Ok I know what ya'll thinking.. not another Jayasuriya thread! 
But seriously, I couldn't find a thread which seriously discussed the Jayasuriya issue in a proper manner without being succumb to feelings and fanboysm about him, so lets talk this over..
Here's what I think,
I think Jayasuriya is probably the greatest ODI player in the history of the game, 5 figure total runs and 300+ wickets, he easily out number others in terms of all-round performance, and his power and the flow of his strokes is just so authentic and RAW VERY UNIQUE!
I've seen people saying "He's done a lot to Sri Lanka cricket so he should be there", I think this attitude is SO WRONG! Yes.. he's done a lot to SL Cricket but should we keep him or any other player, just because they done a good job? or because they keep doing it? I think its the latter!
The place in the Sri Lankan team should be secured not by seniority but based on performance, you may also add a bit of intuition there but shouldn't not get carried away with it too much because at the end all that matters is how well you are performing NOW!
Ok! here's a quick run down on Sri Lanka's top 4 batters currently and thier ODI performances this year so far and last year, have a look at the graph!
Source: circinfo, statguru
Well... to me.. Mahela seems a more concern than Jayasuriya! But then that intuition factor kicks... in last year he was the captain and Sri Lanka had a good run under his captaincy, but this year he is a concern!
Dilshan.... he is in wonderland, not need to talk about him!
And Sanath hasn't done that bad with a batting avg. of almost 30, please take note that he also picked up 9 wickets so far this year with a bowling average of 37.11 a piece, which is 6 more wickets than last year and his last year bowling average was a horrible 55!
Reference:
Jayasuriya [this year | last year]
Kumar [this year | last year]
Mahela [this year | last year]
Dilshan [this year | last year]
But seriously, I couldn't find a thread which seriously discussed the Jayasuriya issue in a proper manner without being succumb to feelings and fanboysm about him, so lets talk this over..
Here's what I think,
I think Jayasuriya is probably the greatest ODI player in the history of the game, 5 figure total runs and 300+ wickets, he easily out number others in terms of all-round performance, and his power and the flow of his strokes is just so authentic and RAW
VERY UNIQUE!I've seen people saying "He's done a lot to Sri Lanka cricket so he should be there", I think this attitude is SO WRONG! Yes.. he's done a lot to SL Cricket but should we keep him or any other player, just because they done a good job? or because they keep doing it? I think its the latter!
The place in the Sri Lankan team should be secured not by seniority but based on performance, you may also add a bit of intuition there but shouldn't not get carried away with it too much because at the end all that matters is how well you are performing NOW!
Ok! here's a quick run down on Sri Lanka's top 4 batters currently and thier ODI performances this year so far and last year, have a look at the graph!
Source: circinfo, statguru
Well... to me.. Mahela seems a more concern than Jayasuriya! But then that intuition factor kicks... in last year he was the captain and Sri Lanka had a good run under his captaincy, but this year he is a concern!
Dilshan....
he is in wonderland, not need to talk about him! And Sanath hasn't done that bad with a batting avg. of almost 30, please take note that he also picked up 9 wickets so far this year with a bowling average of 37.11 a piece, which is 6 more wickets than last year and his last year bowling average was a horrible 55!
Reference:
Jayasuriya [this year | last year]
Kumar [this year | last year]
Mahela [this year | last year]
Dilshan [this year | last year]
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