I don’t think the General
I don’t think the General Public are too thrilled with the IPL since last year. Soooo…….
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Arjuna was a revolutionary
Arjuna was a revolutionary and the man who changed everything, but he never was a good TEST captain, in the height of their powers in 1997, Sri Lanka failed to win a single test, having played 11.

Jayasuriya is probably the statistically best skipper, Sri Lanka’s best run was under him in the 2000-2002 period, It started with the win against the Aussies , then beating Pak in Pak 2-1, Beating India 2-1 in 2001, followed by whitewashing the Windies and another away win against Pakistan. The run was brought to an abrupt halt in England – notice all the above wins came in Asia and with Murali at the height of his powers, and Vaas at his best.
Purely from a strategic point of view Mahela has probably the best cricketing mind, but under him we have won so little, to even consider him.
To be brutally honest, it’s hard to find a truly great TEST skipper in SL’s history,(note: TEST SKIPPER) I’d love to say Ranatunga but the stats are so thin, so Just based on the number of hours i have felt proud of our test cricket capabilities i will go with Jayasuriya.

SL have a really decent crop
SL have a really decent crop of young batsmen, they need to be gradually inducted into the test team, it’s sad that there are not many test series’ this year. It would be nice to gradually expose the players to opponents like Bangla, Zimbabwe then the middle tier test teams such as NZ,WI and Pak, before they are set to face the big boys like India SA Aus and England.

There was not a single cuss
There was not a single cuss word, he just said “Mind your own business”. He’s not a guy who is an eloquent speaker like Sanga, nor is he very diplomatic. But this is just exaggerated by the Media.

Typical Sri Lankan ‘frog in
Typical Sri Lankan ‘frog in the well’ response from some of the public who have commented here and elsewhere as well – is this considered foul language? Ever seen Damien Martyn give the reporters the ‘finger’? Ever seen a European footballer get interviewed? I guess not. And for those of you who think cricket was a game played in good spirit, hello those days ended decades ago.
I am not a fan of Malinga, but going after him for just everything is very lame. The media hate him, and since he snubbed them they are now making a huge fuss of them, Sri Lankan media have personal agenda’s when ever they are butthurt they start acting like… well to put it nicely,female dogs.

@Uppercut_7 – Re: Mubarak and
@Uppercut_7 – Re: Mubarak and Kandamby – it’s a pity ‘cos these players promised quite a lot Mubarak just keeps on piling the runs in domestic formats but fails when given international opportunity the best memories I have of him are the two sixes off Lee in the T20 WC in 2009, and a 50+ in an ODI against SA in Brisbane.

The most accurate comparison
The most accurate comparison seems to be that of Dhoni and Matthews – slow to start,cool heads, and ferocious assaults at the end. Mind you both have been blamed for ‘waiting too long to attack’. Even Ian chappel made this comparison during the CB series last year. However Matthews is simlar to the later Dhoni and not Dhoni in 2004-2005 where he was top order ‘slogger’ and not a lower middle order ‘finisher’. I noticed someone had mentioned Dimuth Karunarathna, for some reason he reminds me of the older SL players of the 80’s.

@Charitha – i notice that
@Charitha – i notice that most of your predictions from super 8 onward are wrong because you like many others have underestimated the Australians. True they are not the menacing team that was a few years ago but as we have seen they beat a much hyped West Indies team and put a highly overrated Indian team in the right place. Just because the team consists of new faces like Cummins, Maxwell and the side is led by a relatively unknown George Bailey does not mean that they are easy pickings. As long as Watson and Warner are there (their partnership against India on Friday brought back memories of the Hayden/Gilchrist era)they have the potential to beat any side on any given day. Teams should take them lightly at their own risk.

‘Frustrate’? Sri Lanka won a
‘Frustrate’? Sri Lanka won a series after 3 years, and if the fans are still frustrated there is probably something wrong with them. Prior to the match Mahela said winning a series was ‘a monkey on our backs’. The target was to win the series and they did it. If we went on to collapse (many people have forgotten Cardiff 2011) then people would be saying ‘SL Yet to win a test series since Muralitharan’s retirement’. And Rex Clementine would have a field day writing article after article on how Sri Lankan cricketers have not given priority to test cricket. Arjuna will say that the IPL is to blame for the ‘decline in test cricket’ and so on. And Aluthgamage will want to give ‘lectures’ to players again.

Beautifully poised at
Beautifully poised at Pallekele.At time of writing this Pakistan are 306-8, leading by 195. If Sri Lanka were to dismiss within the hour or before lunch there will be a tricky chase of around 220 or 230 – a chase that Sri Lanka could well mess up. But Pakistan will not be willing to take the risk of declaring or hitting out at this point – they will probably bat until the lead is substantial enough: If they bat till lunch then probably the game is as good as drawn unless Sri Lanka implode like they did in Cardiff. So in reality Sri Lanka are ‘safer’ in terms of the series as long as Pakistan keep on batting. At the same time Pakistan losing the last two wickets quickly ironically is their best chance of winning the series. It is this intrigue that makes Test cricket the beautiful thing that it is. Can T20 give you this?