SachDan Posted October 30, 2009 Posted October 30, 2009 Under the scanner big time! Selectors have made it clear he won't be opening the innings for the tour of India. Also expects him to win 1 outta 3 matches with his all-round abilities! :dontknow: In short if Jaya fails to perform in the series it's bye bye from cricket!
satishg Posted October 30, 2009 Posted October 30, 2009 He is 40, so its not a big shock. SriLanka cricket needs a move on and i am sure they would be better off without him, no offense to Sanath but seriously how long can they have him in the squad.
jf1gp_1 Posted October 30, 2009 Posted October 30, 2009 he is 40 he should have never retured after announcing retirement; what a sad way to depart specially for a player who changed the way one day cricket is played
SachDan Posted October 30, 2009 Author Posted October 30, 2009 he is 40 he should have never retured after announcing retirement; what a sad way to depart specially for a player who changed the way one day cricket is played IIRC he never announced retirement from one dayers.
satishg Posted October 30, 2009 Posted October 30, 2009 well then he should. As the famous saying goes "You either die as a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain!", it is so apt for sports so better call it quits when you are still respected.
Params7 Posted October 30, 2009 Posted October 30, 2009 First Dravid, then Gibbs, now Sanath. Why is selection committees made up of cruel people? :P Also I don't think Sanath will be out of the team, just not opening anymore. I don't think its a good move, he did give a good start to batting in the Compaq Cup final.
zubinpepsi Posted October 30, 2009 Posted October 30, 2009 does jayasurya know the meaning of self-respect ??
ViruRulez Posted October 30, 2009 Posted October 30, 2009 Under the scanner big time! Selectors have made it clear he won't be opening the innings for the tour of India. Also expects him to win 1 outta 3 matches with his all-round abilities! :dontknow: In short if Jaya fails to perform in the series it's bye bye from cricket! where di you get that news that he would be dropped if he cannot win one of 3 matches and he wont open the innings :hmmm: anyways not much surprised.. he has lost his touch of late
SachDan Posted October 30, 2009 Author Posted October 30, 2009 where di you get that news that he would be dropped if he cannot win one of 3 matches and he wont open the innings :hmmm: anyways not much surprised.. he has lost his touch of late http://www.cricinfo.com/indvsl2009/content/story/432116.html
Guest Hiten. Posted October 30, 2009 Posted October 30, 2009 What are the SLC board trying to prove here ? To start with they are persisting with a non-performer and then asking him to win 33% of the game for SL ? :hmmm:. Sanath should have been out of the team long time back and SLC board should have blooded some youngster in place of him. Matthews is a decent bowling all-rounder, so SL should really try breeding some decent opener. Its still not too late for them to try out some new faces before their WC campaign starts. At best, Sanath can only milk Indian bowlers (or any other side with weak bowlers) but that really does not say anything. If performances against India were to be taken too seriously, Butt would never have lost his spot :(( :giggle:
Ram Posted October 30, 2009 Posted October 30, 2009 So the selectors want Sanath Jayasuriya to NOT open the innings, come down in the middle order and deliver some important overs with his left-arm spin? How do they even think that someone who has been struggling to make runs at the top when the ball is at its hardest and the fielders are up will be able to score runs coming down in the middle order? Sanath has NEVER been a 'middle-order' sorta player. He does not have the run-chase credentials of say Bevan or Dhoni. He is not a nudger and nurdler capable of herding the lower order. He is at his most destructive at the top of the innings, not the latter end. I find all of this quite comical, which is odd because SL cricket, by and large, is quite well managed.
Gambit Posted October 31, 2009 Posted October 31, 2009 Funny Sanath is ending his career the way he started it i.e batting in the middle/lower middle order. Wheel has come a full circle.
Temujin Khaghan Posted October 31, 2009 Posted October 31, 2009 does jayasurya know the meaning of self-respect ?? he cannot do anything other than play cricket.
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