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Rank the following Sri Lankan Test Batsmen

Migara

Migara

Cricketer Of The Year
TheJediBrah said:
Not going to rank them but going to comment on their overrated/underrated-ness

Roy Dias - inconclusive
Arjuna Ranatunga - overrated
Aravinda de SIlva - overrated (but still very, very good)
Asanka Gurusinha - rated fairly
Hashan Tilakaratne - underrated
Marvan Atapattu - underrated
Sanath Jayasuriya - overrated
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Roy Dias - agree
Aravinda - correctly rated. There was a time he matched Tendulkar at his best
Arjuna Ranatunga - just about rated correcttly. Severely underrated in ODIs
Asanka Gurusinha - Better player outside Asia than in Asia
Hashan Tillekaratne - Better player of spin than pace. Some how managed to score centuries in Perth and Durban.
Marvan Atapattu - Agree
Sanath Jayasuriya - rated properly

1. Aravinda de Silva
2. Asanka Gurusinha
3. Marvan Atapattu
4. Arjuna Ranatunga
5. Hashan Tillekaratne
6. Roy Dias.
 
Migara

Migara

Cricketer Of The Year
Starfighter said:
My only Gurusinha thoughts are of watching him recently in some highlights opening the bowling in a test against NZ off a properly long run. While hardly fast-medium I must say he was definitely quicker than when I've seen him trundling in 90s ODI highlights.
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How about him hitting six sixes against Zim or carting Warne over long off?
 
ataraxia

ataraxia

International Coach
Migara said:
Roy Dias - agree
Aravinda - correctly rated. There was a time he matched Tendulkar at his best
Arjuna Ranatunga - just about rated correcttly. Severely underrated in ODIs
Asanka Gurusinha - Better player outside Asia than in Asia
Hashan Tillekaratne - Better player of spin than pace. Some how managed to score centuries in Perth and Durban.
Marvan Atapattu - Agree
Sanath Jayasuriya - rated properly

1. Aravinda de Silva
2. Asanka Gurusinha
3. Marvan Atapattu
4. Arjuna Ranatunga
5. Hashan Tillekaratne
6. Roy Dias.
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Where does Jayasuriya fit in the ranking?
 
TheJediBrah

TheJediBrah

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I'm bewildered at how it took Migara so long to comment on this thread. It would be like having a "Which 2010's Australian domestic bowlers are better than Jimmy Anderson" thread without stephen appearing for a few days.
 
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Fuller Pilch

Hall of Fame Member
I remember Gurusinga scoring a lot of runs and looking class in NZ in 1990/91. The trouble is that Crowe, Jones, and Aravinda also scored lots of runs as well as the 3-test series finished 0-0. This would've been the 1st post-Hadlee NZ summer but showed what SL was growing towards.
 
Migara

Migara

Cricketer Of The Year
Fuller Pilch said:
I remember Gurusinga scoring a lot of runs and looking class in NZ in 1990/91. The trouble is that Crowe, Jones, and Aravinda also scored lots of runs as well as the 3-test series finished 0-0. This would've been the 1st post-Hadlee NZ summer but showed what SL was growing towards.
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He had some good outings in Australia too, and while Zimbabwe was a force to reckon with.
 
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Fuller Pilch

Hall of Fame Member
Fuller Pilch said:
I remember Gurusinga scoring a lot of runs and looking class in NZ in 1990/91. The trouble is that Crowe, Jones, and Aravinda also scored lots of runs as well as the 3-test series finished 0-0. This would've been the 1st post-Hadlee NZ summer but showed what SL was growing towards.
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1st test:

Aravinda 267 and DNB
Gurusingha 70 and DNB
Crowe 30 and 299
Jones 5 and 186

2nd test:
A 1 and 6
G 119 and 102
C 36 and DNB
J 122 and 100*

3rd test:
A 96 and 123
G 50 and 29
C injured DNP
J 27 and 73
 
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