After a heartbreaking defeat to the Windies in the finals of the World T20 championships, many Sri Lankans are at a loss over what happened to their team after they got off to such a promising start. Many theories have been proposed with yet more still being conjured.   Follow @timesonlinelk Related Posts:Was this the [...]

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After a heartbreaking defeat to the Windies in the finals of the World T20 championships, many Sri Lankans are at a loss over what happened to their team after they got off to such a promising start. Many theories have been proposed with yet more still being conjured.

For me the turning point was the two dismissals of Angelo (Mathews) and Mahela (Jayawardene). The reason being that they played strange shots; they should have played their usual shots. People blame Malinga but I think that’s wrong, he didn’t bowl very bad balls, Samuels was just brilliant on the day. - Vivian Saverymuthapulle (St. Benedict’s College cricket administrator)-

The turning point of the match was the over when Samuels whacked Malinga for three sixes. - Shashika Abeywickrema (Sales Executive)-

The turning point was when Marlon Samuels started sending Malinga’s deliveries into the stands. If this hadn’t happened the target to chase would have been much lower - Prasad Nirosh (Student)

The main thing was the pressure created by the occasion. If you were to pick a point that turned the match it was when Malinga was continuously used by Mahela. Every match fast bowlers got hammered. - Nalin Perera (Leader of the Marians

The toss was the turning point because if we had won the toss and batted first, we would have had a better chance of winning the game. I felt that the pitch was not good this time. If the pitch was good we could have seen a really good match. - Murugesh (groundsman)-

The point when Kulasekara dropped Marlon Samuels near the boundary was crucial. He is an experienced player and a good cricketer; I don’t know why he got so excited. Samuels changed the match. - M. Elyas (Marketing Manager)-

There wasn’t an exact turning point. Everyone had to play as a team but the thing was that all the batsmen failed. Our batting collapse was the reason we lost the game. - Kanchana Siriwardene (Procurement Officer) -

Mahela’s wicket was the turning point. If Mahela was there we would have easily won the match. - Jude Perera (Jewellery store employee)-

The catch which was missed by Kulasekara was the turning point of the game for me. After that Samuels hit a few sixes and the West Indians gained momentum.- Indrani (security guard)-

Malinga’s over to Samuels was the key point of the match. The second over of his spell. He hit three sixes, with one of them being the biggest six of the tournament. Dilshan’s wicket and the two run outs were also other important points in the game. - Dilshan (Food vendor)

The batsmen did not play properly. We bowled well. Mahela and Sanga set themselves and played well, but after Sanga’s wicket things went wrong. - Amitha Kaushalya (cricketer)-

 

Mahela started to speed up his innings because he thought Duckworth and Lewis would affect the match. I think that was a turning point in the game. Afterwards he lost his wicket and other wickets began to fall quickly.- Amila Jayasundara (Engineer)-




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