***Official*** Sri Lanka Tour of West Indies 2018

[Daemon]

SLCs reaction was the true farce, we know the ICC is piss weak on ball tampering and such. I'm still keen to find out more about what really happened and who was calling the shots though, seemed like some poor officiating and misunderstandings may have caused the 2 hour delay

Normal organisations say things like "We'll conduct a thorough investigation".

SLC literally said that they'll back their players "no matter what". Even if they're guilty I assume.

 

[Borges]

Is he wrong?

No. Why would he be wrong?

 

[trundler]

No. Why would he be wrong?

Because he's Andrew Fidel Fernando, duh.

 

[Maximas]

He's got a point about the teams credibility though (at least performance wise), it was at rock bottom before the Pakistan series and now SL can be taken seriously as a cricketing nation again, the team was seriously dire for a couple years following Sanga's retirement

 

[Daemon]

He's got a point about the teams credibility though (at least performance wise), it was at rock bottom before the Pakistan series and now SL can be taken seriously as a cricketing nation again, the team was seriously dire for a couple years following Sanga's retirement

slow down there buddy lets not get ahead of ourselves here

 

[OverratedSanity]

Fernando's great. Don't understand the hate he's getting.

 

[Maximas]

slow down there buddy lets not get ahead of ourselves here

righto burgey

 

[Maximas]

Fernando's great. Don't understand the hate he's getting.

Probably one of the most witty writers on cricinfo

 

[TheJediBrah]

Normal organisations say things like "We'll conduct a thorough investigation".

SLC literally said that they'll back their players "no matter what". Even if they're guilty I assume.

It's all pretty dire. SLC have a lot to work to do to win back respect.

Still not worse than the CA overreaction. Why can no one fall in the sensible middle ground?

Admit your players did wrong, punish them a bit, but don't ban them for a ****ing year and treat them like criminals

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I watched the game for a while and have to say there was basically zero people at the game. I found that strange, especially when the game was exciting and well balanced. It seems no one is interested in cricket in Barbados and the West Indies?

Zero versus one is a huge difference.

Take your biases elsewhere.

 

[Maximas]

It's all pretty dire. SLC have a lot to work to do to win back respect.

Still not worse than the CA overreaction. Why can no one fall in the sensible middle ground?

Admit your players did wrong, punish them a bit, but don't ban them for a ****ing year and treat them like criminals

When the ****ing Prime Minister is coming out and making condemning speeches and the whole country is up in arms you're sort of bound to react the way CA did

 

[GoodAreasShane]

When the ****ing Prime Minister is coming out and making condemning speeches and the whole country is up in arms you're sort of bound to react the way CA did

I honestly have no idea why anyone would actually listen to Malcolm Turnbull on anything even vaguely sport related, the man clearly has no clue what he is talking about. Stick to what you know Talcum, like Ming dynasty ceramic and 18th century watercolour paintings

 

[TheJediBrah]

When the ****ing Prime Minister is coming out and making condemning speeches and the whole country is up in arms you're sort of bound to react the way CA did

That's a big part of the problem

 

[Migara]

That's a big part of the problem

That is not a problem only limited to Australia. Politicians comment on many things that they should not.

 

[Maximas]

Yeah, does the SL sports minister still have to sign off on team selections these days?

 

[Burgey]

I think he has to sign off on the walk outs.

 

[Beamer]

I watched the game for a while and have to say there was basically zero people at the game. I found that strange, especially when the game was exciting and well balanced. It seems no one is interested in cricket in Barbados and the West Indies?

Having attended 2 days myself I'm well placed to comment here. The crowds are not what they should be for sure but there were 500 - 1000 there not 0. The 3ws stand was pretty full from the middle session onwards.

I think there are a few reasons why test crowds are down. Firstly is a lack of champion players to follow. People want fast bowlers and attacking or classy batsmen. Our current team is improving and bring respectability back to the test side but it has been full of hardworking cricketers like Kraigg, Holder, Powell, Dowrich etc. Batsmen like Shai Hope and Hetmeyer alongside pace from Gabriel and seam from roach, Paul, Joseph etc will bring the crowds back.

Secondly it is marketed so poorly by cricket Windies. I was in Barbados for 3 days before the match and didn't see one bill board advertising it. I heard one radio ad and that's it.

I think the quality of cricket is slowly coming back, now they need to market it properly also.

 

[Migara]

I think he has to sign off on the walk outs.

In the parliament, yes i think.