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Sanath Jayasuriya- Appreciation thread as Sri Lankan Head Coach

If Jayasurya's underlings imbibe even 10% of his batting skills. we are in for a treat the next time Sri Lanka play India.

Pak and Bangladesh will be shivering in their boots at the prospect of facing the Lankans.
 
gani999 said:
If Jayasurya's underlings imbibe even 10% of his batting skills. we are in for a treat the next time Sri Lanka play India.

Pak and Bangladesh will be shivering in their boots at the prospect of facing the Lankans.
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I believe Sri Lanka will be tough to beat for a few years for Pakistanis, Bangladeshi
 
World cup winner as a player
T20 world cup winner as selector
Test match in England winner as Coach
Former Parliamentarian and deputy minister for rural development.
Looks sometimes like a ninja turtle.


What a CV.
 
Sri Lanka 302/7 vs New Zealand after day 1

Jayasurya’s boys are going strong
 
SRI LANKA UNDER THE COACHING OF SANATH JAYASURIYA:


- ODI series win against India
- 3rd Test triumph over England on English soil
- Defeats New Zealand in the 1st Test of the two-Test series to take a 1-0 lead


Sri Lanka is making a MASSIVE comeback to international cricket
 
FearlessRoar said:
SRI LANKA UNDER THE COACHING OF SANATH JAYASURIYA:


- ODI series win against India
- 3rd Test triumph over England on English soil
- Defeats New Zealand in the 1st Test of the two-Test series to take a 1-0 lead


Sri Lanka is making a MASSIVE comeback to international cricket
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Jayasuriya is the man.
 
FearlessRoar said:
SRI LANKA UNDER THE COACHING OF SANATH JAYASURIYA:


- ODI series win against India
- 3rd Test triumph over England on English soil
- Defeats New Zealand in the 1st Test of the two-Test series to take a 1-0 lead


Sri Lanka is making a MASSIVE comeback to international cricket
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Sri Lanka have done brilliantly under Jayasuria but people are still forgetting that this is still Sri Lanka. The skill-level of their players is simply not there to compete with and beat top teams regularly.

Still doesn't take away from their recent successes. I hope they can be successful for a sustained period of time.
 
Sri Lanka 306/3 on day 1 of 2nd test

It’s been an impressive run.
 
Shows just how bad Mickey Arthur has been. He has failed with so many teams. And yet somehow we were desperate to get him back even as an online coach.

Most of his original Pakistan coaching stint, his entire 2nd coaching stint, continued persistence at Karachi kings for PSL and Sri Lankan coaching stint has been all done to that one champions trophy.

All with an inability to work well in Asian conditions on top where most of our matches are played.

Mickey is far more suited for SENA teams and his tactics reflect that. Asian teams have been picking this guy due to his fallout with SENA countries who don’t want him anymore. Which is just wrong, he needs to go back and work up successes again.
 
Jayasuriya, Hathurusinghe, Dravid, Shastri, Sriram - plenty of good South Asian coaches in cricket.
 
Jayasuria has brought a certain ruthlessness to this Sri Lankan team that was missing before. It's the same players, but now they are playing with much more positivity and confidence. Enforcing the follow-on is another ruthless move because in this day and age even if teams have huge leads they choose not to enforce the follow-on because they are scared of not winning. But this...this is brilliant. I know Sri Lanka has a 500+ run lead but its still a peak Jayasuria thing to make NZ bat again. Mentally, something like that can be quite crushing for you as a team.
 
Sri Lanka is hammering NZ.

602/5 declared
NZ 88 All out

What a turn around.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Jayasuria has brought a certain ruthlessness to this Sri Lankan team that was missing before. It's the same players, but now they are playing with much more positivity and confidence. Enforcing the follow-on is another ruthless move because in this day and age even if teams have huge leads they choose not to enforce the follow-on because they are scared of not winning. But this...this is brilliant. I know Sri Lanka has a 500+ run lead but its still a peak Jayasuria thing to make NZ bat again. Mentally, something like that can be quite crushing for you as a team.
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Jayasuriya has brought nationalism to this side. For a while they seemed like club cricketers.

Now they all are united under one cause, to do well for Sri Lanka .
 
ads101 said:
Shows just how bad Mickey Arthur has been. He has failed with so many teams. And yet somehow we were desperate to get him back even as an online coach.

Most of his original Pakistan coaching stint, his entire 2nd coaching stint, continued persistence at Karachi kings for PSL and Sri Lankan coaching stint has been all done to that one champions trophy.

All with an inability to work well in Asian conditions on top where most of our matches are played.

Mickey is far more suited for SENA teams and his tactics reflect that. Asian teams have been picking this guy due to his fallout with SENA countries who don’t want him anymore. Which is just wrong, he needs to go back and work up successes again.
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Mickie Arthur is the biggest fraud coach ever in cricket.
 
