Daniel Alexander
– Scored 1023 Test runs in 2018, 2nd highest in world and most by a Sri Lankan
– 5th youngest batsman to score 1000+ Test runs in a year in Test history
– Scored 1512 International runs in 2018, most by a Sri Lankan
– 3 Test centuries in 2018, most by a Sri Lankan batsman
– His 196 was the 3rd highest Test score in 2018, highest for a Sri Lankan
– His Test partnerships (308 with DDS) and (274* with Angelo) top two highest in world cricket in 2018
– His 274* with Angelo partnership is SL’s 2nd highest 4th wicket partnership
– Batted an entire day in New Zealand Test with Angelo, only 4th SL pair, 1st pair in world cricket over 10 years (since 29 Feb 2008)
– Scored 4301 International runs in 110 matches before the age of 24, only Mahela (5918 runs in 141 matches) scored more for SL
– Scored 2527 Test runs in 36 Tests before the age of 24, only Mahela (3076 in 42 Tests) scored more for SL
– Scored 6 Test centuries before the age of 24, only Mahela (9) scored more for SL
– 34 International catches in 2018, most by a non keeper in world
– 21 Test catches in 2018, most by a non keeper in world
– 91 International catches since 01st January 2016, most by a non keeper in world
No matter how long you live with unrealistic expectations & hopes .. Can we expect a turtle with a hard shell to withstand brutal hammering & patiently reach a winning goal spending plenty of time … to develop wings to fly quickly at some point, enabling it to win a Horse Race? LoL
By the way Kusal Mendis had played the most number of matches in each format among all SL players during past 2 years in international cricket, naturally enhancing his chances of gathering more runs in Test cricket in 2018, than the rest like Dimuth Karunarathne.
Sri lankan spectators ,media personels,bloggers ,editors are responsible for current situation of the team, they try to distroy of promising young stars may be due to their personal agendas. As fans we must support the players instead of criticising them. They are so much kusal mendis haters. Please note that ,now every team thinking how to take kholi’s wicket. Similarly they want to take the wicket of kusal when playing against sri lanka. Andrew silva’ s blog is useless. We should support these youngsters. Droping them wont do any good. If a new player come similar thing will be done by bloggers like you. Also your blog doesnot allow anyone to comment
@Kalof : Yes of course partially blind people like Kalof, stormy etc. always ready to deny the naked truth highlighted with hard evidence (in the form of undeniable performance stats in the middle) pumping life to their near & dear inert dummies, bloating up to star class . I have nothing personal against any player & already acknowledged Mendis’ true potential/class in Test arena. But i’m not blind to have eternally long unrealistic expectations of transforming him to an ODI star and waste any more chances of others on such a failure (Such wrong-footed wasteful Investments made on Thirimanne & Chandimal are two living examples seen today).
They can only blame & accuse all who accept the obvious reality over hopeless expectations, spanned over unlimited time . We make constructive criticism hoping for an end to the internal chances wasted on such incapable dummies, purely for the sake of terminally ill SL ODI cricket.
Endlessly expecting miracles to materialize on blind faith & trying to convince others with hollow speculations nowhere near reality would only expedite the journey of SL cricket to the grave yard. Selectively trying to push the reality convinced over three years under the carpet & asking to extend that wasteful crime of ruining the chances of much more potentially capable guys knocking at the door….? just to accommodate an already tried & classified ODI failure like Kusal Mendis is a mega crime.!
Whether you like it or not, this is the absolute truth proven solidly over past 3 yrs , costing 50+ ODIs to SL.
People who still blindly support this destructive act of nuts (sans grey-matter), at the helm of decision making in SL cricket are directly responsible for the current sorry-state of our limited over cricket ..!!!
@Kalof : Yes of course partially blind people like Kalof, stormy etc. always ready to deny the naked truth highlighted with hard evidence (in the form of undeniable performance stats in the middle) pumping life to their near & dear inert dummies, bloating up to star class .
I have nothing personal against any player & already acknowledged Mendis’ true potential/class in Test arena. But i’m not blind to have eternally long unrealistic expectations of transforming him to an ODI star and waste any more chances of others on such a failure (Such wrong-footed wasteful Investments made on Thirimanne & Chandimal are two living examples seen today).
They can only blame & accuse all who accept the obvious reality over hopeless expectations, spanned over unlimited time . We make constructive criticism hoping for an end to the internal chances wasted on such incapable dummies, purely for the sake of terminally ill SL ODI cricket.
Endlessly expecting miracles to materialize on blind faith & trying to convince others with hollow speculations nowhere near reality would only expedite the journey of SL cricket to the grave yard. Selectively trying to push the reality convinced over three years under the carpet & asking to extend that wasteful crime of ruining the chances of much more potentially capable guys knocking at the door….? just to accommodate an already tried & classified ODI failure like Kusal Mendis is a mega crime.!
Whether you like it or not, this is the absolute truth proven solidly over past 3 yrs , costing 50+ ODIs to SL.
People who still blindly support this destructive act of nuts (sans grey-matter), at the helm of decision making in SL cricket are directly responsible for the current sorry-state of our limited over cricket ..!!!
@Kalof : Yes of course partially blind people like Kalof, stormy etc. always ready to deny the naked truth highlighted with hard evidence (in the form of undeniable performance stats in the middle) pumping life to their near & dear inert dummies, bloating up to star class .
I have nothing personal against any player & already acknowledged Mendis’ true potential/class in Test arena. But i’m not blind to have eternally long unrealistic expectations of transforming him to an ODI star and waste any more chances of others on such a failure. Such wrong-footed wasteful Investments made on Thirimanne & Chandimal (in ODIs) are two living examples seen today.
They can only blame & accuse all who accept the obvious reality over hopeless expectations, spanned over unlimited time . We make constructive criticism hoping for an end to the internal chances wasted on such incapable dummies, purely for the sake of terminally ill SL ODI cricket.
Endlessly expecting miracles to materialize on blind faith & trying to convince others with hollow speculations nowhere near reality would only expedite the journey of SL cricket to the grave yard. Selectively trying to push the reality convinced over three years under the carpet & asking to extend that wasteful crime of ruining the chances of much more potentially capable guys knocking at the door….? just to accommodate an already tried & classified ODI failure like Kusal Mendis is a mega crime.!
Whether you like it or not, this is the absolute truth proven solidly over past 3 yrs , costing 50+ ODIs to SL.
People who still blindly support this destructive act of nuts (sans grey-matter), at the helm of decision making in SL cricket are directly responsible for the current sorry-state of our limited over cricket ..!!!