SRI LANKA V ENGLAND - NOT CRICKET LOVELY CRICKET!

ශ්රී ලංකා V එංගලන්තය - එකවර එකම පිළිබඳ වැඩි විස්තර හෝ වටිනා තරග śrī laṁkā V eṁgalantaya - ekavara ekama piḷiban̆da væḍi vistara hō vaṭinā taraga England has rolled over Sri Lanka in the First Test with surprising ease, with Sri Lanka doing something to which the West Indies Test team has become accustomed to doing over the past several years; namely to show themselves as being chronically brittle in their cricketing performance. Whether or not it has been the weight of the expectation of confronting an English test team which has been displaying commendable competence and consistency over the past several years, which has accounted for the collapse of the Sri Lankans in the First Test is not clear, but it is to be hoped that they will show greater determination and success in making a contest of the Second Test. As I write, England is progressing towards 300 runs for 5 wickets, which, all things being equal, could possibly see them making upwards of 400-500 runs. Th...