Ajantha Mendis

Tabata · 8th July 2008, 14:51

Thoughts?

Devil_forever · 8th July 2008, 15:09

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Originally Posted by Tabata

Thoughts?

Not a patch on Murali or Warne and never will be.

Red Devil 26 · 8th July 2008, 15:16

Abundance of variety. Finally can see life after Murali, albeit in a completely different form.

It remains to be seen how effective he'll be after all the teams get a proper look at him, but with all that variety, he'll be extremely difficult to pick.

Virtuoso · 8th July 2008, 16:03

Was almost like a secret weapon against India. Agreed that he does have a lot of variety but time will tell, always the case with spinners (though he's a medium pacer as well) whether or not batsman can pick them off - when a few begin to do just that, Mendis' counter will prove if he is the real deal or not.

crappycraperson · 8th July 2008, 16:18

Most of his deliveries are the straight ones. Bar Gambhir there is no one in the Indian one day line up that can play spin well or atleast as well as Indians are renown to play it.

Red-Indian · 9th July 2008, 07:25

Lets see him bowl to the likes of Tendulkar, Ganguly and Laxman before we take a call. He does have promise but its a bit early to be calling him Murali's successor.

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Red Devil 26 Reserve Team Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: <Insert witty remark> Posts: 1,029	Abundance of variety. Finally can see life after Murali, albeit in a completely different form. It remains to be seen how effective he'll be after all the teams get a proper look at him, but with all that variety, he'll be extremely difficult to pick.

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Virtuoso Reserve Team Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London, England Posts: 605	Was almost like a secret weapon against India. Agreed that he does have a lot of variety but time will tell, always the case with spinners (though he's a medium pacer as well) whether or not batsman can pick them off - when a few begin to do just that, Mendis' counter will prove if he is the real deal or not.

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crappycraperson "Resident cricket authority" Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: <Insert something funny here> Posts: 11,239	Most of his deliveries are the straight ones. Bar Gambhir there is no one in the Indian one day line up that can play spin well or atleast as well as Indians are renown to play it.

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Red-Indian Reserve Team Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Supposedly working in office Posts: 1,119	Lets see him bowl to the likes of Tendulkar, Ganguly and Laxman before we take a call. He does have promise but its a bit early to be calling him Murali's successor.