Fix the fundamentals first

Basking in the glory of the two Test wins achieved mostly against the run of play, Sri Lanka in the one day games were unceremoniously dumped with a thud by a vengeful South Africa, who suddenly appeared fully woken from a deep slumber. Given Sri Lanka’s pathetic display in the ODIs, the prognosis ahead of the World Cup isn’t actually cheering. The thrashing in the five one dayers is a wake up call for Sri Lanka. It calls for some cool headed and honest analysis to determine what went wrong, where