Srilankan team has become bad to pathetic??

[gakgupta]

In the first place what made them decent team and what has changed in their domestic structure to become this pathetic??

 

Performances has been totally dismissal

 

This is the same team which reached world Cup finals in 2007 and 2011....semis in 2003...

 

In this decade, they become good to mediacore and then to bad.......now, it is nothing short of being pathetic...

 

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[jf1gp_1]

They recently won a test in SA, whitewashed pak in pak. Do have few things going for them. 

[gakgupta]

They recently won a test in SA, whitewashed pak in pak. Do have few things going for them. 

Ohhh...is it??

ODIs or T20

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[gakgupta]

They recently won a test in SA, whitewashed pak in pak. Do have few things going for them. 

Test in SA....it's interesting

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[Cricwala]

You are right, their standard has fallen.The win against SA tells us more about SA's falling standards, and also once in a lifetime innings by kusal Perera. They just haven't recovered from loss of sangakarra, Mahela, murali, vaas and their board has become worse than usual with much chopping & changing, political intrigue.

 

Standard of game worldwide has fallen  from 2015 onwards...especially batsmanship. Might be connected to rise of T20s and lack of technique + temperament in younger lot.

[G_B_]

Sl was lucky with one golden gen which allowed them to compete at the very top for 15 years.

 

Eventually  a smaller aging population base combined with lack of structured facilities n money started to show.

 

They will still have their moments. But will not be the same team as a decade ago.

 

 

[gakgupta]

You are right, their standard has fallen.The win against SA tells us more about SA's falling standards, and also once in a lifetime innings by kusal Perera. They just haven't recovered from loss of sangakarra, Mahela, murali, vaas and their board has become worse than usual with much chopping & changing, political intrigue.
 
Standard of game worldwide has fallen  from 2015 onwards...especially batsmanship. Might be connected to rise of T20s and lack of technique + temperament in younger lot.

I think the SL team management has lot to do with current standards....

Sanga has spoken about it openly when he retired...

Mahala and sanga has preponed their retirement because of the team management.....

Transition could have been little better...

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[nevada]

My guess is their corrupt cricket board just milked the glory from world class cricketers like Murali, Sanga, Mahela, etc who thrived despite and not because of the way cricket is run in their country. Recently Mahela refused to take up a role with their cricket team as he didn't feel comfortable about being allowed to function the way he prefers. The current team has players who come up with a gem of a performance here and there but none that are world class. Malinga and Mathews were fine players but are past their prime. 

Edited January 10, 2020 by nevada

[bowl_out]

1 hour ago, G_B_ said:

Sl was lucky with one golden gen which allowed them to compete at the very top for 15 years.

 

Eventually  a smaller aging population base combined with lack of structured facilities n money started to show.

 

They will still have their moments. But will not be the same team as a decade ago.

 

 

They had two generations of match winners, hence got some 20 good years..

First gen was Jayasuriya, Kalu, Mahanama, De silva, Attapattu, Ranatunga, Muralitharan, Vaas

Second gen was Sanga, Dilshan, Jayawardene, and some decent players Tharanga, Arnold, Mendis etc.

 

This gen seems mostly dud.. Hope they regroup to get a strong team together for the greater good of cricket..

 

The only Sri Lankan cricketer that seems to have any major impact in International cricket today is Dharmasena.. with all his piss poor decisions

[Ajju]

I see only improvement in SL cricket is Sangakkara’s accent and Mahela pay check with MI

[Ankit_sharma03]

SL for years now have not done well against Indian side and we are a very strong side. SL might do well against sides like pak, SL, SA, NZ , WI, BANG, Afghanistan

I dont expect them to do great in this t20 Wc but the next after that in India they might do well.....they have good talent

both fernando in batting+ kusal+ shanka+ rajapaksa

bowler- lahiru+ Both wristies- hasranga n sandakan 

[jusarrived]

Nah the current team is much better than they have had fro past 2-3 years . There is some good talent there and I think they will jump above the likes of WI , pak and Bangla in next few years once these guys get some experience behind them . 

[Vk1]

1 hour ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

SL for years now have not done well against Indian side and we are a very strong side. SL might do well against sides like pak, SL, SA, NZ , WI, BANG, Afghanistan

I dont expect them to do great in this t20 Wc but the next after that in India they might do well.....they have good talent

both fernando in batting+ kusal+ shanka+ rajapaksa

bowler- lahiru+ Both wristies- hasranga n sandakan 

Their bowling attack is a joke. Lack of quality or frequent injuries. 

[Aiden]

SL & WI are 2 teams totally destroyed by IPL. Their players just want one or two good performances for the national team to get noticed by IPL teams. National team is just a launching platform for their IPL career. Sad reality

[Ankit_sharma03]

Just now, Aiden said:

SL & WI are 2 teams totally destroyed by IPL. Their players just want one or two good performances for the national team to get noticed by IPL teams. National team is just a launching platform for their IPL career. Sad reality

SL destroyed due to same reason as Pak domestic a lot of domestic teams for such small country ended up in resulting mediocre ppl wud good domestic numbers.

 

WI problem was board treating its player n option of basketball. Their team before IPL n t20 was worse

 

If anything IPL n t20 leagues have given these teams bench strength.

 

Its not sad reality but a myth among ppl who lacks knowledge n a rumor IPL haters love to spread

[AuxiliA]

SL has matchup issues against India. Their strengths gets cancelled out against us. Much like New Zealand has with Australia. 

[vvvslaxman]

I don't recall any SL  team that has done well in India lol They have competed. Back in the hey days of Jayasurya they had some upper hand. That's about it.

[Ankit_sharma03]

9 minutes ago, AuxiliA said:

SL has matchup issues against India. Their strengths gets cancelled out against us. Much like New Zealand has with Australia. 

exactly the same malinga who took hat trick against NZ we play him easily

They dont look that comfortable against 140k+ bowlers n we have them

[gakgupta]

9 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

SL destroyed due to same reason as Pak domestic a lot of domestic teams for such small country ended up in resulting mediocre ppl wud good domestic numbers.

 

WI problem was board treating its player n option of basketball. Their team before IPL n t20 was worse

 

If anything IPL n t20 leagues have given these teams bench strength.

 

Its not sad reality but a myth among ppl who lacks knowledge n a rumor IPL haters love to spread

I dont know about SL but IPL added huge value to dying WI team...

 

WI has some very exciting talent now..in terms of Shai Hope, Hetmyer & Pooran ....i am sure...they will unearth some decent pace bowlers in years to come....

 

Most of the WI youth were inclined towards football and basketball for the money these sports offer...Now that IPL can provide that huge money, cricket is also an option for them

 

[rtmohanlal]

Don't think SL has regressed much. India in general has always been better against SL than normal. SL  whitewashed Pak in UAE, AUS in SL & SAF in SAF.

They even thrashed PAK  in PAK in T20S. Even India would cherish these achievements a lot . It is just that the over all calibre of the players has fell a bit shorter than what was in the 2000-2010 period. That's all.