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Old August 28, 2012, 01:28 AM
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Originally Posted by al Furqaan
Honestly, SL have only produced Vaas and Malinga. And even Vaas had a reasonably poor strike rate for a guy who took as many wickets as he did. Malinga on the other hand is pretty beastly. They might have some decent pacers now, but SL are probably not the best team for us to emulate pace wise. I see no reason why we can't emulate Pakistan...I don't think their infrastructure is that much better than ours. If thats issue, than look to NZ. With a tiny population and relatively thin resources they've produced many good bowlers from Hadlee to Bond, and then plenty of solid ones like Martin, Franklin, Mills and Oram.
Fast bowlers from NZ and Pakistan are generally much taller than our bowlers. They're also much stronger, but that part of the problem can be fixed by building strength. As someone has mentioned already, the closest we can get to Sri Lanka and India, and that's a fairly straightforward decision.
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