I actually did some research, well not really, and I found out that the population of New Zealand is 300 people, and then I checked out Sri Lanka, and they only have a few million.
So I came up with an idea, why not join the two teams together.
Ebony and Ivory baby, the first ever south sub continental pacific side. Boom.
Think about it.
They are both struggling against real test teams, they are both from islands, and they both have odd looking spinners.
It’s a match made in heaven.
The world could spin for another 2000 years before someone related to Bush blows it up, and Sri Lanka or New Zealand aint ever gonna be the number one ranked test teams.
Sri Lanka will be good, frequently, they are a naturally talented cricket nation, but De Silva and Murali have been there only top class champions, that’s a pretty poor return. Also they still haven’t produced a sh1t hot test match quick and they’ve been around for 30 years.
The country is always in turmoil, Ranatunga walks around like he is a Bollywood Clive Lloyd. Politicians pick old dudes for tours. For all their talent, they rely on a bloke with a freak show action, and outside of Kumar and De Silva, their batsmen are good, but never really good.
New Zealand are always better than they should be, which is lucky, cause they should be completely f*cken awful. No one thinks about cricket better than the Kiwi’s, but have you ever thought why, because they are not very good at the game.
Its not their fault, they have a basketball team, two rugby teams and a cricket team to pick from 300 residents. Once you take out the women, old people, young people and the disabled, who do you have left, 60 dudes and Helen Clark.
But if you take New Zealand’s team and mash it with Sri Lanka’s team, you have something.
Sanath and Fleming at the top, Kumar and Taylor in next. Oram and Silva in the middle, Vettori and Murali with the spin, Bond and Malinga with the new ball. And Vaas as first change and number 7.
That is a more than handy side, throw in Craig McMillan (I know he’s retired but I’m not ready to say good bye just yet) and Mahela and you got yourself a squad.
That is a side that could beat the evil South African robots, and certainly make Australia bat twice, if nothing else.
And if that side isn’t enough then we could throw in Mohammad Ashraful, and any other Bangladeshi player, until they are good enough to play on their own.
Roy Dias to coach.
Mark Greatbatch to look after fitness, Ranatunga as dietician and Martin Crowe on public speaking, grooming and how to generally be as smooth as Martin Crowe.
Sounds like a plan to me.
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