Re: Sri Lankan Team - Murli the Chucker = TOOTHLESS
So it was Murli the chucker or the shot-putter who was doing the trick for them all these years.
Without Murli, they were a flop in the Twenty20 WC (so much for their attacking batsmen).
And they just lost the ODI series to a mediocre English Side on home soil.
What say ?
But then they did well in the main world Cup and against England in England last year drawing the test series 1-1 after being 0-1 and thrashing England in all 5 ODIs (minus Murali in the last three games). Although Flintoff missed the one-dayers he did play in the tests.
And it was n't all about Murali in tests either as Jayawardene and Sangakkara played their part with the bat, Jayawardene stroking a memorable 374 and Jayasuriya hitting two big hundreds in the one-dayers
Pakistan on the other hand lost the test series 0-3 (or more like 0-2 or 1-2 as they forfeited the last game which they were winning) and drew 2-2 in one-dayers.
That said Sri Lanka have really underperformed in the last three games after winning the first one quite easily and perhaps understandably. Their batting is just not clicking for some reason.