This was a very important game, and atleast in this game against a mighty team like Australia, Sri Lanka should have fielded a full-strength team.
2007-04-16 16:54:30 · 18 answers · asked by Vijay_Srini 3 in Sports ➔ Cricket
If Sri Lanka goes on to win the world cup it will be lauded as a master plan.Else everybody will have a dig at it.
I think it is not all that bad.
2007-04-17 01:09:56 · answer #1 · answered by karikalan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it was no mistake and this was not an important match coz, SL already qualified for the semi.Vaas and Murali are the trump cards. Sri Lanka will probably face Australia in the Final. So they wanted to hide their deadliest weapon from their enemy at this early level. Now in the final Australia will face Sri Lanka without any early experience of facing Murali and Vaas. Then the history of 96 World cup will probably repeat again.
2007-04-16 19:13:34 · answer #2 · answered by seagull 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it was a very very smart move. This made most of the Aussy fans very upset but I think in cricket on field or out of it you always need to out think your competitor.
For SL with way they are playing, Aussy will be the biggest threat. They will cruse in the semi's and will go all the way too.
Some times you need to loose some battles to win the wars. As they have already qualified why waste their trump cards on insignificant mathes.
I also think they should have rested Sanath too. Now SL know what Aussy's are really about. What kind of a force they are.
SL must be pretty pleased yet disappointed for not making more runs. If they made 270 on that day as they where heading to that even with the fall of early wickets. Aussies would have struggled. If that happed Aussie could addressed that situation before the world cup. At present they cant address anything as they have no issues.
I think SL will ambush them in the Final.
Remember last WC semies. Mighty Aussies only made 220 or something. And if Sanga didn't run out Aravinda SL would hv won the world cup. Aravinda was soo disappointed he even retired ..
Coming back to the point i think SL has aplan and they went about it. Good smart play by them.
2007-04-18 00:58:08 · answer #3 · answered by Boeing73 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I felt was since Sri Lanka is already in the semi's , they did not want to take a chance of risking their top bowlers for any injury.
It is disappointing for the fans not to see the full strength of Sri Lanka & not playing lilke profetionals. They should have given a better fight. As everybody expected Sanath Jayasuriya is a key match winner for Sri Lanka over the past years. ::
2007-04-16 17:03:50 · answer #4 · answered by Dilantha2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The smartest move!
It is obvious that SL didnt expect to win the match, its not important to win the match against the Aussies at that stage. By keeping Vaas and Murali out of the game, they saved the best for the finals. The big mistake was not including Marvan Atapattu for the team against Aus or at least Ireland.
2007-04-19 02:32:02 · answer #5 · answered by Peach 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i like it...i imagine it replaced right into a marvelous flow, there is not any factor to divulge your bowling style at the same time as its no longer very mandatory and the sturdy project is, that they nevertheless have the game adversarial to eire to get the adult adult males decrease back into type before the semi's. i ought to desire Australia to win on the instantaneous than sometime later, i understand Australia to be an truly ruthless and remorseless team so in the adventure that they lost on the instantaneous that they had have some thing to coach later...which could be risky to Sri Lanka's plans. So truly the decision to provide the adult adult males a relax replaced into an extremely sturdy, calculated flow on the element of the Sri Lankan team. Sri Lanka's batting power were given to make certain what Australia bowling has to provide on the instantaneous and they're going to make the mandatory variations for the later video games yet regrettably Australia received't get to face Sri Lanka's a lot touted bowling style. Australia i imagine were outsmarted on the instantaneous.
2016-12-04 04:13:08 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it mattered too much in terms of the semi's. The Aussies have won against these players before so already know they can win. But then again, every little bit helps, and if it gets even one wicket then it would be worth it to the Sri Lankan's...mostly it was a bummer for that game, since I was expecting a good spectacle...
2007-04-16 20:09:55 · answer #7 · answered by fatcat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since the result of the match was insignificant to Sri Lanka as they have already entered in the semi final, they decided not to risk injuiry to their strike bowlers by giving them rest, which I do not think can be considered as a wrong decision.
2007-04-17 06:53:15 · answer #8 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it wasnt just vaas and murali they droped. malinga was also a mistake to drop. droping them 3 was the worst thing you could do.
they were playing againsnt the best team in the world (Australia) and they expect to win without the 3 strike bowlers.
Horrible section Sri lanka they have probally just cost them the world cup.
2007-04-18 21:07:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sri Lanka shud have played full strength team as they were playing against Aussies. I think they are a big coward.
2007-04-17 01:42:01 · answer #10 · answered by SG the best!!! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