Yeah, Milne bowled really well with the new ball in the first ODI v SRL at Hagley, but Mitch picked up a bucket of his usual troll wickets to restrict SRL to a gettable total, so it's a fiendishly difficult question to answer.Milne/McClenaghan is the big question in my mind.
You keep on bringing this up but the bloke has only taken 2 4 wicket bags against us, which for a fast bowler is hardly awesome. 1 of those bags we rolled them worse than what he did to us so they still lost.Just hope my fear of Malinga coming out of nowhere and doing a job on us (as he has so often in the past) doesn't transpire.
He's not exactly destroying Zimbabwe at the moment.Just hope my fear of Malinga coming out of nowhere and doing a job on us (as he has so often in the past) doesn't transpire.
This is true but historically we've always struggled against the unorthodox bowlers.He's not exactly destroying Zimbabwe at the moment.
warm-upHe's not exactly destroying Zimbabwe at the moment.
Even forgetting his big bags, his 1-25 off 9 in the '07 semi when we were chasing 290 for victory is still fresh in my memory. Got Fleming LBW early & after that we struggled to hit him off the square.You keep on bringing this up but the bloke has only taken 2 4 wicket bags against us, which for a fast bowler is hardly awesome. 1 of those bags we rolled them worse than what he did to us so they still lost.
Herath and Senanayake (dilshan even) are the keys. We have always struggled more with their spinners than with him. Plus he looks like Ranatunga now and will be lucky to bowl 10 overs
Obviously he's a very different bowler from the 2007 edition. Back then his effort ball came through in the 146-150 range. He hasn't bowled that quick since his major injury problems that he went through a few years back, and he generally hasn't looked that big a threat in recent times (since the mid-year tour of England). Still, I generally share your concern.Even forgetting his big bags, his 1-25 off 9 in the '07 semi when we were chasing 290 for victory is still fresh in my memory. Got Fleming LBW early & after that we struggled to hit him off the square.
Obviously I'm hoping I'm wrong & everyone else is right in that he's over the hill now & unlikely to be much of a threat.