Think Asian coaches for Asian teams and SENA coaches for SENA teams is the way to go. They just have more experience with the conditions. So many times I’ve seen SENA coaches just try to apply tactics they’d use in SENA in Asia and it doesn’t work. SENA coaches don’t even hire Asian coaches. That even extends to players, where certain types of players are more familiar to Asian coaches than SENA coaches and vice versa. There’s also other factors, such as a more relatable figure to look up to. Even language barriers too. I don’t know how well you can properly motivate a team if a coach doesn’t speak a language which all players are fluent in. We’ve seen the trend now in Asian teams too, they’re going for Shastri, Dravid, Jayasuriya.

We just unfortunately don’t have pak players who are ideal figures as coaches. Guys like Misbah are disliked by too much of the fan base and didn’t play the aggressive style of cricket personally players want to emulate. YK has player management issues and again wasn’t an aggressive bat in LOI. A lot of the rest just aren’t considered tactically sound enough even when they were captains too. The only name that comes to mind is Wasim akram who doesn’t want the job, and has bad rumours around him. And is a bowler, when we really need our batting to change as a nation which has been historically a problem. It’s actually very sad that in Pakistan cricket that we have few Pakistani cricketers who are universally liked by fan base and players.

Maybe taking on an Indian or Sri Lankan coach is the way forward. Though I’d feel all hell would break loose if we hired an Indian. And Sri Lankan coach still wouldn’t be able to speak Urdu. Still, I wouldn’t mind hiring a Sri Lankan coach.

But I feel a bit tired with these foreign coaches. For the first test of Bangladesh yet again saw a SENA coach underestimate spin in Asia not even picking a proper spinner. No Asian coach is doing this when they’ve played all their life there.
 

Sri Lanka Cricket appoints Sanath Jayasuriya as full-time head coach​

COLOMBO (Web Desk) - The Sri Lankan Cricket Board has officially appointed Sanath Jayasuriya as the full-time head coach of the team for one year.

According to Sri Lankan media, Jayasuriya has been serving as the interim head coach, and his new term would begin following the Test series against New Zealand.

Notably, under Jayasuriya's coaching, the Sri Lankan team had achieved victories against India in a one-day series and England in a Test match on their home ground.

Source: Dunya News
 
Sri Lanka win 3 tests in a row be NZ

Jayasuriya has brought a revolution. Hope the momentum continues.
 
hassan918 said:

Sri Lanka Cricket appoints Sanath Jayasuriya as full-time head coach​

COLOMBO (Web Desk) - The Sri Lankan Cricket Board has officially appointed Sanath Jayasuriya as the full-time head coach of the team for one year.

According to Sri Lankan media, Jayasuriya has been serving as the interim head coach, and his new term would begin following the Test series against New Zealand.

Notably, under Jayasuriya's coaching, the Sri Lankan team had achieved victories against India in a one-day series and England in a Test match on their home ground.

Source: Dunya News
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For 1 year only?

He should have received a minimum 2 years guarantee
 

Sanath Jayasuriya Set For Contract Extension As Sri Lanka Men's Head Coach​


Sanath Jayasuriya is poised to have his contract as the head coach of the Sri Lanka men's cricket team extended for another year, following a successful interim period marked by notable victories. Since taking over in early July, Jayasuriya has led the team to a series win against India in ODIs, a Test victory at The Oval, and another Test win in Galle against New Zealand. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) had advertised for a permanent head coach following Chris Silverwood's departure in late June.

However, with the significant improvements observed under Jayasuriya's leadership, the board is now moving towards securing him on a long-term basis.

"We are in the final stages of negotiating the contract with him," said SLC CEO Ashley de Silva to ESPNcricinfo.

"Probably in the next two or three days you will hear more," he added, as per quoted by ESPNcricinfo.

Initially appointed as a cricket consultant in December last year, Jayasuriya's role was primarily focused on working with the High Performance Centre. His involvement with the national team increased when he travelled with them to the T20 World Cup and subsequently took on the interim head coach role.

Despite a T20I series loss to India and two Test defeats in England, Jayasuriya's tenure has been marked by more successes than setbacks.

Under his guidance, Sri Lanka is now contending for a place in the World Test Championship final, and his potential new contract will see the team through the current championship cycle.

According to ESPNcricinfo, players' feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, with veteran Angelo Mathews describing Jayasuriya's impact as a "turning point" for the team.

"Sanath Jayasuriya was superb as cricket director and now as coach," Mathews said, as per quoted by ESPNcricinfo.

"He communicates well and has given us a lot of freedom. We are all working towards one goal, and now everyone is on the same page. He's also done a superb job grooming the players. He has been amazing. I wish him all the very best," he added.

Previously serving as chief selector in two separate stints over the past decade, Jayasuriya's earlier tenures were marked by mixed results.

However, his current assignment has brought more stability and progress to the Sri Lankan team.

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Sanath Jayasuriya Set For Contract Extension As Sri Lanka Men's Head Coach | Cricket News

Sanath Jayasuriya is poised to have his contract as the head coach of the Sri Lanka men's cricket team extended for another year.
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Can’t believe this is the same Sri Lankan team which had become irrelevant.

