News 'Assess the situation and conditions' - SL bowling coach Aqib Javed's advice before Nepal encounter With two defeats in New York and Dallas, Sri Lanka now arrive in Florida to take on Nepal in a game they cannot afford to lose Madushka Balasuriya 11-Jun-2024 • 57 mins ago With 50 runs in two innings, Nissanka is SL's highest run-scorer in a tough tournament for batters • Associated Press Sri Lanka haven't been great as of late. They know that, and anyone watching them at the T20 World Cup 2024 knows that. But there have also been some mitigating circumstances which become glaringly obvious when you start comparing Sri Lanka's batting to some of the other sides in their group.
South Africa and Bangladesh just played out a low-scoring thriller , which followed South Africa's low-scoring thriller against Netherlands, which followed Sri Lanka's low-scoring thriller against Bangladesh, which followed yet another low-scoring affair between Netherlands and Nepal, which itself followed another low scorer between Sri Lanka and South Africa. In fact, in Group D so far, no team has managed to score more than Sri Lanka's 124 batting first, which isn't saying much but it does put their performances and results into context. "Now people are realizing how unpredictable the pitches are," stated Sri Lankan fast bowling coach Aqib Javed ahead of their game against Nepal.
"We were the first ones who'd gone through this process. Because I mean, look, as a player, you cannot expect anyth.