 

[Prince EWS]

Would you have him bowling as many overs as Murali or Vaas? Then he'd be shown up, because that's what you need. The Lankans have six specialist batsmen, so you don't need one at seven.

I wouldn't have him bowling THAT many over, but you dont need him to. The fifth bowler (a combination of Samaraweera and Dilshan, in this case) doesnt need to bowl as many as the other four - he simply needs to chip in with about 10 overs per innings.

And no, they do not have six specialist batsmen... they have five specialist batsmen a wicket-keeper/batsman.

 

[marc71178]

Look at this lineup-

• Vandort
• Ian Daniel
• Marvan
• Sangakkara
• Mahela
• Dilshan
• Zoysa/Chandana
• Maharoof
• Vaas
• Muralitharan
• Dilhara

Why not try it?

Why try that?

An average of 7.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

With pace, there's always the extra wicket.

That's so not true, it's hardly funny at all.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Another CricInfo article about him. It seems that there is a lot of pressure starting to build upon him by the media. I read as Sri Lanka newspaper article on him last weekend also. There are already starting to compare him to other all rounders. Must see something that myself and other CW posters, haven't seen yet.

Or maybe they're just really really desperate for an allrounder?

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Why try that?

An average of 7.

Because he can hit the ball long, duh.

 

[chaminda_00]

Or maybe they're just really really desperate for an allrounder?

Thats what im thinking, but really it could be worse in the long term then better. He could get pigoened holed as an all rounder and if he fails, like Loku did then it could be really had for him to get back in, but ATM with Perera injuried or fixing up his action again, his our number two seamer and should be played as a specialist bowler and his batting is just an extra, rather then a requirement for his position in the side.

 

[chaminda_00]

Just had a look through the domestic stats of the current season and it looks like a few all rounders stepped up:

- G Wijekoon: 917 runs @ 70.5 & 20 wkts @ 23
- H Fernando: 635 runs @ 39.7 & 18 wkts @ 25
- K Dharmasena: 664 runs @ 83 & 32 wkts @ 16
- K Weeraratne: 659 runs @ 47 & 19 wkts @ 29
- K Lokuarachchi: 461 runs @ 46 & 39 wkts @ 12.6

Obviously Dharmasena has been tired over and over again and his batting never seems to take the next step. The performances of the other four has been impressive though, but only really Lokuarachchi has dominanted with the ball, with the others just been contributing. The standard of Club Cricket is pretty low, so its really hard judge these performances, so it will be interesting to see how they go in Provincial Competition. Does anyone know when that starts this year?