If this form continues they’re a semi final contender in the next years CT like to be played in their home turf.
 
Jayasuriya is himself only the face of the analytics revolution that cricket is undergoing in Sri Lanka.

Their "Brains" centre is doing quite a lot of work behind the scenes and India/BCCI has helped them a lot as well with training etc.

Jayasuriya is mostly about creating an environment where these players can thrive and handling media etc.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Jayasuriya is himself only the face of the analytics revolution that cricket is undergoing in Sri Lanka.

Their "Brains" centre is doing quite a lot of work behind the scenes and India/BCCI has helped them a lot as well with training etc.

Jayasuriya is mostly about creating an environment where these players can thrive and handling media etc.
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So are we supposed to give credit to BCCI for Sri Lanka’s mini revival? Ok.
 
Mamoon said:
So are we supposed to give credit to BCCI for Sri Lanka’s mini revival? Ok.
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The part about India helping was Jayasuriya's own words.

You can give credit to the forces of nature being bent to your will if you wish
 
Nikhil_cric said:
The part about India helping was Jayasuriya's own words.

You can give credit to the forces of nature being bent to your will if you wish
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I see. Well done to BCCI then.

A shame these “brains” centre can’t teach their own batsmen to how to play swing and seam. Would have avoided the 46 all out humiliation.
 
Mamoon said:
Maybe, but not clueless enough to credit BCCI think tank for SL’s mini revival. That is one of the most embarrassing things I’ve read on this forum in 13 years.
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If that's what you read then you have comprehension issues I'm afraid. I gave credit to SL's own performance analytics division for their performance. And yes, BCCI did help set up that division.
 
Good for world cricket if Sri Lanka again becomes strong team

Currently only two-three top team - India ,Australia and some extent England .

South Africa , NZ Afghanistan Are mid tier teams while Pakistan , Bangladesh and Westindies are bottom of tier.
 
Take Sri Lankans lightly at your own peril in Champions Trophy. I noticed they play at an aggressive rate as well. They’re not my trophy contender but I see them knocking a few heavyweights and maybe make it to semis and then you never know. This is no fluke. They’re in resurgence mode for a while. The team that is improving most rapidly.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
If that's what you read then you have comprehension issues I'm afraid. I gave credit to SL's own performance analytics division for their performance. And yes, BCCI did help set up that division.
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I perfectly read what you said.

You want to give BCCI credit which is just typical Indian arrogance and delusion.

BCCI have nothing to do with it, their contribution is as much as China’s
 
Bhaijaan said:
Take Sri Lankans lightly at your own peril in Champions Trophy. I noticed they play at an aggressive rate as well. They’re not my trophy contender but I see them knocking a few heavyweights and maybe make it to semis and then you never know. This is no fluke. They’re in resurgence mode for a while. The team that is improving most rapidly.
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They were not qualified for Champions trophy.

India , Australia , NZ ,England , South Africa , Afghanistan ,Pakistan and Bangladesh are The top eight teams.
 
Mamoon said:
I perfectly read what you said.

You want to give BCCI credit which is just typical Indian arrogance and delusion.

BCCI have nothing to do with it, their contribution is as much as China’s
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You obviously haven't. Like I said you can give credit to whoever you want. And if you want to give credit to China, go ahead.

My only point was that the work was being done behind the scenes. You can construe it any way you want given your current "persona" and whatever agenda that needs to be shoved. No issues.
 
An undisputed GOAT.

One of the best batters of all time. Even in bowling, he did well (has over 300 ODI wickets).
 
Nikhil_cric said:
You obviously haven't. Like I said you can give credit to whoever you want. And if you want to give credit to China, go ahead.

My only point was that the work was being done behind the scenes. You can construe it any way you want given your current "persona" and whatever agenda that needs to be shoved. No issues.
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Not sure what is difficult to understand. BCCI have done nothing for SLC. Whatever SLC is doing right lately is all due to their own work. They deserve 100% credit and BCCI like another board deserve 0% credit because they have no part in it.
 
Mamoon said:
Not sure what is difficult to understand. BCCI have done nothing for SLC. Whatever SLC is doing right lately is all due to their own work. They deserve 100% credit and BCCI like another board deserve 0% credit because they have no part in it.
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Not sure why it's difficult for you to understand that I haven't asked anyone to credit BCCI
 
Sri Lanka sealed the 3-match ODI series by winning the first two ODIs against West Indies, securing another series victory under Jayasuriya's coaching.
 
Sanath Jayasuriya has really turned things around for Sri Lankan cricket. His focus on winning and building confidence has been a game-changer. He keeps things simple, emphasizing discipline, basics, and short-term goals that players can focus on right away.

One thing I admire is how he’s prioritized momentum, even if it means tough decisions like balancing Test prep with white-ball matches. His strategies, like tailoring pitches to suit opponents, show he’s thinking about how to win right now. It’s clear his methods are working, and the team, fans, and even the media are starting to believe in this new direction.
 
It seems like Sanathball is not as effective without Aquibball.

Loss for SL cricket
 
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