Sigh No More Mendis

The Pakistanis are making Kulasekera and Thushera look like the second and third coming of McGrath. Apart from what they have done against Pakistan they have not done much. True that they are relatively new but it is hard to believe that lightening has struck twice at once. Only time will tell. At this point one has to bet on the side of this being another case of Balaji, Harris or Herath. For one the Pakistanis can't seem to bring down the bat straight and when they can manage a bit of stay, runouts are the order of the proceedings. Suddenly, Afridi and Razzaq lack the power to take the leather off the ball. The history of the Pakistani batsmen falling to mediocre bowlers while tackling the better ones with relative ease is long. One is reminded of Malik showing the way on handling Warne (Though Warne did wreak havoc against later sides) and even as weak as the Pakistani batting has been it has done reasonably against Muralitharan. So Mendis should not lose hope.