Ajantha Mendis,the Sri Lankan Kumble

Pride of Sri Lanka Army ! Ajantha Mendis the Man of the match and the Man of the series of Asian Cricket Cup -2008
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Ajantha Mendis is Sri Lankan cricket 's new " Kumble "

Ajantha Mendis has suddenly burst into the world cricket scene through his mesmerizing display of spin bowlers against the Indian cricket team. Ajantha Mendis is however more similar to Anil Kumble than his idol, Muthiah Muralitharan

Ajantha Mendis is not a typical spinner like Muralitharan or Shane Warne but relies on his incredible accuracy to always be a threat to a batsman, irrespective of whether the batsman is batting on 0 or on 176.

Like Anil Kumble, Ajantha Mendis relies on his subtle changes of pace, direction and length to fox the batsmen

Ajantha Mendis ' real challenge is test cricket matches

There are huge expectations from Ajantha Mendis among Sri Lankan cricket fans and cricket enthusiasts such as myself. Its only once in a generation that a classy spinner emerges

Recently, there have been fears that there wouldnt be any near term replacements to Muralitharan, Shane Warne and Anil Kumble

If Ajantha Mendis does well in this test cricket series against the touring Indian cricketers, his future is almost assured, since the Indian cricketers are reputed to be such great players of spin bowling

Ajantha Mendis has a real challenge in the current test cricket series against the visiting Indian cricket team, but he seems to have the talent to justify his top billing

Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand World cup cricket semifinals predictions

Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand World cup cricket semifinals match predictions

Our statistical analysis of the Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand World cup cricket semifinals match suggests that the New Zealand cricket team are the favorites for the Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand World cup cricket semifinal match

Surprised by our contrarian predictions for the Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand cricket match? You shouldnt be surprised as our cricket predictions are based on actual statistical simulations of one-on-one encounters between the Sri Lankan and New Zealand cricket teams such as the Muralitharan Vs Fleming encounter, the Bond Vs Jayasurya encounter and so on

Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand World cup cricket semifinals- The Jamaica pitch will decide the outcome

The Jamaica pitch for the Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand cricket semifinals will decide the result of the Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand cricket match

In case the Jamaica pitch for the Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand cricket match aids spin, Muralitharan,Dilshan and Jayasurya have an opportunity to dominate the Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand world cup cricket semifinals. In case the Jamaica pitch for the Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand cricket encounter aids pace,bounce and seam, Shane Bond can make his ten overs for the New Zealand cricket team seem like a really long time for the Sri Lankan cricket batsmen

Current indications suggest that Shane Bond could have a serious role to play in the Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand World cup cricket match since the Jamaica cricket pitch is expected to aid a little pace and bounce.

Malinga,Vaas and Mahroof will also be looking forward to a fast wicket for the New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka cricket semifinals- and this should make for an exciting cricket match

Australia Vs New Zealand Super Eights cricket match at the World cup 2007

Australia win predicted in Australia Vs New Zealand Super Eights World cup cricket match

The Australian cricket team is set to win the Australia Vs New Zealand Super Eights cricket match. The Australia Vs New Zealand cricket match will miss the best bowler of the cricket World cup, as Shane Bond has been rested

New Zealand cricket team as good as Australia with Bond, half as good without Bond

Individual performances do determine the success of any cricket team, and Shane Bond is an incredible bowler for the New Zealand cricket team. Shane Bond is very easily the best bowler in this cricket World cup and the Australia Vs New Zealand Super Eights cricket match is set to lose its entire competitiveness with the absence of Shane Bond from the New Zealand cricket team

Our predictions for the Australia Vs New Zealand World cup cricket match- an easy win for the Australian cricket team

Did Mohammed Asif and Shoaib Akhtar take drugs?

Did Mohammed Asif and Shoaib Akhtar take drugs?

Mohammed Asif and Shoaib Akhtar will not play the cricket World cup,2007.The official Pakistan board alibi is that Mohammed Asif and Shoaib Akhtar are injured and cannot make it to the cricket World cup

Mohammed Asif and Shoaib Akhtar injured at the same time?

Talk about coincidence!The Pakistan cricket board claim that Mohammed Asif and Shoaib Akhtar are injured and cannot play a single match of the cricket World cup

When players like Oram talk about amputating their finger in order to play the cricket World cup, the excuse of Mohammed Asif and Shoaib Akhtar seems pretty lame

Akhtar and Asif-How widespread is drug taking by international cricketers like Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammed Asif?

We are not naive enough to pretend that Akhtar and Asif are the only drug takers- Cricket is definitely another endurance sport that probably has quite a few international sportsmen to enhance performance,but cricket authorities such as the ICC do not seem to be seriously looking at curbing this drug taking menace.
Every World cup,a popular cricketer is made a scapegoat,last time it was Shane Warne and this time its the turn of Mohammed Asif and Shoaib Akhtar

What about the matching fixing practice?.. Well, the ICC is not taking this menace seriously either

Was Shane Warne the greatest legspinner ever?

Was Shane Warne the great legspinner to have played cricket

Shane Warne was undoubtedly a great legspinner but was he the greatest? Certainly, a lot of young Australians do think that Shane Warne was the best legspinner ever,but older Australian cricket fans do think that Richie Benaud may have been a better legspinner

Some think Shane Warne was not as good as Chandrasekhar of the India cricket team

Chandra or Chandrasekhar evoked as much respect as Shane Warne among the opposing batsmen. To compare Shane Warne and Chandra is obviously unfair,given that the two bowlers were so different.Shane Warne was a traditionally legspinner who liked to give the ball a lot of air while Chandra was almost a fast bowler and tended to skid the ball through.Viv Richards among other great cricketers respected the leg spin bowling of Chandra to a great extent

Was Shane Warne better than Abdul Qadir of the Pakistan cricket team

Abdul Qadir was undoubtedly responsible for the revival of traditional leg spin bowling in the subcontinent and his google was incredible,but it is debatable whether he was as good as Shane Warne

Shane Warne was definitely the greatest legspinner in his time

In summary,Shane Warne was of course the greatest legspinner among his contemporaries,and cricket statistics do not lie, but there were other great legspinners prior to Shane Warne's time who were really great too!

Sachin Tendulkar Vs Shane Warne- Good old Sachin

Sachin Tendulkar Vs Shane Warne-will we see the good ol' Sachin

Sachin Tendulkar takes on the West Indies tomorrow in another one day international cricket match

Will we ever see the great Sachin Tendulkar at his best again?

The cricket purist in me screams that Sachin Tendulkar will be back for the Indian cricket team,just as Jayasurya came back to blast bowling attacks again- You just cannot keep a talent like Sachin Tendulkar away

Here is a short clip of Sachin Tendulkar at his peak- taking on the world's greatest legspinner ever,Shane Warne

Sachin Tendulkar at his best is truly incredible