Prudent Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Sri Lanka’s aging batting superstar Sanath Jayasuriya will announce his retirement from Test cricket during the first Test against England which will get underway at the Asgiriya Stadium next Saturday, according to a very senior member of Sri Lanka Cricket. He said “Sanath is due to make this announcement during the Test match in Kandyâ€. One of the explosive batsmen that the cricketing World has ever produced made his Test debut against New Zealand at Hamilton, on February 22 1991. However he made his mark on the field of cricket during the 1996 World Cup pairing off with wicket-keeper batsman Romesh Kaluwitharana taking pinch hitting at the top of the order into a new height. He was chosen as the most valuable player even prior to the end of the series. http://www.sundaytimes.lk/071125/Sports/sp218.html Link to comment
sm332 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 makes sense ... younger players need to be given oppty to gain experience Link to comment
Donny Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Why the exclamation marks ? It's not as if he's 25 years old. He hasn't scored a Test century since October, 2004. In 26 innings since, he's topped 50 just once. Sanath has been a great ODI player, bat & ball, for many years. Certainly had his moments in Tests - his 340 in '97 comes to mind - but, with an average of 40, was a good batsman, not a great. Link to comment
sm332 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Why the exclamation marks ? It's not as if he's 25 years old. He hasn't scored a Test century since October, 2004. In 26 innings since, he's topped 50 just once. Sanath has been a great ODI player, bat & ball, for many years. Certainly had his moments in Tests - his 340 in '97 comes to mind - but, with an average of 40, was a good batsman, not a great. agreed ...although he has some absolutely scintilating innnings ... that 250+ against Pak comes to mind Link to comment
Dravid Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 didnt this guy retire already?? o well.. kick ass in odi's:D Link to comment
SachDan Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Sanath Jayasurya never fared well in tests so its not at all surprising that he is quitting for the second time in six months!!!!!!!!! Link to comment
head coach Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Jaysuriya and Attappattu are not indispensable. But SL cricket will suffer after Vaas and Murali retires! Link to comment
Gambit Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 This baldy killed us in the 2 tests in 1997. 340 in the first test followed by a 199 in the second test. And in the ODIs, he used to bash the Ind and Pak attacks for fun between 96 and 00. Despite my intense dislike for the SL team, he's one of the three SL cricketers I have liked, the other two being Aravinda and Sanga. Link to comment
Predator_05 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 He was Agarkar's b itch. Another pic from the good old days; Link to comment
DesiChap Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 An average test player, He sould have retired from test cricket 2 years ago. Link to comment
DesiChap Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 His batting average in his last 15 test matches 19.88 Link to comment
praveenj Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Jaysuriya and Attappattu are not indispensable. But SL cricket will suffer after Vaas and Murali retires! Oh they will suffer really badly... its like tsunami striking their cricket... Link to comment
Guest dada_rocks Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 I am worried about Kumble retirement.. Take out Kumble and see how even this medicre pakistani team looks like beating india in india at Kotla Link to comment
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