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Originally Posted by betaar
My memory says we play our best in the first match, especially at home, and then gradually go down as our opponent acclimatize themselves.
And please don't use the off field drama as an excuse. It was because of good SL bowling on a sporting wicket (as Shakib asked for) mixed with usual brain farts by our batsmen and unconditional bad umpiring at least on 2 occasions (Nasir and Mushy) with iffy 3rd one (Marshall).
In terms of umpiring; it was almost as if these umpires from OZ and ENG were there to materialize their boards 2 tier agenda. 
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You can't say a dismassal was due to good bowling and a brain fart at the same time. We threw our wickets away and the lack of focus of the boys indicates they were in fact obsessed about off field issues. SL bowling was perhaps disciplined and thats about it. Apart from the snorter from Eranga it was basically gifted wickets. And the wicket is pretty flat, not sporting. If we can keep SL to around 400 we'll have done well, but we'll still be behind a ton.
If we can somehow draw this match, it will be impressive.