I woke up around 4:45 am to relax myself in the bathroom as because my urinary bladder was full. After emptying the bladder, I checked my mobile for the latest updates of the Hamilton Test match. Okay, things were looking good for the Lankans because, at that point of time they were 60 for 0. But when I checked the updates while going to my hospital, I was dumbfounded to discover that, Sri Lanka were all out for 133.
This young Sri Lankan unit
Dimuth Karunaratne and Udara Jayasundera were dismissed by very good deliveries, the latter being a bit unlucky, but the way the middle-order batsmen ended up the ghost was simply crazy: Dinesh Chandimal’s leg galnce was lackluster, Kausal mendis and Angelow Mathews never got behind the line of the ball by pivoting on the back foot and walked for the pavilion after executing an IPL-BPL-BBL-like directionless hook-shot, Milinda Siriwardana wished to sent the ball to the solar system by executing another IPL-BPL-BBL-like bullshit stroke and Vitanage wished to send the ball to the offices of the Twnety20 team owners from India and Bangladesh and eventually became a laughing stock – the fielder at third was the only fielder on the offside as Brendon McCullum targeted to pepper the Lankan batsmen with a barrage of short balls.......phew, let me pause here as because, the dismissals of the tail-enders were funnier enough.
New Zealand’s hopes rest on Kane Williamson. An early breakthrough on day 4 might change the whole scenario of this Test match. Thankfully, Angelow Mathews kept on attacking and didn’t give up hope, and in fact, Dushmantha Chameera and the likes of Nuwan Pradeep, Rangana Herath and Nuwan Pradeep’s vigor and sizzle will be critical in making this Test match a memorable one for the true cricket lovers.
Thank You
Faisal Caesar
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