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Media Release

29th November, 2019

The Minister of Education, Sports and Youth Affairs Hon. Dullas Alahapperuma approved the following 16 member National Squad to take part in the upcoming tour of Pakistan.

The National team will leave for Pakistan on the 08th December, 2019 to take part in the two match series, held under the ICC Test Championship.

Dimuth Karunaratne – Captain
Oshada Fernando
Kusal Mendis
Angelo Mathews
Dinesh Chandimal
Kusal Janith Perera
Lahiru Thirimanne
Dhananjaya De Silva
Niroshan Dickwella
Dilruwan Perera
Lasith Embuldeniya
Suranga Lakmal
Lahiru Kumara
Vishwa Fernando
Kasun Rajitha
Lakshan Sandakan

http://cricket.lk/2019/11/sri-lanka-test-squad-for-pakistan-tour-2019/
 
Good team.

Mickey Arthur got us humiliated last time at our home in TESTS. Got us WHITEWASHED by the SL team.


This time, things would be better I hope.
 
SL will whitewash us without much headache considering both Misbah and Waqar will be coach.
 
Hawkeye said:
Good team.

Mickey Arthur got us humiliated last time at our home in TESTS. Got us WHITEWASHED by the SL team.


This time, things would be better I hope.
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At least we didn't lose 3-0 at home like we did under Misbah

This clown deserves to be sacked and replaced by Dean Jones
 
Looks like SL has taken this test series seriously. With current performance SL should get away with their A team. Should rested their seniors like previous tour and unearth some talents for future.
 
Bleedgreen4ever said:
At least we didn't lose 3-0 at home like we did under Misbah

This clown deserves to be sacked and replaced by Dean Jones
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Bro feel sorry for Misbah fans. They were hoping SL will choose select bunch of school kids and unknown players out of nowhere and Misbah with his older buddies will win the series. Now SL with their main team will crush us. Hope I am wrong but its a reality.
 
Bleedgreen4ever said:
At least we didn't lose 3-0 at home like we did under Misbah

This clown deserves to be sacked and replaced by Dean Jones
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The only clown here appears to be you.

We whitewashed SL in the ODI series at home. What the hell are you talking about? Won 2-0. Nobody cares about the T20s.

And, Mickey Arthur made us lose, in fact get WHITEWASHED in the freaking TESTS. This SL team whitewashed at our home under Mickey. Have some shame.

Tests and ODIs, we kept losing everything.

Our revival has started, and we'll finally be able to win a Test series starting from our home.
 
Nice to see a full strength SL team picked, i can see a 1-0 or 2-0 SL Series win.
 
Amjid Javed said:
Nice to see a full strength SL team picked, i can see a 1-0 or 2-0 SL Series win.
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Brother, it's not Mickey Arthur team anymore.

We will put up a fight this time, definitely no whitewash like the last time. Can win starting from home. Don't judge the team based on AUS tour, we've never won there in our history.
 
Hawkeye said:
Brother, it's not Mickey Arthur team anymore.

We will put up a fight this time, definitely no whitewash like the last time. Can win starting from home. Don't judge the team based on AUS tour, we've never won there in our history.
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What will be your excuse once we do lose?
 
Hawkeye said:
Brother, it's not Mickey Arthur team anymore.

We will put up a fight this time, definitely no whitewash like the last time. Can win starting from home. Don't judge the team based on AUS tour, we've never won there in our history.
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Might not be a Mickey tea, but batting is still a major let down, whilst out bowling will be pretty inexperienced which could be exposed vs SL.
 
Strong squad by Sri Lanka. Let's hope they trash us so we can get rid of shameless clown misbah.
 
Khan12 said:
Strong squad by Sri Lanka. Let's hope they trash us so we can get rid of shameless clown misbah.
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You've always supported individuals over the team, so nothing surprising.

So max SL can do is whitewash us, which is a feat that Mickey Arthur achieved. At our home. Got us whitewashed. :)))

We're already at our lowest point, now we'll only go up from here. You'll remain bitter and jealous with our progress and pray for our failure, just because you hate a person.
 
Hawkeye said:
You've always supported individuals over the team, so nothing surprising.

So max SL can do is whitewash us, which is a feat that Mickey Arthur achieved. At our home. Got us whitewashed. :)))

We're already at our lowest point, now we'll only go up from here. You'll remain bitter and jealous with our progress and pray for our failure, just because you hate a person.
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Not yet!!!We are yet to loose to Afghanstan, Bangladesh and Ireland in test. Under Misbah, Waqar and Azhar its possible now
 
Chandimal
Matthews
Karunaratne
Kusal
This is one hell of a batting lineup.
This series will be competitive but what kind of pitches can we expect in Pakistan.?
 
Hawkeye said:
You've always supported individuals over the team, so nothing surprising.

