Mahela Jaywardhena looks like an IT project manager to me. An IT manager speaks and never acts. He churns on the buzzwords in every meetings and none of his team mates understand what he wants to say.
MJ appears to be in the same mould this days. He has lost his form in the ODIs. His team is struggling against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, the lowest of the ODI playing Test nations. He has had 4 ducks in last 13 games. Yet he is not finding the situation alarming and he blabbers on in his usual style.
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"We're still winning," he said. "There are periods when you go through tough times as a team and you need to pull through them. That's what character is all about. I haven't seen too many teams being 6 for 5 [as Sri Lanka were in the tri-series final against Bangladesh] and still winning. Even when we came here for the Asia Cup, we weren't favourites and we won it."
Not many teams go 6/5 against BD unless you are a non-Test playing nation....So if your team goes 6 for 5 then its a shame. Yet he finds positivity in negativity. Thats some attitude man....
"The wickets were tough in Bangladesh but we have to struggle through that and challenge ourselves," Jayawardene admitted. "But consistency is something we are working on. After the 2007 World Cup some new guys came in and we went through a transition. It has been patchy, especially if you consider the bowling attack we have. But Upul [Tharanga] and Sanath [Jayasuriya] are back and they bring some experience, but we can be much more consistent with our batting."
What transition man ? The batting looks almost same as 2007 WC with Sanath Jaisuriya still lingering on and MJ, KS and Kapu playing on with Silva the only man to miss out. And dont they have a new spin sensation BAW Mendis in their ranks ?
Post WC final 2007, SL has lost it in the ODIs. Out of 41 games since then they have won 22 and lost 17. Now take out 6 wins against BD, 6 against Zim and 1 against UAE. Thats 9 wins and 17 losses in 28 against strong teams.
Lost 6 to India, 3 to England, 4 to Australia in the duration. The only positive or neutral record they hold against is Pakistan -- 2 wins and 2 losses.
Thats an indicator for MJ to put his focus on and look to get the results than blabber on and see the white things than gray ones.
MJ appears to be in the same mould this days. He has lost his form in the ODIs. His team is struggling against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, the lowest of the ODI playing Test nations. He has had 4 ducks in last 13 games. Yet he is not finding the situation alarming and he blabbers on in his usual style.
Have a look
"We're still winning," he said. "There are periods when you go through tough times as a team and you need to pull through them. That's what character is all about. I haven't seen too many teams being 6 for 5 [as Sri Lanka were in the tri-series final against Bangladesh] and still winning. Even when we came here for the Asia Cup, we weren't favourites and we won it."
Not many teams go 6/5 against BD unless you are a non-Test playing nation....So if your team goes 6 for 5 then its a shame. Yet he finds positivity in negativity. Thats some attitude man....
"The wickets were tough in Bangladesh but we have to struggle through that and challenge ourselves," Jayawardene admitted. "But consistency is something we are working on. After the 2007 World Cup some new guys came in and we went through a transition. It has been patchy, especially if you consider the bowling attack we have. But Upul [Tharanga] and Sanath [Jayasuriya] are back and they bring some experience, but we can be much more consistent with our batting."
What transition man ? The batting looks almost same as 2007 WC with Sanath Jaisuriya still lingering on and MJ, KS and Kapu playing on with Silva the only man to miss out. And dont they have a new spin sensation BAW Mendis in their ranks ?
Post WC final 2007, SL has lost it in the ODIs. Out of 41 games since then they have won 22 and lost 17. Now take out 6 wins against BD, 6 against Zim and 1 against UAE. Thats 9 wins and 17 losses in 28 against strong teams.
Lost 6 to India, 3 to England, 4 to Australia in the duration. The only positive or neutral record they hold against is Pakistan -- 2 wins and 2 losses.
Thats an indicator for MJ to put his focus on and look to get the results than blabber on and see the white things than gray ones.
