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Sri Lanka v India, 1st Test, SSC, Colombo, 2nd day
Sanjay Manjrekar: 'Sri Lanka can't lose from here'
July 24, 2008
"Sri Lanka love keeping the opposition in the field; they love getting big scores. They will not give India anything on a platter; they will try and score all their runs in the first innings and then try and put some pressure on India." Sanjay Manjrekar analyses the action on day two of the India-Sri Lanka Test in Colombo
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SL has played most test matches against Bangladesh. That's why even on such pitches they can produce the results. But against good opposition, only Murali can do some magic.
If you want to bury test cricket quickly, SL should host at least 10 test matches every year. Then nobody dares to talk about test cricket...
Posted by Rakshit on July 25 2008, 06:26 AM GMT
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Sri Lanka cannot lose from here? The question is can they win? Can they win in 4 days? Remember when Jayasurya scored 300+, very impressive, but the match was not won. Test matches are interesting only when the teams go out to win. As I see it, Dilshan is the only one going with a decent strike rate. I do not see the point scoring at 3.4 when you have 500 up on the board. This is the third day, where is the urgency to win?
Posted by VKris on July 25 2008, 06:10 AM GMT
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India may well go pass the Sri lanka score not in their first inning but in their second inning when they looking down the barrel. India never gonna make it.
Posted by harvishan on July 25 2008, 05:58 AM GMT
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I completely disagree with Shashank_Rao_C. Most pitches in Sri Lanka, while being spin friendly, are result oriented. SSC in the last 14 matches have produced results in 12. Most of these matches produce a lot of runs, but also a result.
Do Aussies, English or Proteas prepare spin friendly wickets. Do India prepare fast tracks when the Aussies visit them? It has always been in the interest of the Host country to prepare wickets more suited for them. India, being the best players of spin, should not have a problem with the WICKETS. However, this may be an excuse for their inadequacy in playing the BOWLERS. With a top 6 that boasts 35,000 runs and a spin attack that has nearly 900 wickets between them if indian supporters complain of the pitches, they really don't know their cricket.
Posted by Lakshanw on July 25 2008, 05:33 AM GMT
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India may well go past srilanka's score in 1st innings. Remember the way they treated proteans in Chennai. They need just one of the Fab 4s to deliever.
Posted by Siddharth317 on July 25 2008, 04:46 AM GMT
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As a true cricket fan I never liked watching test matches being played in Srilanka. Pitches here are worst in the world. Srilankan board may say that they prepare pitches to give home advantage to their players. At the end of the day these are not competitive enough to produce interest in the opposition teams as well as spectators.
Posted by SHASHANK_RAO_C on July 25 2008, 04:20 AM GMT
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Jayawardene scoring his 9th century on the same ground is a marvelous record or an ordinary record when you consider that he has scored 40% of his centuries at the same ground in his home country. Of his 22 test centuries 17 have come at home. 75% of his total runs have come at home. His home average is 68, while his away average is 38. I don't think he can be counted in the same league of Dravid,Tendulkar or Inzimam. For that matter Ponting will also do well to score some runs in India this september. After playing in India for over 10 years in 3 different series & around 8 test matches he averages 10 against India in India. Now hold on before you call him the best batsman of the world since Tendulkar would never be called the best batsman has he scored 140 runs in 8 test matches against Australia in Australia.
Posted by Davesh_cricket_analyst on July 25 2008, 01:49 AM GMT
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