So max SL can do is whitewash us, which is a feat that Mickey Arthur achieved. At our home. Got us whitewashed. :)))

We're already at our lowest point, now we'll only go up from here. You'll remain bitter and jealous with our progress and pray for our failure, just because you hate a person.
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The irony there. I support the team rather then individual hence I want shameless misbah to be gone for the betterment of our team. How on earth do you select some of the players which he has selected.
 
Shafi said:
Not yet!!!We are yet to loose to Afghanstan, Bangladesh and Ireland in test. Under Misbah, Waqar and Azhar its possible now
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So in your view losing to Australia in Australia is same as losing to other lower ranked sides?
 
MenInG said:
So in your view losing to Australia in Australia is same as losing to other lower ranked sides?
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Under Misbah performance will decline more as the days progress. It will happen if Misbah stay 3+ years.
 
MenInG said:
So in your view losing to Australia in Australia is same as losing to other lower ranked sides?
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He doesn't really think when he speaks.
Someone should tell him to look up Aus vs Ind 2011 or 2012 (don't remember) in aus. India got absolutely smacked but they still performed good at home didn't they?
Every team is good at home. Not many are good away
 
This series will be the make or break of many names in the management, as well as in the team as it can start the same cycle which started after loosing to Srl in UAE in tests as after that Mickey and Sarfaraz were always playing catch up.

I can just hope Pak can turn it around at home and gain some confidence.
 
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jiduguravindra said:
Because of test championship otherwise they would have send the B team.
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Ofcourse test championship points and PSL contracts are more important than lives which are supposedly under great threat but they are patriotic enough to get Srl much needed test championship points along with foreign exchange through PSL contracts.
 
Hawkeye said:
Good team.

Mickey Arthur got us humiliated last time at our home in TESTS. Got us WHITEWASHED by the SL team.


This time, things would be better I hope.
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Hahaha
Misbah fans talking about humiliation is really funny.
This post should be preserved in the title header so when the SL tour ends, these Misbah fans can be shown the mirror.

They have contributed a lot where our team is now, in the ditch.
 
Quite a good squad - probably best available. Not sure who is their premier SLAO spinner, but he is awaiting a grand series :). It's quite funny for Lankan players to refuse to tour for a week, then come back for three weeks Test series, but all's well that ends well - we must appreciate them.

It'll be a good Test series - I hope PCB's curators don't use their head too much into the wicket, rather hire someone from ICC for the small task.
 
Relic said:
He doesn't really think when he speaks.
Someone should tell him to look up Aus vs Ind 2011 or 2012 (don't remember) in aus. India got absolutely smacked but they still performed good at home didn't they?
Every team is good at home. Not many are good away
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People pedicted we would whitewash SL D team, but in fact they whitewashed us.We can boast about our team but at the end of the series we will be beaten by any top 7 B team easily.
 
Sunny_majoka said:
It will be one sided for Sri Lanka
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Surprised that SL have picked a full strength team for the upcoming Tests .... I mean after the T20’s &#55358;&#56631;*♂️&#55358;&#56631;*♂️</p>— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) <a href="https://twitter.com/RusselArnold69/status/1200634301978574848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Abdullah719 said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Surprised that SL have picked a full strength team for the upcoming Tests .... I mean after the T20’s &#55358;&#56631;*♂️&#55358;&#56631;*♂️</p>— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) <a href="https://twitter.com/RusselArnold69/status/1200634301978574848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2019</a></blockquote>
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This is now getting serious. We have no shame
 
Shafi said:
People pedicted we would whitewash SL D team, but in fact they whitewashed us.We can boast about our team but at the end of the series we will be beaten by any top 7 B team easily.
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That was t20is. No one cares about them.
Test cricket is a completely different game
 
I really like the Sri Lankan cricket team. I hope they win. Cannot stand the guys in the current Pakistan side.
 
Our circus clowns masquerading as batsmen, Babar excepting, will turn Embuldeniya into Herath 2.0.

It's tradition we collapse to a left arm Sri Lankan spinner.

Expecting a 0-1 loss, with one draw on a total featherbed that our incompetent groundsmen will inevitably prepare.
 
MMHS said:
Quite a good squad - probably best available. Not sure who is their premier SLAO spinner, but he is awaiting a grand series :). It's quite funny for Lankan players to refuse to tour for a week, then come back for three weeks Test series, but all's well that ends well - we must appreciate them.

It'll be a good Test series - I hope PCB's curators don't use their head too much into the wicket, rather hire someone from ICC for the small task.
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Embuldinyea is the main spinner. He did well in SA.
 
They have a decent batting line up who have a lot of experience in Asian conditions. Embuldeniya will cause us problems.

Winning this series will not be easy.
 
This will be the start of pakistan test team's journey they need to forget about the Australian series, misbah wasn't a good option for coach but atleast he has the ability to make pakistan a strong team in home conditions.
Lets see how it goes, i think this will be a highly competitive series.
 
Abdullah719 said:
Media Release

29th November, 2019

The Minister of Education, Sports and Youth Affairs Hon. Dullas Alahapperuma approved the following 16 member National Squad to take part in the upcoming tour of Pakistan.

