Sri Lanka, Australia playing with cricketing abacus
SR Pathiravithana, writing in Sri Lanka's Sunday Times , says there has been no other cricket contest between Australia and Sri Lanka that has taken place on so even a keel as the upcoming tour, with neither side able to claim a clear cut
Nikita Bastian
25-Feb-2013
SR Pathiravithana, writing in Sri Lanka's Sunday Times, says there has been no other cricket contest between Australia and Sri Lanka that has taken place on so even a keel as the upcoming tour, with neither side able to claim a clear cut advantage over the other.
The Australians have some problems in the batting department. Of late, they have put much onus on the skills and resolute of the batting of opener Shane Watson who has played his innings with more guts and spunk than the rest of the pack. Ironically, their best batsmen – by a few fathoms from the rest – Ricky Ponting seems to have lost some of his magic while the new skipper Michael Clarke too gets his act right sporadically ...
The Australian fast bowling arm - with Mitchell Johnson, Ryan Harris and Peter Siddle leading - is more potent than anything that Sri Lanka could offer barring the T20 bowling skills of Lasith Malinga. However Trent Copeland, James Pattinson, Nathan Lyon and Michael Beer are new to the Lankan conditions ...
Nikita Bastian is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo