Enjoyed relieving that win at
Enjoyed relieving that win at the Oval. I was there and the atmosphere was amazing.

Theekshana, I Brearley had
Theekshana, I Brearley had his ups and downs with England, but his place was always warranted because.
Like I said, Mathews is much more talented, and I agree that it would be selling him short. I just feel that to question his place in the team like this article is, when his first Test series as captain isn’t even finished is harsh.

Kulasekera isn’t a Test
Kulasekera isn’t a Test bowler anymore. And the point of playing Eranga and Lakmal is to give them experience. If you can’t play them against Bangladesh then who can you play them against?

Case in point: Mike Brearley.
Case in point: Mike Brearley. And I think Angelo Mathews has 10 times the cricketing talent Brearley had, and if he has a fraction of the captaincy nous, he will be a great captain.

Think the investors wouldn’t
Think the investors wouldn’t like Sanga being removed from the captaincy and in this case, they have all the real power.

IPL wants Sri Lankan players so they will get them.

The politicians in Tamil Nadu
The politicians in Tamil Nadu don’t give a damn about Sri Lankan Tamils. They only care about points scoring to gain popularity from their constituents. Its a farce and should be exposed as such.

To help his captaincy (and
To help his captaincy (and batting), he should be stripped of bowling duties in Tests. Play an extra bowler and let Angelo concentrate on his other duties (and help his injuries).

I think he was being
I think he was being complimentary 🙂

Great post.
But I fear that
Great post.

But I fear that because of the financial situation, SLC will much rather jump into bed with the BCCI than upset them.

As for the Malinga v Arjuna debate, I don’t think many players will be on either extremes. Lasith plays T20s around the world primarily because his knees can’t hack Test cricket. If he were still a Test player I wonder whether he would make the same decisions? I’d like to think not, but we just don’t know.

And Arjuna is a hardline traditionalist and I think there is a lot to be said for his stance, but like you mentioned you cannot deny a player his opportunity to earn more money.

Like Uppercut eluded to, the solution might be somewhere in between.

He hasn’t been made captain –
He hasn’t been made captain – he has been made vice-captain.

Obviously this is with a view to him being captain later on in his career. But you are right when you say Mathew’s injury record could see Chandimal taking the captaincy sooner than expected. Although its not as if we have a lot of Test matches this year for him to try his hand at captaincy.