Two matches down and two matches the group batting first has scored over 300. This is not frequent in Sri Lanka, and for it to occur in consecutive video games is even rarer – in reality, there have been solely 10 situations throughout 358 ODIs in Sri Lanka, previous to this collection, the place two consecutive video games have seen a rating of 300 or extra.
In contrast, final 12 months’s World Cup alone noticed 13 totals of 350-plus – there have been 24 such totals in each different World Cup mixed. Suffice to say, that is clear indicator in which path the sport is heading, a minimum of in phrases of what batters are more and more able to.
And now, lastly, Sri Lanka appears to be catching up – or a minimum of that is the hope, after the primary two high-scoring surfaces supplied up at Pallekele.
“We have been typically used to pitches the place scoring greater than 300 was a problem. But when we take the pitches we have performed on [in] this collection to date, these considerations appear to have been addressed to a big extent.”
That was all the way down to a disciplined effort by the Sri Lankan bowlers, who caught to their plans of preserving issues tight, letting the required charge rise, after which choosing up wickets when Afghanistan have been pressured to speed up. And Asalanka is acutely conscious that bowling extra on such pitches is a boon not simply for their batters, however for the bowlers as effectively.
“Even in the present day, they [Afghanistan] have been in a superb place in phrases of their batting however as they have been attempting to speed up I feel we bowled effectively to get them out. However that is how pitches have to be, as a result of after we go to play worldwide match[s] we’re typically going to get wickets the place you want to rating greater than 300.
“So to have the ability to try this we have to have practised in our residence situations. If we do extra of that then it’ll be simpler for us to compete in ICC tournaments. Greater than that I feel even our bowlers are beginning to discover ways to bowl on good batting wickets.”
