Kumar Sangakarra: WE ARE NOT INDIA!!!

[Murad]

Originally Posted by Buddhika_s
Jayasuriya's 154 was off 153 balls. He forgot it was a 3 day match.

You have to be aggressive in 3-day matches else the outcome will be a draw in the end.

[Nocturnal]

Originally Posted by Buddhika_s
Jayasuriya's 154 was off 153 balls. He forgot it was a 3 day match.

Jayasuriya's said- 'It is the best time of my career' after played yesterday's innings

[Buddhika_s]

Originally Posted by Nocturnal
Jayasuriya's said- 'It is the best time of my career' after played yesterday's innings

I actually think it's just a statement to expand his career. But I hope he never retires :P\

Originally Posted by muradnyc
You have to be aggressive in 3-day matches else the outcome will be a draw in the end.

Yeah but Mahela pretty much said that they aren't looking for the win. Neither they are going to declare. They want to bat as long as they can.

CA only gave Sri Lanka 1 practice match. But SLC asked for two, so they gave another one against Australia A I think.

[Rabz]

Originally Posted by Buddhika_s
No man, fights don't mean anything. Just a good banter.

I don't like fights behind a keyboard. Don't want to be a key board worrier.

And dont we all love a good banter??
we do.

Keyboard warrrior??
Hey, in this days of modern super-technologies, battles are fought on all different frontier, whether its on the field, off the ground or on the monitors, esp for us fans.

[Ak]

Originally Posted by bharat
WEAKER SIDE ...MAN.SL HAS WON ONLY 1 TEST EVER AGAINST THE AUSSIES ..AND ONLY 3 AGAINST THE INDIANS EVER ....SO WHO IS THE WEAKER SIDE AND WHO DESERVES 4 TESTS ...MAN.I GUESS SOME PEOPLE IN HERE CRICEKT HISTORY KNOWLEDGE STARTS ONLY WITH THE 2007 WC...GOOD LUCK

Lol dude I was talking about the two teams today not past series from years back and the stats, etc. Look at both teams now and SL have the better bowling attack probably by a long way and Ind edge it out on the batting (remember Sanga and Mahela average 50 in tests) but what I said was that overall they have the better side. Calm down son.

[Ak]

Originally Posted by Ganguly da
next time before posting, make yourself educated by reviewing some stats.

Lol easy bro - Again I wasn't talking about any stats. Fair enough stats say Ind have the upper hand but that was the past. This is the present and SL I would say as would most here on this forum have the better side nothing else. Calm down man I think you should be worrying more about Pakistan rather than SL and the CB Series atm lol.

[Surfer]

Lets wait for the matches and see what happens. Each test playing nation is capable of beating another in any format of the game at any given point of time. So arguments on possibilities and probabilities will take us nowhere.

[cricket_pagol]

Originally Posted by Kabir
Strictly from a neutral point of view, I DON'T think Buddhika is over-reacting here.

I once called India a MINNOW and saw how my Indian friends reacted here. And when you guys are saying SL is up for a minnow bashing, it should of course upset him.

SL may be going through a bad patch, which happens to every team. It happened to India, Pakistan, NZ, and even Australia. SO WHAT? Last time I checked TEAMS GOING THROUGH A BAD PATCH OFTEN RETURN TO THEIR FORM!!!! Don't forget that you're talking about a team which thrashed you in your last match...and threw you out of the WC. Don't forget that you're talking about a team which played FINALS in the WC. At the same time, no one should forget that India thrashed SL in their backyard before the WC, and also that India played in the finals of the previous WC.

Apart from that, when I see you guys fight like kids over your favourite team on a Bangladeshi cricket fan site, it just makes my day...SO CARRY ONNNN

I agree with kabir bhai.

My sympathy is with the SL supporters. The way SL peaked at the world cup gives me hope that SL- AUS series will be awesome!!! I will give it to the lankans for playing so wonderfully when mattered (in WC 07). The srilanakn team is a bit rusty at the moment, but i have faith that they will peak at the right moment. They have an amazing bowling attack which is unparalleled in among the Asian. Only weakness is that they don't have good back-up batsmens yet, when their stars are out of form, they don't score heavily.

[abherath]

Originally Posted by Ganguly da
Well sanga has already declared no verbal warfare from SL coz except him, murali and mahela, hardly anyone else can speak english. And they're right in saying they are not India....coz in Hayden's words....India is almost as big arch nemesis now as Eng for Aussies and no way the excitement level amongst them would be same if they were playing a mellow team like SL, no offense.

