SLOPPY England punished by Pathum Nissanka's brilliance - Sri Lanka series review | Wisden Pod

[@nickchandra4890]

Pathum's life story is very interesting. The family lost their house to the Tsunami and due to economic difficulties they went through a lot of struggles. His father a good cricketer himself had to give up cricket due to economic problems but coached his little son who showed outstanding talent from a young age. He is a world class talent and is cool under pressure having gone through so much struggle to play cricket. This is not a Sangakkara from a privileged family but equally talented. Very religious and does a lot of charity work for a young boy. He is a credit to the team and his country.

[@ruwanthahewage9935]

I reckon Miles ahead of sangakkara at the same age. Will all due respect to sanga

[@claudeanurudha7907]

Yep.Probably better than Sangakkara and Aravinda De Silva.

[@ruwanthahewage9935]

@claudeanurudha7907 aravinda was a class above everyone else even at 18 years old. Talent coming out of his fingernails

[@claudeanurudha7907]

@@ruwanthahewage9935 Agree but Pathum is defenitely up there with Aravinda and Sangakkara.

[@ruwanthahewage9935]

@claudeanurudha7907 100% genuinely one of the most exciting prospects we have ever had. Also asitha fernando is one to watch to see what he can do in the 5 years

[@vasanthgodamunna]

Pathum nissanka is a born batsman! Like a born artist!

[@supremegodemperordonaldtru3563]

I feel like people are focusing more on a England being complacent narrative than appreciating the fact that SL has an insanely high talent but inconsistent bunch of new kids playing (amongst the 2 uncles) who out of the blue played close to their potential. Nissanka and Kamindu both had FC averages of 60+ both clearly generational talents. Kusal Mendis a freak talent with zero discipline. Kumara a genuine 150kph bowler when fully fit, Vishwa a very talented yet inconsistent young left arm quick etc. On top of this there is a world cup winning warhorse in Mathews, Chandimal and coach ATG WC winning Jayasuriya recently taking over the coaching reigns. Few weeks ago SL beat India thoroughly in an ODI series which no one expected either. Good to see Windies and SL resurgence cricket is richer for having these two once giants coming back into the fray.

[@sudhakarbhat6396]

They won three series by NOT playing bazball except for Ducket. The team was actually propped by Root and Smith in every match by playing proper test batting. But the moment they started Bazball in the last test of the summer they lost the match. Even in the second test when Root tried to play his signature bazball ramp shot after completing his century he got out not surprisingly

[@maddadius1689]

Pathum nissanka unbelievable player ❤

[@muinchishty2473]

You got it right mate. Listening from Sydney. Was waiting for this 😂😂😂

[@ryanperera5243]

Pathum is one of worlds finest batsmen although we haven't seen him much in tests due to his back injury. He will be rocking the next few series vs NZ, WI and then SA

[@kiriakoz]

I love seeing England celebrating a series playing substandard opposition. Looking forward to extending England's ZERO test match wins in Australia to 15 years next series.

[@robertmason6366]

Doubt it mate. We will have more variation in our attack and your top 4 are not the force they once were. The only player we need to nullify is Starc. He is the most underrated bowler of his generation.

[@Spickydarrel]

Underrated, which 🌎 you live in 😂​@@robertmason6366

[@mohammedafrar4766]

Love to watch from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰🥰

[@SandunMadhusanka-ed6pq]

❤ [sri lanka] *They should have won the series 2-0.Sri Lanka management is in chaos.They have good players* ❤

[@vijerathnebanda8116]

You people talk about our cricket which now has become a very popular game in many countries and I am very happy about it.From Sri Lanka

[@ashokmuthiah602]

Bang on, from India actually. Curious to see how you would defend Bazball again!

[@Fantasyworld-cw2]

They will struggle. If they continue with the bazball or watever they call it... They don't have the bowlers and they way they bat a collapse like in this test will be always around the corner.

[@tyjay6885]

Bad SL team selection costed the series!

[@letslearngerman7507]

Plz need a review about changing the ball too..

[@DariPlumdon]

Yas, Katya & Ben, all excellent as always 🙂 Any podcast is about what is said & not appearance .... but am I the only person to think Katya looks like Nat Sciver Brunt in this podcast?

