List the low IQ habits, you have noticed in the Sri Lankan cricket team

[samtheman]

I will start with the obvious

1. Doesn't care about the conditions, decide to bat or bowl first on the basis of what you did the last time you won a cricket match
2. Go with a preconceived idea of a total like, 160 in t20 , without assessing the conditons and altering your score as you go.
3. When the dimension of the ground are big, continue to keep hitting sixes, without taking the twos and threes
4. When fielding a ball on the ground, after fielding the ball, falling into the ground for no reason. This increases the release time, and could make the difference in a cruicial run out.
5. If 2 people run to the boundary to stop a four, the furthest fielder always passing the ball to the other fielder to throw, even when it is not required. Should only do that when furthest fielder over runs the ball, or else it will slow the reaction time and there is also a chance second fielder missing the ball and resulting in the 3rd run.
6. When catching the ball, try to reverse cup every catch , without going with the techinique that is natural to the trajectory of the ball
7. Wanidu Hasaranga special
> when there is a LBW, running with his appeal so sure that it is out, without looking at the umpire. Umpires are basic humans with egos, and this is basic psychology, when you sit down and continue to plead with the umpire he is likely to give it out, rather than ignoring his presence and not making him feel important. You need to show them they are important. This is so important when the decision is based on umpires call
>Overconfident batting style, promoting him up the order even in unneccary situations, advancing down the pitch and opening the off side at times, with no regard to the pitch, bowler and conditions

These are the ones, that just came to my mind. Feel free to disagree or add more.

[Regista]

With regards to fielding:

They have a tendency to dive uneccessarily which increases the risk of injury.
For example:
In yesterdays match, Mathews dived to field a ball on that sandy outfield. He got the ball but he landed on his knee and looked like he was in a lot of pain.

Batting:
They love hitting the ball in the air for no reason. I thought they had moved away from this habit in recent series, but it seems to be back.

Bowling:
Not using their main bowlers when defending low totals. Instead they use Mathews and Shanaka, two part time medium pacers while saving Theekshana for the last overs that never came.

[Regista]

Another low IQ move is to select 3 anchor-role batsmen in a T20 squad.

[Bada]

This pic should sum up everything I have to say

[stillwill]

(06-04-2024, 02:06 PM)samtheman Wrote:  I will start with the obvious

1. Doesn't care about the conditions, decide to bat or bowl first on the basis of what you did the last time you won a cricket match
2. Go with a preconceived idea of a total like, 160 in t20 , without assessing the conditons and altering your score as you go.
3. When the dimension of the ground are big, continue to keep hitting sixes, without taking the twos and threes
4. When fielding a ball on the ground, after fielding the ball, falling into the ground for no reason. This increases the release time, and could make the difference in a cruicial run out.
5. If 2 people run to the boundary to stop a four, the furthest fielder always passing the ball to the other fielder to throw, even when it is not required. Should only do that when furthest fielder over runs the ball, or else it will slow the reaction time and there is also a chance second fielder missing the ball and resulting in the 3rd run.
6. When catching the ball, try to reverse cup every catch , without going with the techinique that is natural to the trajectory of the ball
7. Wanidu Hasaranga special
> when there is a LBW, running with his appeal so sure that it is out, without looking at the umpire. Umpires are basic humans with egos, and this is basic psychology, when you sit down and continue to plead with the umpire he is likely to give it out, rather than ignoring his presence and not making him feel important. You need to show them they are important. This is so important when the decision is based on umpires call
>Overconfident batting style, promoting him up the order even in unneccary situations, advancing down the pitch and opening the off side at times, with no regard to the pitch, bowler and conditions

These are the ones, that just came to my mind. Feel free to disagree or add more.

This is how Hasaranga would respond to these criticisms

"How many matches have you played for Sri Lanka ?"
" If you have a problem, then why dont you go play for Sri Lanka ? "
" Maybe you are not Sri Lankan"

[Dilcey]

Taking stupid reviews all the time

Mendis who is quite a re#$%^ is keeper and OB.Doesnt help when Hasaranga and mendis who are downright fools leading the teams

[stillwill]

Just saw the highlights, WTF was Hasaranga trying to do coming down hard down the grown vs a bowler that turns away ? That too on the 2nd fkin ball ?

[pj57]

Too many to list out, I guess . Teams up to 2014/15 didn't have too many guys with high IQ but they were street smart which made them highly competitive.

[mugatiya]

Are we only commenting on the SL team or can we include SLCF forum members in this also?

[stillwill]

I've been touting for years that these last 2 generation of SL players are dumb arses and you can't teach intelligence. Need to fix the education system.