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Lanka’s
problem lies with their batting
Third
and final Test starts on Friday
If
Sri Lanka are looking to strengthen their firepower
to equal that of India they are staring down the wrong
end of the barrel for reflecting back on the two Tests
played at the SSC and at Galle it has not been their
bowling that has been a cause for concern but their
batting.
Sri Lankan bowlers led by the two spinners Muthiah Muralitharan
and new spin sensation Ajantha Mendis and, supported
by the two seamers Chaminda Vaas and Nuwan Kulasekera
have bowled out the strong Indian batting line up on
four occasions in the two Tests capturing 39 of the
40 wickets (one was a run out).
Their performance goes to show that the problem lies
not only in the bowling line up but in the batting where
at the SSC when the batters clicked and scored four
hundreds Sri Lanka easily won by an innings. However
at Galle the same batting line up failed to deliver
which eventually led to their defeat by 170 runs.
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