(08-22-2021, 01:55 PM)stillwill Wrote:Plus i don’t think he is in a very good place mentally as well with the sickness of his daughter and also he just had another baby .(08-22-2021, 12:56 PM)pj57 Wrote: You describe Murali's comments as a rant because you don't like what he said. Murali is a person who says things as he sees it. Some people don't like when things are said straightforward. I have followed SL for the past 55 years and know very well how past cricketers handled situations and acted. You have a opinion about Mathews but I have a different opinion. My opinion is he should have acted in a more mature manner as the most senior player in the set up. I dont believe disappointment is an excuse to act in the manner he did because other seniors who were also disappointed with the pay cut acted differently and eventually signed the contract. If you say Mathews has been treated poorly, I would say he is not the only player who has been treated poorly over the years and many of those have fought back through performance to play again. Arguably, we can say Chandimal was one who was treated poorly, Dilshan was another but they didn't threaten to quit, they kept performing. Personally, I think Mathews has more cricket left in him, at least as a batsman in test cricket and maybe in ODI's, hope he reconsiders his decision and make himself available for selection.
You watched 55 years of cricket and you know absolutely nothing. Mathews went through something that other players didn't go through, which was the pressure of modern day social media. Past players can shut off the TV and it would be it, now there is no hiding with social media. He was often blamed for being a poor captain when he didn't really ever want to be a captain. He had to lead a dunce of a team right after a decade of SL domination in Icc tournaments. He had to deal with several selectors and several admins over the course. Lot of chopping and changing. I can't believe you can't understand how mentally draining it was for him. All these time, he was till the best SL player by far. He was also battling injuries. Just because Murali said on tv that doesn't necessarily mean it is true, Murali could have exaggerated. Also you really think when SL players practiced without sponsored jerseys, the order to rest of the juniors didn't come from the Sanga,Mahela, Dilshan, Murali crew ?
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