Whats the use ? They would be black washed. They dont have Murali any more. They dont have Malinga any more. They have got Chanaka, Dhammika, Nuvana and of course Ajantha. But they wont be threatening in Australian conditions or SAF conditions. And the likes of Samarweera, Paragraph and others would be trashed, wont they ?
"If rankings can't be understood by the public, the players, or the administrators, what's the use of having rankings? If you want rankings, they should count towards playing a Test championship.
"Rankings need to be fairly done. A fair FTP is the first step towards having proper rankings. Once every two years each side should play each other at least once, home or away. That's how you get a fair deal when it comes to Test cricket."
Every team plays it except Pakistan and Sri Lanka. In Pakistan every team either refuses or gets shot at. Sri Lanka play BD very regularly and now Indians have joined them to play very frequently. Major reason being SLC are cash deprived and they need money. Of course they wont get money playing a tri-series in Zimbabwe or playing BD. That comes through BCCI, so the frequent tours to India and they coming to the SL.
I don't think we have played enough Test cricket away. Two Test matches here, two Test matches there. I think that's not good. We need to play Tests regularly.
Its a question Sangakara needs to ask his board. Why does not it stand for itself in the FTP design, the way it did for Murali to accomodate him for his chucking stuff. Why did SL have to play just 2 Tests this year before this series got featured? Its not somebody else would answer Sangakara. Its your board to answer this.
And it would be better to start winning abroad too rather than batting long and long on dead SL pitches. Now that they dont have Murali's bowling to take cheap wickets in a heap, its going to be curious for us to see how they bother to win the games.
