SRI LANKA’S WOES COME FROM WITHIN

DEREK PRINGLE

@derekpringle

Sri Lanka were World Cup winners 25 years ago but the current team touring England look like they’d struggle to win a one-horse race let alone beat an opponent with a functioning pulse.
Three T20 matches and two 50-over matches against Eoin Morgan’s side have all been lost with their hosts scarcely breaking sweat in the process, a mismatch that surely goes beyond the excuse of them being a young and inexperienced side.
It is a shame because Sri Lanka were very much the instigators of most that is attractive in modern white ball cricket – ...

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