{"id":94628,"date":"2022-07-01T02:13:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T02:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=94628"},"modified":"2022-07-01T02:13:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T02:13:05","slug":"andrews-review-before-the-galle-tests-commenceandrews-review-before-the-galle-tests-commence-by-michael-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/andrews-review-before-the-galle-tests-commenceandrews-review-before-the-galle-tests-commence-by-michael-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew\u2019s Review: Before the Galle Tests CommenceAndrew\u2019s Review: Before the Galle Tests Commence-by Michael Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew\u2019s Review: Before the Galle Tests CommenceAndrew\u2019s Review: Before the Galle Tests Commence-by Michael Roberts<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Source:<\/span><\/strong>Thuppahis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Andrew Fidel Fernando\u00a0\u00a0in ESPNcricinfo,\u00a0<\/strong>Tuesday\/Wednesday<\/span><\/p>\n

On paper it\u2019s been six years since the Australia men\u2019s side were last in Sri Lanka for a Test tour, but somehow that\u00a02016 tour<\/a>\u00a0seems a lifetime ago. Graham Ford was Sri Lanka\u2019s coach then;\u00a0Angelo Mathews<\/a>\u00a0still the captain. For Australia, it was pre-Sandpapergate. Adam Voges was a part of the middle order.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re a Sri Lanka fan, there was magic in the air. That was not a Sri Lanka side that\u00a0should<\/i>\u00a0have won. Even their greatest teams have struggled against Australia and when they were\u00a0bowled out for 117<\/a>\u00a0in Pallekele on the first day of the tour, there was disappointment, but no major surprise. Sri Lanka seemed dead in a series that had only just begun.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Five factors that could decide the Sri Lanka-Australia Test series<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Then, madness.\u00a0Kusal Mendis<\/a>\u00a0played the innings of his life at 21, rubbing the paddles together with a wild glint in his eye before defibrillating Sri Lanka\u2019s chances with that manic 176 (next-highest score in the match: 55).\u00a0Dhananjaya de Silva<\/a>, in his maiden series, hitting a run-down-and-pound-the-spinner-into-the-sightscreen six to make his first Test runs, before going on to top the run charts across the three Tests, having rescued Sri Lanka from a scoreline of 26 for 5 on the\u00a0first morning at the SSC<\/a>\u00a0along the way.<\/span><\/div>\n
There were contributions from Mathews, a slow-burn hundred from Dinesh Chandimal, the triumphant return of Shaun Marsh in the third Test, and\u00a0Mitchell Starc<\/a>\u00a0breathing as much fire as a quick has ever done on the island, blasting out 24 wickets at 15.16, operating at a withering pace throughout.<\/span><\/div>\n

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