Sri Lanka Should Recall Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perera Again for the Team

 Sri Lankan Cricket Team is now showing very poor all-round performance against the Australian Cricket Team. They all out 118 in the second t20 game yesterday. Australian bowlers controlled Sri Lankan batsmen from the beginning. But Sri Lankan batsman had no answer against Mitchell Stainlake and Pat Cummings. Adam Zampa and Agar controlled very well in the middle overs.

Kusal Mendis once again showed some poor batting performances and who ran out for only 1 run. Danushaka Gunathilake tried hard to hit bit shots. But he also out for 21 runs. Avishka Fernando who was replaced for Bhanuka Rajapaksha scored 17 runs. Kusal Perera was started well and scored a quick 27. But he also panicked against Australian Spinners. Both Dasun Shanaka and Niroshan Dickwella had no answers against bowlers. Finally, Sri Lankan lower-order batsmen took to the 118. This score is not enough for powerful Australian batting line up.

Sri Lankan bowlers had to deliver some magical deliveries to win the match. But bowlers struggled against Smith and Warner. Both batsmen were scored half-centuries and won the match very easily. The inexperience showed by all the young Sri Lankan players and they need to rethink who are the best batsman against Australian fast bowlers.

Sri Lanka should recall Angelo Mathews once again with Thisara Perera. Dasun Shanaka should replace by Thisara and Wanidu Hasarnga will replace by Dhananjaya de Silva in the t20 world cup. I hope Sri Lanka will play better in the final t20 match at Melbourne on Friday.

Sri Lanka is Looking for Rajitha out and Udana back

The first t20 match between Australia and Sri Lanka ended with giving mammoth 134 run win to Australia. All the Sri Lankan bowlers struggled against Warner, Finch, and Maxwell. Nuwan Pradeep was the only successful bowler who delivered his four overs for 28 runs.

Kasun Rajitha went expensive and who gave 75 runs within his 4 overs. Sri Lanka is now looking to remove Rajitha and bring Udana back to the team. Sometimes they will remove Wanidu Hasaranga for Shehan Jayasuriya. The openers will be Kusal Mendis with Danushka Gunathilake.

This game will be more important for Kusal Perera also. He need to get his form back otherwise he will replace by Niroshan Dickwella.

Austalia comes to this game with one change. They will be eliminated Mitchell Starc for his personnel problem.

Sri Lanka further expects to strengthen their batting line up with Udana’s Come back. Udana can hit long shots and he is a useful allrounder. They will expect to bat first in Gabba Wicket. This game will be in Brisbane.

Sri Lanka Tour of Austarlia 2019 T20 Series – 1st Match Review

The first t20 match between Australia vs Sri Lanka was won by the Australian cricket team. That was a pretty easy game for them and they played really amazing cricket today. Sri Lanka will surely upset their performance today. They need a lot of improvements for the next game. Austalia batted first and scored mammoth 234 runs to their scorecard. Sri Lanka failed to chase down it and they only scored 99 runs for their score. The Game was held at Manuka Oval cricket ground in Adelaide.

David Warner played a brilliant inning on his birthday and who scored 100 for his nation. Aaron Finch scored a quick fifty and who built a hundred run partnership with warner for the first wicket. After Finch departs, Glenn Maxwell joined to party and who scored quick 62 with some amazing cricket shots. Sri Lankan bowlers failed to control Aussie batsmen and they delivered some poor deliveries to get runs for Australians. Only Nuwan Pradeep delivered some good bowling spell and others were failed to stop Warner, Finch and Maxwell. Lakshan Sandakan and Dasun Shanaka was the only wicket-takers among Sri Lankan bowlers. Kasun Rajitha was the poorest bowler among them and who gave 75 runs within his 4 overs. Lasith Malinga also showed some poor skills in bowling. Sri Lanka now has a doubt about Malinga's captaincy.

Sri Lanka batsmen were all struggled when facing Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummings. Starc Delivered some amazing delivery to stop Kusal Perera’s inning. Kusal Medis pulled the bowl without much thinking and then it became a catch. Danushka Gunathilaka and Bhanuka Rajapaksha were trapped by Pat Cummings. Oshada Fernando also struggled against Aussie bowlers and who only scored 13 runs from 20 bowls. Dasun Shanaka was the leading runs scorer for Sri Lanka and who scored 17 runs with a massive six. Every Sri Lanka batsman was struggled to get going. They showed some child cricket today. This less experienced side needs more experience to face strong teams like Austalia.

We hope Sri Lanka will rest Kasun Rajitha in the next game and they will recall Isuru Udana to show his skills. Udana is a t20 specialist and Sri Lanka feels his loss very tightly. Sometimes they will rest Wanidu Hasaranga in the next game and they can recall Shehan Jayasuriya to the squad. However, this is a huge challenge for young Sri Lankan side and they have to learn lot.

