even if india have a hard time in the boarder gavaskar, and lose 4-1 or smthn, they have a shot. saying that cause i'm hoping for an australia sl final, cuz it will be the defending champions, versus the team who have worked incredibly hard to get there! to an extent 96 vibes
India vs Sri Lanka for the final of the Test Championship is a possibility if SL keep playing like this and if Australia lose to India in their huge test series. Yes, they will be playing in england conditions so spinners of the both teams will not get much but still it would be interesting match up.
I will never understand why teams don’t just let their players try to get these milestones. Happened a few tests back too with Bangladesh I think. Declared with their batsman in the 180s. Just tell him you’ll give him 3 or 4 overs to get his 200 and if he can’t then declare.
Because they wanted to put New Zealand into bat just before the day ended, so that they could a couple of quick wickets - which panned out exactly as the captain and HC planned it out. So they took the decision to allow him to get to 1000 runs before declaring. Good on Kamindu for agreeing to it, and great work by the bowlers on delivering so that he wouldn’t regret it.
Englad throw away wickets because they are scared of failure. Bazball-era now means you can thrash around and if you get out, it's okay because that is what we do. If they had showed just a bit of patience they should have won, but they are scared of being called timid. You're allowed to go out if you were being agressive, but going out while trying to build a score is seen as a personal failing. They won't improve as long as they only have 1 gear
Well, the SL captain took the right decision. Galle's pitches are always better for spin bowling as the game progresses. And the most dangerous time for spinners to get batsmen out is in the morning because batsmen have no clue what to expect.
Well you must new to watching cricket in galle. Specially in a test at galle day 4 and 5 its is extremely difficult to bat( as clearly both teams struggled to bat) due to the pitch extremely favoring the spinners
This Test has been gripping one so far as it has been going back and forth between two really good test sides. This is why I love about Test as the game can change multiple times between the sides as 5 days goes on.
