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I've just seen that Lakmal was captain. That's staggering.Super Skipper Suranga has gone full Mike Brearley this Test - batted all of 4 balls and bowled only 2 overs. Fantastic.
Good stuff from TPC and Bruyn
I've just seen that Lakmal was captain. That's staggering.Super Skipper Suranga has gone full Mike Brearley this Test - batted all of 4 balls and bowled only 2 overs. Fantastic.
Good stuff from TPC and Bruyn
I dunno I honestly thought that the saffers just weren't good enough to poke the holes in our team properly. Being 8/170 odd in the first dig at galle and then losing 10/150 odd after a good opening stand at SSC shows that our batting is still prone to crumbling, spinners totally bailed us out this timeThere is plenty to take away: gunathilake did well coming in at the top.Good performances by de Silva at 3 considering his age and the fact he had just come in. Also good from mendis. Nice to see Akila perform with bat and ball and Dilruwan showed why he is in this team. Lakmal was good as captain and finally we got s whitewash without our captain and coach so plenty to be pleased about...
to be fair, I didn't see all of the match but I did think that Maharaj bowled well in the conditions so I would give credit to him for that ..I dunno I honestly thought that the saffers just weren't good enough to poke the holes in our team properly. Being 8/170 odd in the first dig at galle and then losing 10/150 odd after a good opening stand at SSC shows that our batting is still prone to crumbling, spinners totally bailed us out this time
I notice that QDK and Amla continued their great form.... of course it is nice to see Mulder getting runs and taking wickets.
Afraid so.I notice that QDK and Amla continued their great form.... of course it is nice to see Mulder getting runs and taking wickets.
Well I don't really know what to think of him following what has happened now. I don't think SL should persist with serial offenders like Gunathilaka tbh.Agree with most of your points except Gunathilaka. Guy seems to be a little bit of a loose cannon from what I've read. Are they really going to persist with him?
Agree with this. SL were one good spell from being bowled out for very low totals in both games. The Spinenrs came to the party yet again at home..which tends to hide these holes in the side..and SL tend to continue pretending everything is okI dunno I honestly thought that the saffers just weren't good enough to poke the holes in our team properly. Being 8/170 odd in the first dig at galle and then losing 10/150 odd after a good opening stand at SSC shows that our batting is still prone to crumbling, spinners totally bailed us out this time
He can bat, but the problem is his mentality and shot selection and brain fades. He just doesn't give you any confidence with the way he plays. Granted he played some very important knocks in the WI but I still feel if he buckles down a bit more he can contribute more and in a consistent manner.Dickwella can play, he bailed us out a few times in the WI with some great counter attacks, his shot selection in this latest series was really poor at times though
5/36 after 8.5 overs is hardly breakneck scoring imo. Looks more like Pereras from that point tried to hit their way out of trouble and everyone else just tried to hang around.There's always something special about collapses with breakneck scoring rates.