***Official*** Sri Lanka in India 2017

[CricAddict]

Itstl. Do people still use these in India?

I remember we'd start the day with about 6 and lose them all by the end.

Yeah, in my childhood, we mostly played with this only. And as Daemon said, its the same case for us too. Atleast 2-3 balls lost everyday to the gutter just outside the ground.

 

[vcs]

Yeah, in my childhood, we mostly played with this only. And as Daemon said, its the same case for us too. Atleast 2-3 balls lost everyday to the gutter just outside the ground.

Someone had to man up, stick their hand in the gutter and retrieve the ball. We usually took turns.

 

[mr_mister]

so yeah, I knew Dhanajaya would come good. Pretty damn good knock

 

[Daemon]

Someone had to man up, stick their hand in the gutter and retrieve the ball. We usually took turns.

You can usually do this if you're in most cities, the gutters are filthy but still dry.

If you're in Chennai though you're **** out of luck (pun intended)

 

[Shri]

You are flogging a dead horse now. Chennai jokes are getting old and are failing to get a chuckle out of me. Move on to the next meme pls.

 

[Prince EWS]

so yeah, I knew Dhanajaya would come good. Pretty damn good knock

Yep. I still don't know about this whole batting him at three business, but he can seriously bat.

 

[morgieb]

Yep. I still don't know about this whole batting him at three business, but he can seriously bat.

Wasn't he originally an opener when he first got called up?

 

[Daemon]

You are flogging a dead horse now. Chennai jokes are getting old and are failing to get a chuckle out of me. Move on to the next meme pls.

fair

 

[mr_mister]

Karanuaratne
Dickwella
Chandimal
Mendis
Matthews
Gunaratne
De Silva

is my ideal SL top 7.

Dickwella at opener maybe isn't ideal but Samarawickrama, Silva, Gunathalika, the Pereras and certainly Thirmanne dont look up to it

 

[Prince EWS]

Wasn't he originally an opener when he first got called up?

Nah. They made him open in a bunch of one dayers because they thought he might be able to do a job there as 'anchor batsman with a good technique', and I think he's done it a bit in domestic one dayers too but he has a really crap batting record in OD cricket in general so it doesn't say a lot. In FC cricket he's always been a middle order guy - sometimes three, but rarely if even opening.

Six out of seven of Sri Lanka's batting lineup should have been obvious for quite a while IMO:

1 Karunaratne
2
3 Mendis
4 Mathews
5 Chandimal
6 de Silva
7 Dickwella

They somehow seem to think they're in a strong enough position in terms of depth to knee-jerk drop these guys when they drift out of form though, and they're clearly not. We've barely seen that lineup play together since de Silva's debut (where funnily enough they fielded that exact lineup, minus Dickwella because they played five bowlers). They need to find a second opener but they should stick with the rest of that lot for a while in Tests.

 

[harsh.ag]

I have no idea about the fringe SL players atm. Too many seem to come and go far too often.

 

[Prince EWS]

Karanuaratne
Dickwella
Chandimal
Mendis
Matthews
Gunaratne
De Silva

is my ideal SL top 7.

Dickwella at opener maybe isn't ideal but Samarawickrama, Silva, Gunathalika, the Pereras and certainly Thirmanne dont look up to it

I actually forgot Gunaratne was a thing. Definitely fair enough for him to be in the mix.

 

[Daemon]

That was pretty dire fielding from Ishant

 

[Prince EWS]

I have no idea about the fringe SL players atm. Too many seem to come and go far too often.

Their selection policy in the last couple of years reminds me of YouTube and cricinfo commenters who post things like "why not try X??"

And that language is to be basically taken literally -- they're losing so they 'try' a random in-form player for a couple of games, then drop him if he doesn't look good immediately.

 

[mr_mister]

it's shocking Dhanajaya has barely played after his awesome series vs Aus. Dropped so damn quick. This innings better buy him the whole next series regardless if he gets a duck or something in the 1st test

 

[vcs]

Will be a fine effort if SL can save this Test.

 

[vcs]

Well done Dhananjaya. Good to see SL putting up a tough fight in this Test.

 

[mr_mister]

Will be a fine effort if SL can save this Test.

India declared 50 runs too late. Kohli way too obsessed with him and his mate's milestones. I mean waiting til Rohit hit his 50? its not a damn ton just declare with him on 30

 

[vcs]

Just have to bide time till the new ball becomes available IMO. Don't see anything out of the ordinary happening off the track, considering it's a fifth day wicket. Still a batting paradise.

 

[vcs]

Ashwin's had a shocker. Needs to do better on unresponsive pitches.