RE: Sri Lanka Cricket Discussion Thread - Bada - 11-13-2021
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RE: Sri Lanka Cricket Discussion Thread - Bada - 11-13-2021
Documentary on the 1996 WC
https://mobile.twitter.com/afidelf/status/1459164634150101000
RE: Sri Lanka Cricket Discussion Thread - VP - 11-13-2021
(11-13-2021, 01:09 AM)Bada Wrote: Chamika can do the donkey work of bowling a few spells. He has the fitness to do that. It's just that he doesn't look like someone who can be a frontline strike bowler in Test cricket.
At this moment of time...just that. Hopefully, he will develop into a good test bowler(if T20 and 50/50 doesn't wear him down) .
RE: Sri Lanka Cricket Discussion Thread - VP - 11-13-2021
Even in 2096 (year) we will still be talking about 1996 WC win .
BY THE WAY. I HAVE LOTS OF CUTTINGS FROM UK NEWSPAPERS AND SL ONES WITH 1996 WC win. I ALSO HAVE TWO SL COINS that commemorated this. Maybe I will take some pictures and send.
RE: Sri Lanka Cricket Discussion Thread - Bada - 11-13-2021
A proper documentary/movie on SL's 1996 WC win would be nice. It's long overdue. This is one of the greatest underdog wins of all time in sports. I'm more interested in background stuff we never knew about.
We can celebrate the 10th anniversary of the T20 WC win I'm done with past glories after that.
RE: Sri Lanka Cricket Discussion Thread - stillwill - 11-13-2021
Based on looking at the records after the WC, doesn't look like it was an underdog, more like a topdog. Anyone remember the early youtube video highlights of the 96 WC Final with We are The Champions song at the end ? That was the only video of the final on youtube for a very long time.
RE: Sri Lanka Cricket Discussion Thread - pj57 - 11-13-2021
SL was one of the most experienced sides at the 1996 WC but no one gave us a chance to go all the way and win it. We went in to the WC as underdogs but came out of it as the topdog.
RE: Sri Lanka Cricket Discussion Thread - VP - 11-13-2021
(11-13-2021, 09:40 PM)pj57 Wrote: SL was one of the most experienced sides at the 1996 WC but no one gave us a chance to go all the way and win it. We went in to the WC as underdogs but came out of it as the topdog.
And now we are lapdogs to the BCCI
RE: Sri Lanka Cricket Discussion Thread - mugatiya - 11-13-2021
(11-13-2021, 09:30 PM)stillwill Wrote: Based on looking at the records after the WC, doesn't look like it was an underdog, more like a topdog. Anyone remember the early youtube video highlights of the 96 WC Final with We are The Champions song at the end ? That was the only video of the final on youtube for a very long time.
Hindsight is 2020
By any stretch we were underdogs. A side that had won a handful of games at previous world cups.
There were some signs in 95 but nothing to suggest a WC win
Aus , WI not turning up helped give us the points momentum we needed.
Tactically we outdid everyone in that WC with our top 3 batters. That’s what set us apart.
RE: Sri Lanka Cricket Discussion Thread - Bada - 11-13-2021
March 17 down the years
Underdogs have their day
https://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149584.html
1996
Nobody gave Sri Lanka a chance before the World Cup - they were 100-1 outsiders - but their fairy-tale victory was completed with a comprehensive defeat of Australia in the final in Lahore today. No true sporting underdog has ever won a major tournament with such relentless conviction. After demolishing England and India in the quarter- and semi-finals, Sri Lanka brushed Australia aside with ease. Aravinda de Silva made a wonderfully pure 107 not out, to add to three wickets, two catches, and one of the more inevitable Man-of-the-Match awards, and Arjuna Ranatunga glided the winning runs with 22 balls and seven wickets to spare.
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