Sri Lanka’s batting was sedate like the Galle track and
there was hardly any hint of rush of blood from them as their
watchful-batting-display scripted attritional days of cricket. The West Indies
surfaced a four-men pace-attack with a spinner hinting about their attacking
intent, but in any form of the game if you don’t take catches, you can’t think
of winning the match.
The Caribbean fielders dropped two catches – the first one didn’t cost them dearly, but the second one didn’t hurt them badly. Lahiru Thirimanne, the reprieved batsman was dismissed soon after, but squandering the opportunity to dismiss Dinesh Chandimal, who was batting on 11 then, by Jerome Taylor certainly was handy.
The Caribbean fielders dropped two catches – the first one didn’t cost them dearly, but the second one didn’t hurt them badly. Lahiru Thirimanne, the reprieved batsman was dismissed soon after, but squandering the opportunity to dismiss Dinesh Chandimal, who was batting on 11 then, by Jerome Taylor certainly was handy.
Chandimal provided the perfect foil to Dimuth Karunaratne’s
composure who went on to notch up an unbeaten hundred while Chandimal was
unbeaten on 72.
From the West Indies point of view, I didn’t understand the
idea of bowling Bishoo and Marlon Samuels for a prolong period, whereas a pace
and spin combination might have fetched
a few wickets after tea. The selection of four pace-bowlers did trigger
nostalgia among us, but they didn’t inject enough discomfort among the Sri
Lankan batters.
Thank You
Faisal Caesar
Thank You
Faisal Caesar
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