Sri Lanka should come back both Thisara Perera and Angelo Mathews if these young players struggled. Those two cricketers have a lot of experience in playing Australian conditions. Let’s see what will happen in the next t20 game.

What should be the Best Combination for Sri Lanka to Face Australia in Adelaide

The first t20 match between Australia vs Sri Lanka will be played on the 27^th of October 2019 at the Adelaide Oval Cricket Ground. Sri Lanka joined this tour with the new young players. But Australia has announced some senior players to their squad. They have recalled Steve Smith and David Warner to the Playing XI. Both players were banned from cricket since 2018. Australia has Glenn Maxwell in the middle order. Both pat cummings and Mitchell Starc will lead the Australian fast bowling attack.

Sri Lanka won the last t20 series against Pakistan. It was a whitewash series for them and senior players were didn’t join the tour. Young Sri Lankan players played some magical cricket to whitewash Pakistan. All three departments were worked well and finally, they implemented their plans very well. They recalled four senior players to come again to their t20 squad. Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Niroshan Dickwella and Lasith Malinga are the recalled players.

Sri Lanka will most of the time open their batting with Danushka Gunathilake and Kusal Mendis. This left-hand right-hand combination was unsuccessful in the practice match against Prime Ministers XI. If one player will not play well, they have Avishaka Fernando on the bench to replace. No 3 position will be the Bhanuka Rajapaksha and who played some super innings against giant Pakistan bowling attack. No 4 will be the Oshada Fernando and he will follow by the Niroshan Dickwella.

Dickwella is the keeper in the Sri Lankan Cricket team. They have Kusal Perera in the bench for replacing Dickwella if necessary. Dasun Shanaka or Shehan Jayasuriya will be no 6 positions and they will follow up by the wanidu Hasaranaga for the No 7 position. I hope Lakshan Sandakan, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Pradeep, and Kasun Rajitha will play as bowlers. They can recall Isuru Udana for any match. However, I believe Kasun Rajitha will Replace Isuru Udana.

Possible Sri Lanka Squad for First t20 Against Australia:

1. Danushka Gunathilake

2. Kusal Mendis

3. Bhanuka Rajapaksha

4. Oshada Fernando

5. Niroshan Dickwella

6. Dasun Shanaka

7. Wanidu Hasaranga

8. Lakshan Sandakan

9. Lasith Malinga

10. Nuwan Pradeep

11. Kasun Rajitha

Sri Lanka rested both Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews from the t20 squads and hope they will join the team in the test series against Pakistan in December this year.

Sri Lankan Cricket Team Done Some Mistakes in Practice T20 Match Against Australian Primer Ministers XI

The practice T20 match between Sri Lanka vs Australian Prime minister XI was held at Canberra last October 24. The match was won by the Australian Prime Minister XI by one wicket. However, Sri Lankan bowlers bowled well to control Australian batsman. They just wanted one wicket to win the match.

Sri Lankan batting order once again failed to get going in any stage of the game. They lost Danushaka Gunathilake early and Bhanuka Rajapaksha scored quick 24. But Bhanuka dismissed against nice spinning delivery. Kusal Mendis also played ugly cricket and who has only scored 7 runs by spending 10 bowls.

Oshada Fernando tried hard to take Sri Lanka for a competitive score. But he was failed and only scored 38 runs. Oshada only spent 25 bowls for his quick 38. Niroshan Dickwella was appointed as captain on that match. But he also didn’t play well and only scored 11 runs. He played a scoop shot and found the edge by the wicketkeeper.

Dasun Shanaka looks good on this match. But he was also stumped by the wicket-keeper. Then Wanidu Hasaranga helped Sri Lanka to take 131 runs in their 20 overs. Hasaranga scored 25 runs from 28 bowls. This score looks like very much short and poor batting showed everywhere by the Sri Lankan Batsman.

Australia started well by playing some delightful boundaries. However, both Nuwan Pradeep and Kasun Rajitha eliminated three Australian batsmen for just 28 runs. Ranjitha delivered a cracking delivery to remove Chris Lynn. Kusal Mendis took classy slip catch to remove dangerous Jason Sanga. Australia was 51-3 when they come to the 10th over. Lakshan Sandakan removes three Australian batsmen with magnificent deliveries. Niroshan Dickwella also helped Sandakan with two quick stumpings. But opening batsman of Australia took Australia to near the victory. But Lahiru Kumara delayed the victory until the last over. Australia needed 10 runs in the last over of Kasun Rajitha. But they won the match of poor last over of Rajitha.

However, Sri Lankan bowlers were credited to bowl extremely well on that track. They are planning to arrange their squad for the upcoming t20 world cup. Sri Lanka now giving experiences to their new players by resting their senior players like Angelo Mathews and Lasith Malinga.

