The start of the Australian chase was not a comfortable one,
but David Warner played a captain’s knock and his partnership of 132 runs for
the third wicket ended any threats of a Sri Lankan come back. The track was a
turning one if not a rank-turner, still, Sri Lanka failed to capitalize it. One
thing for sure, Warner and Bailey played the ball more late and on the back
foot by getting behind the line of the ball more. Such things were needed in the Test series,
but at least they learned their lessons.
Sri Lanka’s middle order is prone to collapse. In the past
few weeks, it happened regularly. I think, the Lankan middle order batsmen lack
the patience to score runs via strike rotation, but wish to fetch runs more via
boundaries. Power hitting has become an essential part of modern day limited-overs
cricket, but still, the good old tactics of spending time at the crease and
strike rotation in the middle overs of a 50-over game is highly valuable than
the power hitting which always leaves the option of a bad outcome.
Thank You
Faisal Caesar
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