Australia set to tumble in cricket ratings after Sri Lanka debacle

Labelled Australia’s worst traveling crew to Sri Lanka, Steve Smith’s crew now face the chance of giving up their No1 Take a look at score.

Down 2-0 within the collection, although Australia win the 3rd and ultimate Take a look at beginning in Colombo on Saturday, they’ll relinquish best spot if different effects pass in opposition to them.

England moved into the field seat to move best of the pile once they beat Pakistan within the 3rd Take a look at at Edgbaston on Sunday and pass 2-1 up of their four-match collection.

If England win the rest Take a look at beginning at The Oval on Thursday, they’ll climb to No1.

India, who lead their Take a look at collection 1-0 over the West Indies after a draw ultimate week, can bounce over England in the event that they’re victorious of their ultimate two fits in St Lucia and Trinidad.

On Monday in Galle, Australian allrounder Mitch Marsh used to be downcast when requested concerning the prospect of being bumped from No1.

“It method a hell of so much,” he mentioned.

“It’s what we try for. Within the Take a look at area you don’t play for a premiership, you play to be No1 on the earth and that’s what we try for on a daily basis.”

It might be a handy guide a rough dethroning in Australia’s first collection since being topped the highest Take a look at country following their 2-0 win in New Zealand.

“It might be very disappointing if we misplaced that,” added Marsh.

“We haven’t had it for that lengthy. We have been in reality hoping to check out and stretch the distance. We’ve were given the chance to win this subsequent Take a look at tournament and that’s all we will be able to do.”

In the meantime, revered Sri Lankan journalist Rex Clementine didn’t dangle again when assessing the present Australian crew.

“The prevailing crew led by means of Steven Smith are a at a loss for words lot and their persona is so un-Australian. In Galle and previous to that during Pallekele, they simply chickened out. Now they’re dealing with the horror of a 3-0 whitewash,” Clementine wrote in The Island newspaper below the headline: Worst Australian crew to consult with our shores.

Sooner than heading to Sri Lanka, Australia had handiest misplaced one Take a look at – in 1999 – within the 26 fits between the nations over 33 years.

The 229-run defeat on Saturday used to be wrapped up in not up to two-and-a-half days.

Even in tricky sub-continental prerequisites they have been anticipated to simply account for a tender facet that had simply come off a hammering in England.

Sri Lanka’s chairman of selectors and previous batting nice Sanath Jayasuriya informed native newspaper the Day by day Reflect the win in Galle used to be most likely the best Take a look at win in Sri Lanka’s historical past.

AUSTRALIA’S TOURS OF SRI LANKA

1983 – Australia win 1-0 (one Take a look at)

1992 – Australia win 1-0 (3 Exams)

1999 – Sri Lanka win 1-0 (3 Exams)

2004 – Australia win 3-0 (3 Exams)

2011 – Australia win 1-0 (3 Exams)

2016 – Sri Lanka lead 2-0 (one Take a look at ultimate)