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***Official*** England in Sri Lanka

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JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
Player of the series has to be Mahela....But the Captain of the series has to be Vaughan IMO because to finish this series 1-0 only deserves Credit . In Colombo he made some good decisions that helped save that Test...Jayawardene IMO failed to nail the advantage there and a 1-0 series result IMO credits Vaughan more than Mahela...
 
J

JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
I notice that the next time the 2 teams are scheduled to play a Test series again is May 2011 in England.

http://nz.cricinfo.com/db/FORTHCOMING/FUTURE_TOURS/2011.html:)

And it will be after the 2011 World Cup...

Any guesses on how many of the current players from both Teams will be still playing...:)

I suspect Murali, Vaas, and possibly Dilshan would've retired . Mahela and Sangakkara would be on the verge of retiring ....one suspects...

Vaughan , Collingwood and possibly Harmison may have retired....England Captain may then be Ian Bell or Freddie (if he returns from Injury successfully) or perhaps Alistair Cook..:)
 
J

JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
And SL's Test programme next year has West Indies away in Caribbean in March , India in SL in July and Zimbabwe at home and Bangladesh away then an away series to Zimbabwe...in Feb 2009:laugh:

Apart from India in July SL are set for a pretty cruising 18 months with Murali set to harvest a lot of wickets .....:laugh:
 
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JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
JASON said:
I notice that the next time the 2 teams are scheduled to play a Test series again is May 2011 in England.

http://nz.cricinfo.com/db/FORTHCOMING/FUTURE_TOURS/2011.html:)

And it will be after the 2011 World Cup...

Any guesses on how many of the current players from both Teams will be still playing...:)

I suspect Murali, Vaas, and possibly Dilshan would've retired . Mahela and Sangakkara would be on the verge of retiring ....one suspects...

Vaughan , Collingwood and possibly Harmison may have retired....England Captain may then be Ian Bell or Freddie (if he returns from Injury successfully) or perhaps Alistair Cook..:)
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Hoggard would probably be on the brink of retirement as well one suspects.

Who would be the next England Skipper after Vaughan if Freddie's recovery fails to happen ? Ian Bell or KP
 
Migara

Migara

Cricketer Of The Year
JASON said:
I suspect Murali, Vaas, and possibly Dilshan would've retired . Mahela and Sangakkara would be on the verge of retiring ....one suspects...

Vaughan , Collingwood and possibly Harmison may have retired....England Captain may then be Ian Bell or Freddie (if he returns from Injury successfully) or perhaps Alistair Cook..:)
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SL will have Mahela and Sanga for sure, both will be around 34 then. Chamara Silva is a big possibility. Lasith Malinga id he does not brak down, Chanaka Welagedara, Dilshan, Vandort are the ones I can think of. I cannot even think of a spinner that can lead the atatck b y then.
 
Jono

Jono

Virat Kohli (c)
OMG!

England have lost 3 wickets in an over, and Bopara is gone for a golden duck.

Embarassing stuff this.
 
Evermind

Evermind

International Debutant
JASON said:
And SL's Test programme next year has West Indies away in Caribbean in March , India in SL in July and Zimbabwe at home and Bangladesh away then an away series to Zimbabwe...in Feb 2009:laugh:

Apart from India in July SL are set for a pretty cruising 18 months with Murali set to harvest a lot of wickets .....:laugh:
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I'm not sure if it's something to celebrate. If I were SLankan, I'd be hatin' the board for scheduling these crap fixtures, and there's no chance I'd watch any except perhaps the windies one.
 
Evermind

Evermind

International Debutant
I wonder how many more games Bopara will get thanks to that single performance that almost (but in fact didn't) win them the game in the WC.
 
J

JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
Evermind said:
I'm not sure if it's something to celebrate. If I were SLankan, I'd be hatin' the board for scheduling these crap fixtures, and there's no chance I'd watch any except perhaps the windies one.
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Where did you get the idea I was celebrating....? I was laughing at the amount of low quality opposition SL will be playing....except for India and perhaps West Indies..
 
J

JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
Brilliant innings by Cook ...seventh Century by age 23 equalling Miandad -with Only Bradman and Tendulkar having had more Centuries by that age....Amazing...illustrious company ....:)
 
J

JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
If only England had survived the last 30minutes at Kandy...they could well be going home with a 0-0 series...
 
J

JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
New ball due in 3 overs...I think Mahela will be hoping for a couple of wickets with the new ball before Weather comes into play...
 
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