Your comment puts India down, not Sri Lanka...If you spit looking up, it falls back in your face..

Sri Lanka and Australia, each with a 20-million population have achieved great things which India with a one billion population would cherish...

[abherath]

Originally Posted by oracle
Sadly, don't see any positives for SL down under. So Aussie cleansweep , we just have to wait till Ash can tame them.

????

[abherath]

Originally Posted by Surfer
If I remember right, Srilanka has been the worst hit of Aussie racism over the years. But then Sangakara had no reason to drag India into it.

Srilanka's state of cricket is reflected in the last few matches against England. Though those were ODIs, they show the downfall quite clearly. Not that they are not capable of bouncing back, but to claim to beat Australia in Australia is a little too unrealistic.

Why is Sri Lanka's state of cricket shown by the recent ODI's only ? How about the recent 50-over World Cup and how about Sri Lanka winning the Hongkong Sixes today with a bunch of little-known players ?

[Tehsin]

All this HUNGAMA, if I didn't know any better I would have thought that India and SriLanka are facing off in the upcoming series.

[abherath]

Originally Posted by bharat
Continuing the banter ....I know this is a little bit silly to tail Buddika , but I am getttng a bit annoyed with this constant banter without having any figures to back it up.

well it does not matter whether you were an Associate Status in '82 ..infact it speaks bad that it took you so long to be come a full member after your country's Independence . Well about the number of Tests ..you calculate the % man ..it takes out the number of matches from the equation.

Aus-SL --SL has a win % of 5.5
Inidia-Aus--India has a win % of 25
India -aus -SL has win % of 11.5 while India has 38.4%...

It took Sri Lanka so long not because they were not good enough but only because of discrimination in the cricket establishment which used to be dominated by two countries.

And there is mud that could be slung by all... take your mind back to India Vs. Sri Lanka in the World Cup, 1996..Kambli cried not because India lost by default but out of shame for his countrymen's behaviour.. but the larger picture is that India and Sri Lanka have been friendly towards each other not only in cricket but in every sphere.. Some silly, narow-minded comment here cannot spoil it. The same goes for the Sri Lanka - Bangladesh relationship.

[abherath]

Originally Posted by Ak
Lol easy bro - Again I wasn't talking about any stats. Fair enough stats say Ind have the upper hand but that was the past. This is the present and SL I would say as would most here on this forum have the better side nothing else. Calm down man I think you should be worrying more about Pakistan rather than SL and the CB Series atm lol.

Very right...

When Sri Lanka won the World Cup in 1996, the stats did not mean a thing..

[Buddhika_s]

Originally Posted by abherath
It took Sri Lanka so long not because they were not good enough but only because of discrimination in the cricket establishment which used to be dominated by two countries.

And there is mud that could be slung by all... take your mind back to India Vs. Sri Lanka in the World Cup, 1996..Kambli cried not because India lost by default but out of shame for his countrymen's behaviour.. but the larger picture is that India and Sri Lanka have been friendly towards each other not only in cricket but in every sphere.. Some silly, narow-minded comment here cannot spoil it. The same goes for the Sri Lanka - Bangladesh relationship.

Yeah, forgot to mention that before Sri Lanka got their test status they had been winning against India and Pakistan on unofficial tests they used to play then.

[Nafi]

Mahela goes for another duck, whats wrong with him these days???

[Buddhika_s]

Originally Posted by Nafi
Mahela goes for another duck, whats wrong with him these days???

He's going thru his annual slump. LOL

[Ganguly da]

Originally Posted by abherath
Your comment puts India down, not Sri Lanka...If you spit looking up, it falls back in your face..

Sri Lanka and Australia, each with a 20-million population have achieved great things which India with a one billion population would cherish...

India with lesser literacy rate than Sri Lanka and Australia has achieved things that both countries can only fathom to achieve. And Sri Lanka's only recognition in the world is it is India's neighbor. That's about it.

And if you're talking about cricket, then above statement applies there as well. Plus population of a country doesn't mean squat in sports. It's all about choosing the best team.

Having said that, India & Sri lanka team members have always been friendly on and off the field. Just like many pakistani players consider playing against BD in a context of family, same goes for Indian and Sri lankans due to shared heritage with south India and roots in religion and many cultural traits.

[Buddhika_s]

Originally Posted by Ganguly da
India with lesser literacy rate than Sri Lanka and Australia has achieved things that both countries can only fathom to achieve. And Sri Lanka's only recognition in the world is it is India's neighbor. That's about it.

