Prince EWS
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Errr because he was the man of the match? It's not Under 12s; it shouldn't be about sharing it around!
See my second sentence.
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*Official* India in Sri Lanka 2010 - Tests
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Sir Alex
Banned
Wouldn't disagree with that. But Laxman's innings just about edges the combined effort. Had Sehwag made a 50, it would've definintely gone to him.
chicane
State Captain
Was such a good game! Massive swings of fortune. Happy we managed to draw with the team we fielded.
Think some of the Lankan top order threw it away in the 2nd innings, might have been even more tense otherwise. I think the dropped catches and umpiring decisions evened out though.
Think some of the Lankan top order threw it away in the 2nd innings, might have been even more tense otherwise. I think the dropped catches and umpiring decisions evened out though.
Avada Kedavra
Banned
A hundred and a duck vs a half century and a fourth innings unbeaten ton?Would comfortably go for the latter.Sehwag picked up 4 wickets,true,but the target was still a tricky one...seemed to be a match-winning target at one point actually.
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Migara
Cricketer Of The Year
Don't think so. If we held on to our catches with our usual standard, this would have been over in the 4th day
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On the whole I thought Sri Lanka are a much better catching side than India... Jayawardene snaps up everything in the slips and I remember Raina putting down Sangakkara early on day 1. SL lost this match in the first session of day 4 when they lost too many wickets including Sanga to a long hop and Mathews hitting a full-toss straight to a fielder.
honestbharani
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Awesome win.. Laxman, take a bow.. There was a period of about 20 overs before lunch when Laxman was the Lara to Sachin's Adams.. That is how awesome he was.. 
Gotta say though, as great as this knock was (as was Sachin's and Raina's, to an extent), the mind bogglingly defensive mindset of Sangakkara and his knack of trying things for the sake of trying meant this was among the easier 4th innings knocks these guys could expect to play. On a track clearly offering something to bowlers, it was just so easy for them to hit the ball in the air near a silly point or a backward short leg or gully or wherever and run the single.. Really, there is a reason I felt SL will not be a great side with this mindset, inspite of having some great players. If you can't bowl out 7 batsmen (only 2 established ones) with your premier spinners on a day 5 track, well........
LOVED the reaction of Dravid and Sachin after the winning runs were hit as well... Shows how much this means to them, the oldest guys in the squad. Augurs well for the Australia tests, for me.
Gotta say though, as great as this knock was (as was Sachin's and Raina's, to an extent), the mind bogglingly defensive mindset of Sangakkara and his knack of trying things for the sake of trying meant this was among the easier 4th innings knocks these guys could expect to play. On a track clearly offering something to bowlers, it was just so easy for them to hit the ball in the air near a silly point or a backward short leg or gully or wherever and run the single.. Really, there is a reason I felt SL will not be a great side with this mindset, inspite of having some great players. If you can't bowl out 7 batsmen (only 2 established ones) with your premier spinners on a day 5 track, well........
LOVED the reaction of Dravid and Sachin after the winning runs were hit as well... Shows how much this means to them, the oldest guys in the squad. Augurs well for the Australia tests, for me.
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awta.awesome win.. Laxman, take a bow.. There was a period of about 20 overs before lunch when laxman was the lara to sachin's adams.. That is how awesome he was..
gotta say though, as great as this knock was (as was sachin's and raina's, to an extent), the mind bogglingly defensive mindset of sangakkara and his knack of trying things for the sake of trying meant this was among the easier 4th innings knocks these guys could expect to play. On a track clearly offering something to bowlers, it was just so easy for them to hit the ball in the air near a silly point or a backward short leg or gully or wherever and run the single.. really, there is a reason i felt sl will not be a great side with this mindset, inspite of having some great players. If you can't bowl out 7 batsmen (only 2 established ones) with your premier spinners on a day 5 track, well........
Loved the reaction of dravid and sachin after the winning runs were hit as well... Shows how much this means to them, the oldest guys in the squad. Augurs well for the australia tests, for me.
Avada Kedavra
Banned
Dhoni was equally defensive.It will not be mentioned because India've won but had they lost - and it looked certain at one point that they would -then questions would have been asked.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
He had BY FAR the worse bowling attack though.. Not that it gets him off but at least it is something to consider.. Sanga HAD to go for the kill.. He could have won 2-0... Was he thinking this would end a draw, really?
Avada Kedavra
Banned
True,Ind def. had the worse bowling attack by a long way and that's saying a lot consdering the SL bowlers aside from Malinga had what,20 odd tests between them?
Sanga was def too defensive.I reckon he took it for granted that the pitch would do the job sooner or later.Never rated him as captain,tbh.He will be severely tested even at home w/o Murali.
Matt79
Global Moderator
Think we need to cut Sanga some slack as he and his team adjust to life without Murali. We saw Ponting going through the same thing - when the entire time that you've been captain, you've had the option of throwing the ball to McGrath and Warne, or to Murali, and then that stops being the case, it's going to take you a while to adjust.
SL and Sanga will find it hard, like Australia did when our champion bowlers retired, but, like us, they'll also adjust and move on.
SL and Sanga will find it hard, like Australia did when our champion bowlers retired, but, like us, they'll also adjust and move on.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Yea, a century plus 4/59 is a very decent effort. Definitely should have been Sehwag. Bowling gets shafted again from these awards.
Sir Alex
Banned
Sri Lanka was better side in Test series: Sangakkara - Hindustan Times
Haha. Give it a break Sanga. The series is over. 1-1. Honors even FFS. No need for mental games afterwards.
Haha. Give it a break Sanga. The series is over. 1-1. Honors even FFS. No need for mental games afterwards.
Himannv
International Coach
Sanga is a lousy captain. No complaints about his batting but some of his captaincy decisions were ridiculous. Embarassingly poor. Mahela was so much better.
As for the fielding, some very very vital catches were dropped at key junctures in the game. Considering that we're generally good in the field, I think its poor by our standards.
As for the fielding, some very very vital catches were dropped at key junctures in the game. Considering that we're generally good in the field, I think its poor by our standards.
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He hasn't really said anything wrong there or anything worthy of being called mind-games TBH.
Obviously, it's a drawn series but it probably feels like a loss for him.. I know, because we were in the same position against Pakistan and England in 2005 and 2006.
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