Sri Lanka will win the World Cup

[benchmark00]

Bookmark this.

The team they will play in the final is insignificant.

Their team ticks all the boxes and will lead from start to finish. No other team has such a complete roster. They are as strong, or in most cases stronger, than every other team in every neccessary department of one day cricket.

Word filler fun fact: Giraffes and humans have the same number of vertebrae (7).

 

[Migara]

Only if the pick the right team, and that should not contain Crapoogedara

 

[Prince EWS]

Batting is weak IMO.

 

[benchmark00]

Nah.

 

[Spikey]

i'll tell the other teams the bad news.

 

[benchmark00]

i'll tell the other teams the bad news.

Try and break it to the Netherlands as gently as possible.

 

[Spikey]

i'm not sure if i'll tell them - they still haven't even got over the loss of nannes...

 

[Julian87]

Reckon their opening partnership is ordinary which could put a bit too much pressure on Sangakarra and Jayawardene which should be their strength.

 

[Prince EWS]

Reckon their opening partnership is ordinary which could put a bit too much pressure on Sangakarra and Jayawardene which should be their strength.

Jayawardene is a **** **** in one day cricket and Sangakkara really isn't that much better either.

 

[benchmark00]

Oh ye of little faith. This is not an open discussion, I was merely stating a fact.

 

[salman85]

We can't have two world cup winners,can we?

You know,since Pakistan is also going to win it.

 

[Himannv]

I'm hoping for Semi's at least. We usually have an off game here and there and that off game will probably come in a KO game.

 

[morgieb]

They'll play great in the subbie imo, batting is pretty mediorce at OD level though.

 

[0RI0N]

Sangakarra's soldiers will get dumped by out of the WC by... wait for it


Biff's bully's.



Pak to do a number on India. (Finally after over 9000 attempts in the WC).

Benchmark it.

 

[kingpin]

Epic

 

[Lostman]

Their team ticks all the boxes and will lead from start to finish. No other team has such a complete roster. They are as strong, or in most cases stronger, than every other team in every neccessary department of one day cricket.

lol no.
I think most Sri lankans would be happy if they got to the semi's.
This is the possible batting lineup;
Dilshan
Tharanga
Sanga
MJ
Silva
Kapu
Mathews

There are only two decent ODI batsmen in this lineup, #1 and #7. Everyone else goes from crap to extremely ****ing crap.

 

[smash84]

I think Pak's bowling looks better than SL's.

 

[Prince EWS]

lol no.
I think most Sri lankans would be happy if they got to the semi's.
This is the possible batting lineup;
Dilshan
Tharanga
Sanga
MJ
Silva
Kapu
Mathews

There are only two decent ODI batsmen in this lineup, #1 and #7. Everyone else goes from crap to extremely ****ing crap.

While Sangakkara is pretty over-rated in ODIs by people who don't follow Sri Lanka too closely, I definitely don't think it's fair to say he's "not decent" or "crap". He's decent to good, IMO. He certainly doesn't match up to his reputation but there aren't too many teams I'd leave him out of.

Jayawardene, too, is a special kind of crap. I'm not saying he isn't a **** **** at this form of the game, but unlike most batsmen with his record, he's quite capable of playing a substantial innings against a good attack under pressure. Most batsmen who average 32 odd and strike at 75 odd or so make a career out of bashing minnows and scoring runs in irrelevant circumstances but as the last World Cup showed, his class can shine through at the right times. No doubt he's not very good at this format but I'd definitely take him over other players with similar records for that reason.

I agree the batting is weak and over-rated but perhaps not as weak as the numbers show or as the clued in Sri Lankan fans think, IMO.

 

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