14-01-2021, 17:59
Maybe a bit early to judge after just one day of the series, but Sri Lanka really look like their decline is just going to go on and on. Their domestic game isn't readying players for Test level: too many teams diluting the quality, pitches geared for spin because groundsmen don't have the knowledge or skills to prepare anything else, and for those who do reach international standard, there's no stability or continuity to nurture their talent while coaches and captains are being sacked left, right and centre.
With promising lads like Pathum Nissanka waiting in the wings there's still hope for the future, but they need to sort out their set-up. (And they'll probably go and demolish England for the rest of the series now I've written this.)
With promising lads like Pathum Nissanka waiting in the wings there's still hope for the future, but they need to sort out their set-up. (And they'll probably go and demolish England for the rest of the series now I've written this.)
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