*Official* Asia Cup 2018 in UAE

[Prince EWS]

Okay so this is how Thisara Peters averages 31

Perera has actually really improved both facets of his cricket in the last year or so. I actually think he's kind of decent as a player now.

But yes, taking jammy wickets with back of the hand slower balls at the death is pretty much entirely the reason his career bowling average has remained relatively low.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Pretty sure SL not going to chase this

 

[weldone]

Pretty sure SL not going to chase this

Angelo maybe the man for today.

 

[smash84]

its going to take a good effort, and help from the dew to get SL over the line. Isn't looking very easy

 

[harsh.ag]

It's uncanny how many Jayasuriya-lite shots Perera plays.

 

[Prince EWS]

It's uncanny how many Jayasuriya-lite shots Perera plays.

Waiting for slippy to tell us he modeled his batting off Russel Arnold.

 

[smash84]

Waiting for slippy to tell us he modeled his batting off Russel Arnold.

 

[Prince EWS]

Shanaka didn't bowl even though Sri Lanka used six bowlers, and now he's going to bat eight even though Thisara has come out ahead of him with almost half the innings left. What an important role he has.

 

[Prince EWS]

Inb4 he scores 80* to win them the game, but seriously, what sort of role is that? It's not like he ended up pushed down the other so someone could pinch hit either, if anything he's been pushed down for the opposite reason.

 

[Agricultural]

I can't watch this, but looking at the scorecard Sri Lanka look dead and buried. What's the pitch like? The Afghan spinners do work on any pitch, so SL look dead and buried to me.

 

[weldone]

Shanaka didn't bowl even though Sri Lanka used six bowlers, and now he's going to bat eight even though Thisara has come out ahead of him with almost half the innings left. What an important role he has.

Something is rotten in Sri Lanka cricket.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

We are witnessing the demise of Lankan limited overs cricket.

They're a formidable test unit though.

 

[weldone]

We are witnessing the demise of Lankan limited overs cricket.

They're a formidable test unit though.

Don't forget they're yet to play their first test after Herath's retirement.

 

[nightprowler10]

Wow.

 

[nightprowler10]

Shanaka didn't bowl even though Sri Lanka used six bowlers, and now he's going to bat eight even though Thisara has come out ahead of him with almost half the innings left. What an important role he has.

This post looks even better now.

 

[Prince EWS]

Shanaka didn't bowl even though Sri Lanka used six bowlers, and now he's going to bat eight even though Thisara has come out ahead of him with almost half the innings left. What an important role he has.

Inb4 he scores 80* to win them the game, but seriously, what sort of role is that? It's not like he ended up pushed down the other so someone could pinch hit either, if anything he's been pushed down for the opposite reason.

Annnnd he got bowled for a duck to top it off.

 

[andmark]

I don't know how impressive a win would be for Afghanistan. The concurrent decline and rise of Sri Lanka and Afghanistan respectively make it unclear how exactly the two teams rank against each other.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

A random guy in the crowd should have a placard thar reads:

"The Northeast remembers. #Nihadas "

And have a BangladeshI flag scrawled next to it.

 

[srbhkshk]

A random guy in the crowd should have a placard thar reads:

"The Northeast remembers. #Nihadas "

And have a BangladeshI flag scrawled next to it.

Northeast?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Northeast?

How great is your geography knowledge?