{"id":68899,"date":"2017-08-14T15:51:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T22:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=68899"},"modified":"2017-08-14T15:51:55","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T22:51:55","slug":"its-not-the-end-of-the-world-that-we-lost-to-india-but-lessons-need-to-be-learned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/08\/14\/its-not-the-end-of-the-world-that-we-lost-to-india-but-lessons-need-to-be-learned\/","title":{"rendered":"Its Not The End Of The World That We Lost to India But Lessons Need To be Learned."},"content":{"rendered":"

Top Spin By Suni<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Aug.8 2017<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

The cricket crazy nation of Sri Lanka is in shock over the series whitewash by India but taking into consideration some key factors it should come as no surprise and no shame to lose to the No1 test team in the world but to go down with hardly a fight somewhat gut wrenching and pathetic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lessons need to be learned towards the future and this is not a time to bemoan losses remembering the glory days of Sri lanka Cricket which were indeed glorious and as a team\u00a0 in transition and rebuilding perhaps the administrators and team selectors need to re-group and plan a stratrgy for the team that will work as whatever they are doing at present does not seem to be working. <\/span><\/p>\n

Losses to Zimbabwe, and Bangladesh amongst others perhaps are stark reminders of the vulnerabilities and fallibilities of the team and sooner or later a winning combination needs to be set in place if they are going to challenge the best in the world as never before in the history of Sri lanka Cricket has there been such humiliating losses.<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps it is time to refurbish the Administration of SL Cricket and a major cleanup at its top level in all probabilities is in order as the team is now reminiscent of a ship without proper direction where those at its helm seem to be bungling their way, taking all the wrong directions and making wortless choices hopefully not towards oblivion but the rot which has set in certainly needs to be stemmed!<\/span><\/p>\n

It is painfully visible that the fault lies in the Administration rather than the players where Sri Lanka has a wealth of young players but some of them never given the opportunity through selection and encouragement\u00a0 to prove their worth some even subjected to personal vendettas where others through patronage and favouritism\u00a0 are chosen and the result probably very apparent as the team flounders from one loss to another.<\/span><\/p>\n

It must be noted that during the tenures of\u00a0 Dav Whatmore\u00a0 and Tom Moody (albeit the calibre of players being different) Sri Lanka was never known for anything but a fighting spirit and the will to win where today they seem to have a sense of resignation towards capitulation and hence the debilitating losses .It just might be that a strong and capable coach who has proved himself may be the answer to Sri Lanka’s cricketing panacea.This together with a totally new panel of Administrators and selectors who leave much to be desired as there are very capable individuals waiting in the wings to replace them.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the Onedayers approaching against India it is hoped that the Sri Lankans will put up a better show and not go down tamely as they did in the Tests and some of the injury laden players will recover in time to provide the Indians with stiff opposition.<\/span><\/p>\n

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