Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Mathews, did you see Dilruwan? (Are there any captains at ground without him?)



It is amazing that a test match win like an ODI. Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets at their last test. So they were able to level the series as 1-1. Sri Lanka missed their chance to win the series as 1-0. But unfortunately Pakistan did great job.

Sri Lanka had to face these kinds of bad incidents at four world cup finals. Now they worried like farmers whose crops destroyed from flood. They worked had in previous two matches but unable to complete their task at last day of third match.

Anegelo Mathews did wonderful job as a captain throughout the series. But as a captain ‘One man Show’ is not enough. He should be able to lead the team to achieve their goal. As a captain he should take more responsibility than others, but that is neither only qualification nor basic qualification for captaincy. So if he was able to improve their team works it is more valuable. We didn’t see that at last innings of last match from him. Field setting and usage of bowlers are questionable at that inning.

He used only four bowlers, but there is another off spinner at the team. Dilruwan Perera is an all rounder. But he joined team as a spinner. He scored 95 runs at first innings and took one wicket. Pakistan scored 302 runs from 345 balls with 5.25 run rate. Mathews was forgotten to use Dilruwan or didn’t believe his bowling. So what is the purpose of including him to the team? That was a big mistake. Whole things Mathews done is in vain finally. According to records Pakistan have broken fastest chase in fourth innings when target is more than 300. Previous record is held by West Indies at 1984 against England.

This article is not for criticize Mathews captaincy. Two senior men (Mahela and Sanga) were also fielding with him. Didn’t they see Dilruwan until Pakistan win?

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