Prince EWS
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Wicket keeper hard to pick IMO. Not sold on him going with Gilchrist.
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Furball's Greatest XI
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Cabinet96
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I doubt it tbh.
morgieb
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Yeah, I'm leaning towards him going Prior there.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Not true.
jackbyrne91
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Love it
Howe_zat
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Nah, he keeps comparing him to Viv. But we could well have Amla.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Kumar Sangakkara
The number 3 slot in this side took a bit of time to figure out. It could easily have gone to Rahul Dravid, were it not for the lack of openers worthy of a spot. Ricky Ponting was another strong candidate. However, it is Kumar Sangakkara who’ll have the honour of walking out at first drop in my side. Like virtually all left handers, Sangakkara is an elegant bastard when he bats. And he’s scored a hell of a lot of runs for us cricket lovers to drool over in his career. His 192 at Hobart, cut short when he was sawn off by Rudi Kirtzen, was exquisite, one of the finest I’ve seen. Not only has he scored runs all around the world against everyone, but like the bloke at number 4, he loves going big when he scores runs. Pakistan in particular have suffered at the hands of his bat over the years.
However, Sangakkara’s value to my team is not just as a batsman. He also happens to be an excellent wicketkeeper – his work to stump Brian Lara off the bowling of Chaminda Vaas in the 2007 World Cup is something that’s always stuck in my mind when it comes to good pieces of wicketkeeping. He doesn’t get the gloves in Test cricket for Sri Lanka, but I’ve always been impressed by his work in pyjamas for Sri Lanka. And having kept to Muralitharan for the best part of a decade, I’ve no qualms with him keeping to Shane Warne. Plus, as wicketkeeper he’ll also take up the role of Head Sledger. And in my opinion, no-one does it better than Sangakkara. He has a rapier sharp wit behind the stumps, and his sledging of Shaun Pollock in the 2003 World Cup is, and probably will be for a while, my favourite piece of sledging I’ve seen on TV.
Two birds killed with one stone. Number 3 batsman and wicketkeeper. I don’t think there’s many in the history of the game better equipped to do it than Sangakkara.
The number 3 slot in this side took a bit of time to figure out. It could easily have gone to Rahul Dravid, were it not for the lack of openers worthy of a spot. Ricky Ponting was another strong candidate. However, it is Kumar Sangakkara who’ll have the honour of walking out at first drop in my side. Like virtually all left handers, Sangakkara is an elegant bastard when he bats. And he’s scored a hell of a lot of runs for us cricket lovers to drool over in his career. His 192 at Hobart, cut short when he was sawn off by Rudi Kirtzen, was exquisite, one of the finest I’ve seen. Not only has he scored runs all around the world against everyone, but like the bloke at number 4, he loves going big when he scores runs. Pakistan in particular have suffered at the hands of his bat over the years.
However, Sangakkara’s value to my team is not just as a batsman. He also happens to be an excellent wicketkeeper – his work to stump Brian Lara off the bowling of Chaminda Vaas in the 2007 World Cup is something that’s always stuck in my mind when it comes to good pieces of wicketkeeping. He doesn’t get the gloves in Test cricket for Sri Lanka, but I’ve always been impressed by his work in pyjamas for Sri Lanka. And having kept to Muralitharan for the best part of a decade, I’ve no qualms with him keeping to Shane Warne. Plus, as wicketkeeper he’ll also take up the role of Head Sledger. And in my opinion, no-one does it better than Sangakkara. He has a rapier sharp wit behind the stumps, and his sledging of Shaun Pollock in the 2003 World Cup is, and probably will be for a while, my favourite piece of sledging I’ve seen on TV.
Two birds killed with one stone. Number 3 batsman and wicketkeeper. I don’t think there’s many in the history of the game better equipped to do it than Sangakkara.
Prince EWS
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Yeah, I was thinking that might happen.
Howe_zat
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Furball naming 5 bowlers would be amusing
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Ponting was close. As the dominant batsman in the greatest team there's ever been and his iron will to win there's a ****load to admire about him. Ponting's biggest weakness is, despite his pull shot, I've never particularly enjoyed watching him bat.
Prince EWS
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Yeah I thought you'd go Sanga just to kill two birds with one stone and allow for the balance you've got going there.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Sangakkara would have been number 3 regardless of whether I was giving him the gloves.
edit: well, actually, Dravid would have been number 3 if he wasn't opening. But you know what I mean.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
You can still have Lara at 3 and KP at 4 and Laxman at 5 and Sanga at 6.. If Warney is batting 9, then 7 and 8 should be good enough to give Sangakkara very good company and Anderson is not the worst either.. Think the line up would be more balanced that way. Juz my thoughts, I know its your side
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Nah, you misunderstand. Sangakkara would only have missed out at the expense of Cook or Sehwag.You can still have Lara at 3 and KP at 4 and Laxman at 5 and Sanga at 6.. If Warney is batting 9, then 7 and 8 should be good enough to give Sangakkara very good company and Anderson is not the worst either.. Think the line up would be more balanced that way. Juz my thoughts, I know its your side