The first t20 match between Australian National The cricket team and Sri Lankan Cricket Team will be played in Adelaide. Sri Lanka will hope to play with both Lasith Malinga and Isuru Udana. All new players in the squads need to show their colors. If not they will replace by the new players. Therefore Sri Lankan seniors need to show their skills once again. They have Kusal Perera and Shehan Jayasuriya on the bench.

Austalia will be played with the two powerhouses of David Warner and Steve Smith. Both players join the team after one year of a cricket ban. Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc will be the main fast bowlers of Australia. They are expecting some magic from Glenn Maxwell in the middle overs. Sri Lanka hopes to manage with both Hasaranga and Sandakan.

I believe Sri Lanka Should Move to Premier League T20 Cricket Tournament

Sri Lanka is one of the test cricket playing nations in the world. They have introduced some world-class cricketers to world cricket. Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardane, Sanath Jayasuriya, Muththaiah Muralidharan is some of the greatest players who took Sri Lankan cricket to the world. They are the 1996 world cricket champions. No, any other team won a world cup within 15 years after receiving test status. The main cause for their world cup success is their own talents.

The domestic cricket tournaments in Sri Lanka are not high competitive cricket tournaments like Ranji Trophy and Sheffield shield. Therefore the new players are getting struggle when they come to international cricket. But if you analyze Indian or Australian newbie players with Sri Lankan newbie players, you can easily understand they are performed higher than Sri Lankan newbie players. The major problem of the Sri Lanka cricket team is the gap between domestic cricket and international cricket.

We, everybody, know Indian new players show their talents in Indian Premier League by joining with foreign players. The Indian newbie players taking the experience from foreign top players. This is a huge experience for them. But Sri Lanka doesn’t have such a t20 league tournament. They tried to start a franchise cricket tournament on a few occasions. But it was unsuccessful due to many reasons. Another problem that the Sri Lankan Cricket Board facing is lack of advertisers. There is a need for high investment for starting such a franchise cricket tournament.

I personally believe that Sri Lanka can fill the gap between domestic cricket and international cricket once they introduced a premier league cricket tournament. If it happened Sri Lankan players can share their experience with foreign players. Indian Cricket team identified a lot of new players from the IPL cricket tournament. But Sri Lanka cannot do that because they don’t have such a tournament.

Sri Lanka tour of Australia 2019 October and November T20 Series

Sri Lanka cricket team is ready to face Australia for three T20 international matches in the later of these months. They arrived in Australia after a successful t20 series against Pakistan. Sri Lanka won all t20 matches and now they are very confident to face the Australian t20 side. They left out four players from their Pakistan squad and recall Lasith Malinga, Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Perera and Kusal Medis. All the recalled players were performed well against the New Zealand series which was held in the last august. At the same time, they left out Minod Bhanuka, Angelo Perera, Lahiru Madushanka and Sadeera Samarawickrama.

Sri Lanka was played brilliantly against Pakistan in their home soil. Danushka Gunathilaka scored 57 runs in the first t20 match and Bhanuka Rajapaksha scored a quick 77 in the second t20 match. These individual performances were helped them to put a big total on the scoreboard. Sri Lankan bowlers controlled Pakistan batsmans so nicely and they won first two t20 matches very easily. Sri lanka only scored 147 runs in the third t20 match and Oshada Fernando scored magnificent 76 for that total. Wanidu Hasaranga delivered sharp spells in all three matches and who won the man of the series for his brilliant bowling.

At the same time, Australia recalled Steve Smith, Aaron Finch, Mitchell Starc and David Warner to their t20 squad again. Australia has introduced powerful side to face young Sri Lankan squad. They have lost all t20 series against Sri Lanka in their home soil. In 2017, Sri Lanka won the t20 series for 2-1. Australia has Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc as fast bowlers. Adam Zampa will play as the main spinner. Glenn Maxwell is waiting for Strong their middle order.

Sri Lanka will play their first practice match against Australia Prime Minister’s XI in the next 24. The first official t20 match will be started on 27^th of October in Adelaide Oval Cricket Ground. The second t20 the match will in Brisbane Cricket Ground and the third match be in Melbourne Cricket Ground.

I hope this series will be both fighting one. Sri Lanka have Lasith Malinga as a gun and Australia have some experienced players. The new young players of Sri Lanka playing some magical cricket and they are waiting to do their best.

Australian cricket pitches are good in fast and bounce. Therefore this will be a challenge for Sri Lankan batsman. Everybody is  looking for Bhanuka Rajapaksha and Oshada Fernando’s performances. I think this is a huge experience for Sri Lankan team for upcoming t20 world cup and which was also held in 2020 October in Austarlia