Ashoka
I would like to further highlight the poor performance of Tharanga against top-quality teams.
His batting average against top-quality bowling attacks is as follows:
Australia – 22 Innings – average 24.38
India – 43 innings – average 30.70
New Zealand – 19 innings – average 32.74
Pakistan – 34 innings – average 28.79
South Africa – 26 innings – average 24.80
The West Indies – 12 innings – average 27.18
England – 16 innings – average 48.14
Numbers do not lie. Only against England he has a good average. However, one must note that he scored most of his runs against England prior to 2015 when England was not a good one-day side and when they did not have a strong bowling line-up. What is more this is a guy who played test cricket for almost a decade but could not score a century against any top team. All his centuries in test cricket came against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. Even in ODI cricket his best performances are against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. His strike rate in ODI cricket is 75.93, whereas Danushka Gunathilake’s strike rate is 84.7 while his average is 32.41 out of just 36 matches. True, he is inexperienced, but he is a highly talented cricketer.
Unfortunately, he does not have a lot of support from the media like Tharanga. Tharanga is heavily backed by Rex Clementine. There are many other people in the media who back Tharanga. Tharanga is now 34 years old. We must back young talent like Danushka.
Upul Tharanga has a visible error in his technique against swing bowling in fast and bouncy tracks
I see many articles publishing stats about his averages and runs scored (all in flat tracks) he really bank runs only in flat beds
A coach and selectors can see who are the better players during net sessions
I’m not a coach by profession but have seen danushka gunathilake bat at ssc, dambulla and at colts this guy has immense talent skill he’s got
Timing, power ❤️As coach hat hu says the best opener for srilanka
If we make him properly surely the next Sanga this guy
Dimuth’s defensive game is much better but honestly my school mate has to prove a point in odi’s it’s a attacking game u can’t play test there modern psi game as hathu says very correctly is an attacking game with lot of mind games u can’t play test cricket there
Look at usman law aka transformation to odi’s he attaches the bowlers but shot selection is perfect
You give respect to bowler but you also attack
Look at our young players no respect for bowlers see how Avishka Fernando bats all rash shots for top class bowlers like steyn and throw the wickets
Dickwella I’m pretty sure is having a very short career I think he is in with a push he is everything with luck shot selection not proper cricket talent all luck
I think there is a typo what I’m trying to say is about usman khawaja
The intention is pretty clear. This blogger is desperately trying to uplift his buddy Dhanushka Gunathilake by putting up rubbish blogs to attack Upul Tharanga….simply because his buddy is no match for SL’s one of the best-ever ODI Openers, Tharanga. Obviously this blogger is trying hard to make use of severely CURTAILED without ANY INTERNATIONALS for ELEVEN MONTHS (from Feb 2018 – June 2018 & from Oct 2018 to March 2019) since Jan 2018 to Match 2019 & thoroughly suppressed his batting form by 2 repeated axing implemented within the 2 ODIs given with a 5 months in-between blackout. .
Now just look at the so called opener Dhanushka’s shown ability Vs those teams so far: Is this look like a player with lot of potential as opener? After playing 23 innings to collect 623 @ 27 Av – he has made just 4 x50s and yet to to score Hundred Vs those teams. Only vs Nz he had managed 30 or above Average. His overall average is just 32 mainly thanks to Zimbabwe & Ireland after playing 35 innings. We lost the 2017 Zimbabwe series mainly due to his selfish slow batting as Opener, wasting more than 35 overs going at a Strike Rate in the 80s to score, on a 300+ (100+ SR demanding) demanding flat track…….
Dhanushka Gunathilake
Vs Aus – 15.33 Av
Vs Eng – 28.40 Av
Vs India – 26.66 Av
Vs WI – 12 .00 Av
Vs Pk – 13.00 Av
Vs Nz – 35.71 Av
On the other hand, Upul Tharanga had scored 25 x 50+ scores including 10 x 100+ scores vs those six teams putting up 4,901 runs @ maintaining 30.25 Av – Tharanga is ranked 9th in the all time SL batters who scored most number of 50+ score Vs those 6 teams..! Sanga is no1 with (95 x50+) @ 40 Av / Jayawardane ranked 2nd (81 x 50+) – 33 Av & Jayasuriya ranked 3rd with (80 x 50+ ) – 31 Av / Aravinda ranked 4th with (64 x 50+) – 32 Av .
An mediocre Opener like Dhanushkawho had needed 33 innings to top his first thousand runs… can only dream to achieve such status ever.!!!! Opener Tharanga had reached his 1k runs in 28 ings as SL’s QUICKEST to date apart from reaching his 3k & 4k as quickest & 2k, 5k & 6k as 2nd quickest in SL) :D)).
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=7;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=2;filter=advanced;opposition=1;opposition=2;opposition=3;opposition=4;opposition=5;opposition=6;opposition=7;orderby=fifty_plus;qualmin1=10;qualval1=innings;team=8;template=results;type=batting
Dear yohan
Sorry non of the players are my buddies
Sorry I’m big cricket fan do not have any cricket releationship with any cricketer I play cricket
U are only comparing stats because u never played cricket which I feel sorry for
U can see a talent of a batsman in cricket nets u don’t need stats
Tharanga has a very big technical failure in facing the new ball
I mean you won’t c it because u only compare stats
But the truth is Tharanga can’t play good line and length swinging balls hell get out just poking out
I mean didn’t u watch the South Africa tour
I mean he is not solid at all he is like a female cricketer holding the bat
No foot movement at all such a ugly batting style
But scores plenty of runs in flat batting tracks
Good for Zimbabwe and uae teams like that didn’t you c him bat in South Africa I mean why did he fail there if ur saying he is soo good
I mean selectors on tour assured him few chances