And if you're talking about cricket, then above statement applies there as well. Plus population of a country doesn't mean squat in sports. It's all about choosing the best team.

Having said that, India & Sri lanka team members have always been friendly on and off the field. Just like many pakistani players consider playing against BD in a context of family, same goes for Indian and Sri lankans due to shared heritage with south India and roots in religion and many cultural traits.

Well India is known because of 1 billion population everywhere in the world and the size of the country. Also the highest number of AIDS patients or something. Ask a normal US citizen they'd go, "the big country in south asia with curry eating people" same goes with Sri Lanka as you pointed out Sri Lanka is by India. While saying all that I agree that India has archived many things much more than Sri Lanka has.

Yes, it does matter the population of the country. The more people you have the more players you have to choose from. It does come down to the team selection. Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh all are corrupted countries. (no offense but the truth be told) Politics play a big role in team selection at every level in these countries rather than the real talent. So a really talented kid from a rural village will miss out because of an average rich city boy.

[Tintin]

Sorry for interrupting.

What is the status of Sangakkara's leg injury ? He doesn't seem to have fielded when the Australians batted.

[Ganguly da]

Originally Posted by Buddhika_s
Well India is known because of 1 billion population everywhere in the world and the size of the country. Also the highest number of AIDS patients or something. Ask a normal US citizen they'd go, "the big country in south asia with curry eating people" same goes with Sri Lanka as you pointed out Sri Lanka is by India. While saying all that I agree that India has archived many things much more than Sri Lanka has.

Yes, it does matter the population of the country. The more people you have the more players you have to choose from. It does come down to the team selection. Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh all are corrupted countries. (no offense but the truth be told) Politics play a big role in team selection at every level in these countries rather than the real talent. So a really talented kid from a rural village will miss out because of an average rich city boy.

Americans also know India as the trillion dollar economy and the future UN security council member and a potential superpower.

Also do not agree on the rich/poor theory especially nowadays. All that stuff used to happen during 70s, 80s, 90s. Don't know about Pak, SL or BD, but India's first poster boy...Kapil Dev, came from a rural family. India's current captain, MS Dhoni came from a lower middle class family and so did Sreesanth and others. Zaheer Khan's dad was a bus driver for the city govt. Pathan's dad is an imam in some small masjid.

[Tintin]

Zaheer Khan's dad was a bus driver for the city govt

It is Wasim Jaffer's father who is/was a bus driver. Zaheer's father is a photographer.

[Ganguly da]

Murali is simply a magician with the ball. 4 wickets for him!

[Kabir]

From unruly crowd, to cricket field, to stats, to meaningless history, to population explosion, and now to scientific advancement.

Will this ever turn into cricket again? Please, for the enjoyment of us, the fans, don't get back to cricket. And guys, I don't see much fire here. Budhhika's got some buddies now. It's now an equally contested fight...get on it you lazy guysssss!!!

[Buddhika_s]

Originally Posted by Ganguly da
Americans also know India as the trillion dollar economy and the future UN security council member and a potential superpower.

Also do not agree on the rich/poor theory especially nowadays. All that stuff used to happen during 70s, 80s, 90s. Don't know about Pak, SL or BD, but India's first poster boy...Kapil Dev, came from a rural family. India's current captain, MS Dhoni came from a lower middle class family and so did Sreesanth and others. Zaheer Khan's dad was a bus driver for the city govt. Pathan's dad is an imam in some small masjid.

I don't know in India then. But in Sri Lanka before 1996 most of the players were from Colombo. But from 1992 or so on out stationed players started to get facilities and started to come to the national team.

Sanath and Tharanga are from Matara down south. Sangakkara is from Kandy in the central and many other players. After those guys started to come out of those villages they really improved. That's a major reason why Sri Lanka has been doing well since 1996.

There's still some politics going on in Sri Lanka like Mubarak, why is he in the team? (even for TEST!!!) because Muba's Father is a very rich man who was also a classmate of Asantha De Mel (chairman of selectors)]

You said the population has nothing to do with this. But the team selection is right? Well who selects the team? Selectors. And the selectors are well some who played the game and others who know about the game( if there aren't selectors like that then you obviously have politics going on)

If those experienced selectors don't know how to choose a proper cricket team, you got problem. The problem is not that they don't know how to select but there's politics involved $$$. I'm sure there are tons of talent in India but there isn't anyone to bring them up to the 1st class level. Corruption to blame also.

PS: Seriously dude? You expect Americans to know about India's economy when some can't even point US on a map? They are Americans. No not the ones I talk to over here would know.