Kumble leaves Murali, Bhajji behind
Posted on Jul 22, 2008 at 18:55 | Updated Jul 23, 2008 at 12:58
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Murali has been top of the ICC Reliance Test bowling table for a quite a while, but as the Sri Lankans tell you, "Records are one thing and while they may look fancy in print, it is the performances which count".
There has been more pre-match hype written about the so-called Moratuwa Mystery man Mendis than there has about how the pitch is likely to behave. Perhaps this is because the new bowler, making his Test debut, is treading into new territory and facing far more challenging batsmen than, for example he has bowled to in the Asia Cup and the West Indies where he made his limited overs debut earlier this year.
Arguments about why he was not selected for the Commonwealth Bank series suggest that the selectors themselves were unsure of his effectiveness. What has been discounted by Sri lanka's coaches is that it was not because the pitches offer little to spinners. Trevor Bayliss rejected it as "Speculative and without foundation".
Certainly he will provide a challenge for the batsmen working out his method of bowling the off-spin, leg-spin, top-spin and whatever else he may flick out.
As India's coach Gary Kirsten explained, a bowler such as this is exciting and good for the game. For Mendis, the challenge is whether he will lose his mastery over the batsmen as such as Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar work out his tricks of the trade.
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Posted By Shafiq
Speechless! Murali has left everyone speechless once again. I salute him on timely performance to close the debate again. He
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Posted By Chetan
haha it\''s quite laughable that mumble is considered the met lethal. Yes he has 500 odd wickets but look at
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Posted By afreen
please play well and pratices well and dont woory i am with you ok
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