Sanath Jayasuriya on Sri Lankan cricket: The situation is critical, we need immediate measures to save it
Former Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya says that the situation of the national cricket team is very critical, and it needs immediate measures to save the cricket of this country. England defeated Sri Lanka by 89 runs to win the T20I series 3-0.
Sri Lanka players attend the trophy ceremony after England won the series 3-0 following the third T20 international cricket at The Ageas Bowl in Southampton. (Courtesy: AP)
HIGHLIGHTS
- England completed a 3-0 clean sweep over Sri Lanka in the T20I series
- England registered their fourth-largest victory in terms of runs in T20I format
- Very sad day for the Sri Lankan cricket, says Sanath Jayasuriya
On Sunday, former Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya slammed the national team’s performance in the recently-concluded T20I series against England.
England won the three-match T20I series by 3-0 against England. In the first match played in Cardiff, England drubbed Sri Lanka by eight wickets. In the second match at the same venue, England won by five wickets. The third T20I was played in Southampton, where England humiliated Sri Lanka by 80 runs and registered their fourth-largest victory margin in terms of runs in the T20 format.
Sanath Jayasuriya wrote on his Twitter that it is a very sad day for the Sri Lankan cricket. Jayasuriya’s remarks came after Sri Lanka’s poor performance in the third T20I.
“Very sad day for Sri Lankan cricket. The situation is critical. We need immediate measures to save cricket,” Sanath Jayasuriya wrote on Twitter.
Very sad day for Sri Lankan cricket. The situation is critical. We need immediate measures to save cricket
— Sanath Jayasuriya (@Sanath07) June 27, 2021
With scores of 111 for 7, 129 for 7, and now 91 all out, Sri Lanka’s batsmen have looked strangely clueless. They were never able to register a total that threatened England in the three-match series. Only one Sri Lankan batsman crossed the 40-run mark in the series. With time running out ahead of the T20 World Cup, it’s an area that will have to improve if Sri Lanka are to challenge.
Sri Lanka avoided setting a new benchmark for the lowest T20 score in their history — which remains 82 against India in February 2016 — but any hope of a surprise victory had long since vanished.
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