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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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Divine intervention is Sri Lanka’s only hope of saving themselves from many blushes. Australia sits in wait for a historic Lanka thrashing in Galle. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE.  (eLanka Sports Editor).   Nightmares have a unscripted way of delivering itself as the drama at Galle revealed for Sri Lanka cricket, when Australia rubbed their dominance into the dust at Galle International Stadium after a run fest that is likely to remain unparalleled.  Total disdain from Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith and debutante Josh Inglis who smashed the Sri Lankan attack into submission in what the home team will have nightmarish memories of after this ordeal is done and dusted.  It was more a one day approach than a Test match, as Khawaja 232 off 252 balls, skopper Steve Smith 142 off 251 deliveries,  Inglis 102 off 94 balls, Travis Head 57 off 40 balls and Alex Carey 46 off ...

Feb 1, 2025 Posted by In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged , , , , , , , , , , ,
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