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Australia's dominance Slipping: Jayawaradene
By Greg Buckle
February 11, 2008
AUSTRALIA'S crown as one-day cricket kings is starting to slip and that's a good thing, says Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene.
Jayawardene said India's five-wicket win over Australia had not only opened up the tri-series competition but provided another example of the chinks in the armour of Ricky Ponting's side.
India have shot to the top of the tri-series standings on eight points from three games, one point ahead of Australia, with Sri Lanka on two points and desperately needing a win on Tuesday at Manuka Oval against India.
(India) bowled really well up front to put pressure on the Aussies and batted well under tough conditions, Jayawardene said.
It does open things up now. If we win, everyone has got one win each.
We just need to make sure that we give our best shot and make this tournament much more interesting than what it is.
Australia are not dominating world cricket at the moment, Jayawardene said. Yes, they are playing some good cricket but on and off. They are being pushed to the limit which is a good thing.
The rest of the world is catching up to them, especially in one-day cricket.
Sri Lanka were bowled out for 125 in a dismal batting display against Australia in Sydney on Friday, with the world champions winning by 128 runs.
Jayawardene says the World Cup finalists need to show more application with the bat and find an answer to the pace and bounce of Indian sensation Ishant Sharma, who took 4-38 on Sunday.
If you don't perform on that given day, you can be beaten, Jayawardene said.
We just need to come back strong after the last outing that we had. Our batting is a bit of a concern.
You can have those kinds of days. That happened to the Aussies. They batted seven guys and they couldn't get 160. There are no excuses for the way we batted. The application out there that day wasn't good.
For us we just need to forget about what happened the other day and concentrate on how we are going to go about things.
For us we need to think positive. We think we can win the next four or five games in a row and get ourselves into that final.
Jayawardene said Tillekeratne Dilshan was likely to play despite a knee infection which has been troubling the No.6 batsman this series.
The Indians flew in to Canberra energised by their win in Melbourne. Apart from 19-year-old Sharma, the Indians have also been boosted by the form of 20-year-old Rohit Sharma, who made an unbeaten 39 on Sunday.
The challenge for them will be to try to be consistent over a period of time. They are playing some very good cricket, there's no doubt about that, Jayawardene said.
AAP
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,23194808-23212,00.html
I reckon the Lankans could do us here. Weather forecast for Perth:
Fri 15 Feb - Mostly sunny; 32 degrees.
Another FULL game by the looks :crazy:
Woohoo!
By Greg Buckle
February 11, 2008
AUSTRALIA'S crown as one-day cricket kings is starting to slip and that's a good thing, says Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene.
Jayawardene said India's five-wicket win over Australia had not only opened up the tri-series competition but provided another example of the chinks in the armour of Ricky Ponting's side.
India have shot to the top of the tri-series standings on eight points from three games, one point ahead of Australia, with Sri Lanka on two points and desperately needing a win on Tuesday at Manuka Oval against India.
(India) bowled really well up front to put pressure on the Aussies and batted well under tough conditions, Jayawardene said.
It does open things up now. If we win, everyone has got one win each.
We just need to make sure that we give our best shot and make this tournament much more interesting than what it is.
Australia are not dominating world cricket at the moment, Jayawardene said. Yes, they are playing some good cricket but on and off. They are being pushed to the limit which is a good thing.
The rest of the world is catching up to them, especially in one-day cricket.
Sri Lanka were bowled out for 125 in a dismal batting display against Australia in Sydney on Friday, with the world champions winning by 128 runs.
Jayawardene says the World Cup finalists need to show more application with the bat and find an answer to the pace and bounce of Indian sensation Ishant Sharma, who took 4-38 on Sunday.
If you don't perform on that given day, you can be beaten, Jayawardene said.
We just need to come back strong after the last outing that we had. Our batting is a bit of a concern.
You can have those kinds of days. That happened to the Aussies. They batted seven guys and they couldn't get 160. There are no excuses for the way we batted. The application out there that day wasn't good.
For us we just need to forget about what happened the other day and concentrate on how we are going to go about things.
For us we need to think positive. We think we can win the next four or five games in a row and get ourselves into that final.
Jayawardene said Tillekeratne Dilshan was likely to play despite a knee infection which has been troubling the No.6 batsman this series.
The Indians flew in to Canberra energised by their win in Melbourne. Apart from 19-year-old Sharma, the Indians have also been boosted by the form of 20-year-old Rohit Sharma, who made an unbeaten 39 on Sunday.
The challenge for them will be to try to be consistent over a period of time. They are playing some very good cricket, there's no doubt about that, Jayawardene said.
AAP
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,23194808-23212,00.html
I reckon the Lankans could do us here. Weather forecast for Perth:
Fri 15 Feb - Mostly sunny; 32 degrees.
Another FULL game by the looks :crazy:
Woohoo!