The National team will leave for Pakistan on the 08th December, 2019 to take part in the two match series, held under the ICC Test Championship.

Dimuth Karunaratne – Captain
Oshada Fernando
Kusal Mendis
Angelo Mathews
Dinesh Chandimal
Kusal Janith Perera
Lahiru Thirimanne
Dhananjaya De Silva
Niroshan Dickwella
Dilruwan Perera
Lasith Embuldeniya
Suranga Lakmal
Lahiru Kumara
Vishwa Fernando
Kasun Rajitha
Lakshan Sandakan

http://cricket.lk/2019/11/sri-lanka-test-squad-for-pakistan-tour-2019/
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oh now I am a bit worried. looks strong. ****. I predict a draw.
 
jiduguravindra said:
Because of test championship otherwise they would have send the B team.
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you know. honestly. I look at Sri Lanka's team. There is a lot of good players and loads of talent.
Chandimal
Matthews
vishwa
karunaratne
kusal

lots of good batsmen. Bowling is their weakness but embuldaniya is no joke. Lahiru with his pace and height can be a problem. Suranga isn't too shabby either.

Good solid team. would give even india a decent fight in sub continent conditions.
 
When Pakistan was unbeaten in the UAE, Misbah was captain. He was a great captain in the UAE, however this time the captain would be Azhar Ali who is clueless.

I seriously doubt Azhar has the tactical nous to win the series. In fact Sri Lanka will be fancying their chances and rightly so. Plus Pakistani conditions suit Sri Lanka more than us.
 
Suranga Lakmal to miss Pakistan Tests; replacement announced

Experienced pace bowler Suranga Lakmal has been ruled out of the 2-match Test series in Pakistan due to dengue.

The 16-man squad led by Dimuth Karunaratne is the first Test team to tour Pakistan since the Sri Lankan Test team was attacked in Lahore during their tour in 2009.

Incidentally, Suranga Lakmal was the only player from the current squad who was in the bus when the Lankans were targeted by terrorists 10 years ago in Pakistan.

With the team set to depart Sri Lanka today, young fast bowler Asitha Fernando (22) has been named as Lakmal’s replacement following the confirmation of Lakmal’s unavailability yesterday.

Fernando, who has played 1 ODI for Sri Lanka is yet to play Tests and is currently in Nepal with the Sri Lanka U23 team, competing in the South Asian Games.

http://www.thepapare.com/suranga-lakmal-miss-pakistan-tests-replacement-announced/
 
Huge blow for Sri Lanka. Lakmal is deadly when conditions assist the seamers.

Who are the other fast bowlers in the squad ?
 
shariqnoor said:
When Pakistan was unbeaten in the UAE, Misbah was captain. He was a great captain in the UAE, however this time the captain would be Azhar Ali who is clueless.

I seriously doubt Azhar has the tactical nous to win the series. In fact Sri Lanka will be fancying their chances and rightly so. Plus Pakistani conditions suit Sri Lanka more than us.
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Misbah had Ajmal and Younis to thank for his UAE record. And it was only for Tests - we had a horrible white ball record there under Misbah.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sri Lanka National Team will leave for Pakistan tonight ( 08th December) to take part in a two match test series. <br>Fast Bowler Suranga Lakmal has contracted dengue and will not travel with the team to Pakistan. Asitha Fernando comes in as the replacement. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvSL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvSL</a> <a href="https://t.co/1A73IaieM8">pic.twitter.com/1A73IaieM8</a></p>— Sri Lanka Cricket &#55356;&#56817;&#55356;&#56816; (@OfficialSLC) <a href="https://twitter.com/OfficialSLC/status/1203681887799173122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Arrival of Sri Lanka Test squad at Islamabad


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Arrival of Sri Lanka Test squad at Islamabad


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Pictures courtesy of SLC (Seem to have a better photographer than PCB!)

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Mickey's back in Pakistan. This time against us. He'll probably know the weaknesses of some of our players quite well.

I really hope Naseem continues his QeA form in his own conditions.
 
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Danyaalr01 said:
Mickey's back in Pakistan. This time against us. He'll probably know the weaknesses of some of our players quite well.

I really hope Naseem continues his QeA form in his own conditions.
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I will be surprised if Naseem plays
 
<iframe src="https://streamable.com/s/a5ewf/fwhmmj" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe>.
 
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It will be real fun to watch who will use the phrase "We are proud team and We hate loosing" after series ends. Mickey or Azhar Ali. 😬
 
Master plan worked. Lose to Sri Lanka B team, scare their A team into touring to avoid losing their place in the main 11. And to make it Bulletproof, send Mickey there to give them the extra nudge:salute
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">a warm welcome by pakistan..... <a href="https://t.co/05kQoZ44hG">pic.twitter.com/05kQoZ44hG</a></p>— Dimuth Karunaratne (@IamDimuth) <a href="https://twitter.com/IamDimuth/status/1204004706110058497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Training session.

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