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The problems with the Sri Lankan team

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1. SL can't play fast bowling because they don't face enough fast bowling in FC as the pitches are too spin friendly.
2. SL fast bowlers don't have control on their swing and break down easily as they don't get swing or longer spells to bowl in FC.
3. SL batsmen can't play spin because they prepare very spin friendly tracks in FC and it doesn't force spinners to learn be smart. Because the spinners don't need to be smart, the batsmen don't gain experience of facing smart bowlers and when they do at international matches they choke.
4. Therefore SL sucks at everything. Can't bat nor bowl.
 
Why is SL so boring. Sangakara used to play class and elegant shots and yet I felt like sleeping all the time watching him bat.Not just him entire SL team was boring to watch. Only Jayasuriya and jayawardene were exceptions.
 
kusal
dickwella
mendis
chandi
Mathews
sekkugge
thissara
Sandakan
dhammika
lahiru
lakmal

this team is way way batter then Bangladesh
 
Will do well at home though...

Most of their recent home test wins have come with the help of Herath's amazing performances. It will be interesting to see how things go once he's retired (he's 39 in a few weeks so that won't be long).
 
I hope it's only a transitional face. It would be disappointing to see another side decline.
SA's rise or reintegration to international cricket coincided with the decline of the Windies.
Bangladesh seems as if they're on the rise as well (at least in home conditions, which is a good start), it would be a pity if that coincides with Sri Lanka's decline.
I want all Test nations to be competitive at the same time. It's for the greater good of Test cricket
 
Pak cricket will never die, some people are just pessimistic. On the other hand, I personally think domestic cricket in SL is very poor just like Pak's, also their bowling attack is non-existent, toothless and bare-boned on paper.
 
I think you are wrong.



For a country of only 20 million they have always punched above their weight in world cricket and I expect them to continue to do so.
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Australia have 20 million people too, what does that mean for them if SL punch above their weight just to be an average team & what about New Zealand, they only have 4 million people
 
Not really, recently lost a Test series at home to Pakistan, India and South Africa.

That was a different team with Sanga past his peak and other youngsters still inexperienced to make a mark. I am sure this team will be hard to beat at home when those teams tour SL next time.Your team will become more settled till that time and you will go upward only in next few years.
 
Mendis,Chandimal,Mathews,Kusal, and De Silva is a strong batting line up. Bowling is a little weak but I think they'll be back.
 
Australia have 20 million people too, what does that mean for them if SL punch above their weight just to be an average team & what about New Zealand, they only have 4 million people

Yeah let's compare both sets of countries as they all are the same.
 
Err..no.

It is true that SL have definitely punched above their weight for a developing country with a population of just 20 million.

As has Australia as a 1st world country with just 20 million consistently being the best side in cricket history and as NZ has as a 1st world country to be a middle of the road side like SL have with just 4 Million people. Compare that to England where there's about 60 million.

I suppose all 3 of those sides, SL, Aust & NZ really punch above their weight.

That said so do Pakistan with 180 million people if you want to compare them to India with it's 1.3 billion people haha. I suppose everything is relative.
 
As has Australia as a 1st world country with just 20 million consistently being the best side in cricket history and as NZ has as a 1st world country to be a middle of the road side like SL have with just 4 Million people. Compare that to England where there's about 60 million.

I suppose all 3 of those sides, SL, Aust & NZ really punch above their weight.

That said so do Pakistan with 180 million people if you want to compare them to India with it's 1.3 billion people haha. I suppose everything is relative.

Look I'm not sure you can compare developed countries like Australia, New Zealand and England with their high gdp per capitas and first world facilities to any developing country. Professional career in sports is a much more lucrative option in a developed country unlike in developing countries where a lot of families are still struggling to have a first generation graduate to earn them a living. The sporting infrastructure is a world away from what's available in developed countries. So basically you'll only get a large proportion of the upper middle class taking professional sports as a career option while most others opt for the safer "engineering" route.

In Sri Lanka, the cricket is centered only around the regions of Colombo and Kandy where all the infrastructure are available. There is very less comparable infrastructure in the rest of the country. And then there's the small matter of a civil war which ravaged the country for more than 25 years from which the northern part of the island is still reeling from.

Taking all that into consideration, Sri Lanka have won the world cup (and a T20 world cup) and made the final and semi final stages multiple times in a world cup which first world countries like England have struggled to do so. So yeah, Sri Lanka have definitely punched above their weight in international cricket over the past few years unlike many countries with a much higher socioeconomic standards and a far more stable political scene.
 
kusal
dickwella
mendis
chandi
Mathews
sekkugge
thissara
Sandakan
dhammika
lahiru
lakmal

this should be the team
 
That was a different team with Sanga past his peak and other youngsters still inexperienced to make a mark. I am sure this team will be hard to beat at home when those teams tour SL next time.Your team will become more settled till that time and you will go upward only in next few years.

Every SL youngster has only gone down the drain. Kusal Perera was compared to Sanath Jayasuriya and he did look good, he got dropped as he was pretty reckless. Remember Thirimanne ? He was compared to Sangakkara and now he can't even perform consistently in FC cricket. Chandimal was the VC of SL yet when Mathews got injured captaincy was handed out to Tharanga meaning Chandimal is too on verge of being dropped. Remember Ajantha Mendis ? He even got dropped from from his FC side LOL. Chameera was always going to be an over hype. Tharanga had 7 centuries by the time he was 21, 3 of them coming in NZ and England. He never seemed to learn and he is a goner as well. SL bowling is the biggest weakness. There is no bowler that is worth mentioning other than Prasad, Lakmal and Nuwan Pradeep. All take their time being injured in rotation. SL is a minnow, they were lucky to have the players they did in the last 20 years.
 
Pak cricket will never die, some people are just pessimistic. On the other hand, I personally think domestic cricket in SL is very poor just like Pak's, also their bowling attack is non-existent, toothless and bare-boned on paper.

A Canadian cricketer who practiced couple of hours a week here in Canada has scored 3 50s and a 40 in 7 matches he played in SL FC :facepalm:. SL FC is trash. There was a time where Arjuna and Arvinda were taken from SL's school teams.
 
I hope it's only a transitional face. It would be disappointing to see another side decline.
SA's rise or reintegration to international cricket coincided with the decline of the Windies.
Bangladesh seems as if they're on the rise as well (at least in home conditions, which is a good start), it would be a pity if that coincides with Sri Lanka's decline.
I want all Test nations to be competitive at the same time. It's for the greater good of Test cricket
Yes we want all the test teams to be competitive at home atleast. :inti
 
Sri lanka is surely becoming Bangladesh but after watching Netflix series, I really think SLCB should hire Mahela as a coach. He is a very good players coach and he doesn't take nonsense from Ambani's son. There is a scene where Ishan Kishan supposedly stayed up until 5 am playing Playstation. Mahela found out, and calmly told him he can stay up to 2:00AM but not 4:00AM. Asian cricket used to be fun. Now it's just India and Pakistan. Afghanistan is good but still not there.
 
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