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Unbeaten centuries to Steve Smith and Alex Carey have Lankans staring down the barrel of a whitewash. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (eLanka Sports Editor) Steve Smith and Alex Carey set about ramming home Australia’s psychological blow in the first Test as a shell-shocked Sri Lanka stares down the distinct possibility of a series whitewash in Galle. Sri Lanka have been out-thought and outplayed in every department of this series so far, exposing a gulf between the best in the world and the cellar dwellers. They were perceived to be on the rise not so long ago, but that idea has fizzled out to an optical illusion as Australia have proved, with a dominant game plan that has demoralized a home team in their own backyard. Desperation to reshuffle the pack after a mauling in the first Test, Sri Lanka’s selectors have made a bad situation worse in the ...

Feb 8, 2025 Posted by In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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SLC should focus on dwindling viewer curiosity at Test venues – By Sunil Thenabadu It is a gigantic compassion to glimpse only a miniature spectator surveillance at many closely contested Test matches at home venues. Spectator interest should have been at the forefront of the awareness of authorities of Sri Lanka Cricket. They should very well comprehend that a Test match will not be booming without a weighty spectator audience. In the test matches played recently in Galle in with even the grass banks were not full, there were plenty of vacant seats. Such barrenness is not felt when Test matches are played in nations like India Bangladesh, Australia and England.  Sri Lankan fans also are equally passionate about cricket. But the non affluent have to hurdle over obvious constraints to watch a Test match unlike our counterparts in other countries. In Sri Lanka there are enough and more cricket ...

Jan 16, 2025 Posted by In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged , , , , , , , ,
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