[@davidanbudurai5931]

England have no Test quality batsmen apart from Joe Root. The rest average in the mid 30s. They could strike at 200 but that doesn't matter if they average in the mid 30s. The one bloke who averages in the 50s Harry Brook could not survive 30 mins of 6th stump bowling. The bowling... Not one bowlers looks like they could take a wicket overseas... They are going to get trounced in the next Ashes as well....

[@bthebigdogg]

England not played like first two tests after series won. Srilanka will face NZ within 2 weeks in home

[@sihi5634]

Regarding pope I think the issue is two fold, firstly he’s too feast or famine for me, secondly we keep hearing how high his potential is and how good he is which means he simply shouldn’t be getting out the way he is, you can’t have it both ways, either he’s amazing or he isn’t, if you say someone’s got amazing potential and they don’t fulfil that often enough then they’re going to get criticised.

[@nikitamohan3390]

Why couldn't they ask Phil Salt or some other more capable opener like Cox or something to step in as the replacement opening batsman for an injured Crawley instead of Dan Lawrence??? He doesn't look like he's ready from any angle or has the maturity and temperament to be an international test batsmen for England yet.

[@nickchandra4890]

I am very sceptical about Bazzball. Looks like a bad fad. The acid test would have been against the Great West Indian fast bowlers who would have taken Bazzball apart at the seam. All these fads are good till they meet the real enemy. All the 10000+ batters didn't need Bazzball. Joe Root has finally come to his senses and would be best advised to forget this nonsense and play his natural game. He is not a Viv Richards, a Chris Gayle , a Shewag or a Jayasuriya. Those are the guys who had such fantastic hand eye coordination they didn't need any fads but brought fear to the bowlers. Bazzball is just a sheep in Wolf's clothing.

[@saratchandrayalamarthi1057]

What has england done to say having good time beating wi sl at home, drawing ashes? If bazball is just winning against weaker teams with root scoring then its nothing new

[@amitm2692]

They beat NZ & SA at home & tied 1-1 with NZ away (lost 2nd test by 1 run )...& Do u expect England to only play india & AUS all the time....? There are other teams too..... That's how the WTC cycle works....& Btw root has scored against every opposition in every condition...Root has a 50 + avg in SA, NZ, SL, WI, Eng & his average in india is 46 which is highest among all batters of this era....

[@saratchandrayalamarthi1057]

@@amitm2692 then why hype them up whenever any series ends oh he did well or the other ! Eng is also same as other teams infact they are a weaker side but with greater articles and works on them ! What has bazball acheived not a top 4 spot in wtc even with those "entertaining" cricket

[@amitm2692]

@@saratchandrayalamarthi1057 ENG is a decent team... nothing great & if you remove Root ,they are below average.....but they are much better off under stokes then they were under root with 1 win out of 17....& When you play as many matches like Eng do in a year, u won't win everything... that's how sport works..& WTC concept is a joke when you see the discrepancy in the no of matches all teams play..... at least Eng hasn't lost a home series under stokes unlike AUS who lost to india twice & couldn't win against the west indies......

[@beecricgamer9278]

England will turn into mediocre team at the end of bazball era. it will destroy all the legacy which english cricket had in the past and they will regeret it.

[@hasuramapa4639]

English batted like they still have Broad, Anderson, Wood and Archer to ball

[@Liamtoner]

Guys way England play things like this is going to happen I know some of you are not going be happy for me saying that.

[@larrygerry985]

Baz ball cricket wont win big series and will end up in 18 months where it found itself at the start.

[@inonothing09]

If I'd spent £180 to watch that for the day ... I would've demanded a refund !

[@IDMmaster-l2m]

Meh, series already won - no Stokes, no Woods, No Atkinson. Still the best test team on English soil.

[@jeevankikahaniya6339]

Only can eng lose to srilanka in their home ground.... pathetic

[@rprobp186]

Ah no Phil today to ruin things

[@Bobertron199494]

Unnecessary comment

[@TheSTEPHENMC5]

@@Bobertron199494he does like the sound of his own voice somewhat

[@Bobertron199494]

@@TheSTEPHENMC5 fine but there's no need to be a prick about it

[@parkjohns9696]

Well said

[@TheSTEPHENMC5]

@@Bobertron199494 agreed

[@lingolarker9318]

‘Great’, ‘great’ another ‘great’. Yeah let’s just cheapen the term ferther (deliberate misspelling)😏😒 🥱