We are forever grateful to Australia for this tour which pumped us up to win the world cup. Hashan's dismissal still plays in my mind and its obvious that it was a biased decision by the umpire. Anyways alls well that ends well , we got our revenge..sweet sweet revenge :P
Funny thing is Micheal Beven's dad is a Sri Lankan of Burgher community. He left lanka when he was small and lived in oz since then....btw this is the series that made Sri lanka who they are now, the rise from absolute minnows to a super power came in this series.
I remember this series, it's one of my favourites of all time. Kaluwitharana was a breath of fresh air at the top of the SL order. The world cup was not long after this, and these same two teams would make the final.
has on top of trying to compete with a strong aussie side, have to contend with the crowds, the hostile aussie media, they were particularly hard on Sri Lanka that summer. Everyone expected Sri Lanka to be blown away as usual like they were in 89/90. However Capt Ranatunga wanted make SL good attacking team. He, whatmore and mendis promoted Kalu to open with jayasuriya and the rest as they say is history. It is in that context this video should be viewed. When SL came of age at the MCG.
Aah those were the days. When Sri Lanka came to Australia in 1995. Sri Lanka were considered the whipping boys of world cricket. Australia on the other hand in the mid 1990s had one of the strongest sides they had in their history. This match was a real David vs Goliath contest. First of all to win a match like this in Australia at the time was incredibly hard for any team let alone Sri Lanka. The MCG is considered Australia's fortress, they always win there. Futhermore any visiting team part1
LOL!! You gotta love the clear bias of the australian commentaters for their cricketers. Every an aussie cricketer does something good they go into orgasm. Absolutely Hilarious.
When sri lanka starts smashing it around you can hear especially Richie Benaud sound like he is constipated. Hilarious.LOL!
wonderful commentry of Great Bill Lawry
12345678983539 1 month ago
I was at this match
amitavinashsingh 11 months ago
We are forever grateful to Australia for this tour which pumped us up to win the world cup. Hashan's dismissal still plays in my mind and its obvious that it was a biased decision by the umpire. Anyways alls well that ends well , we got our revenge..sweet sweet revenge :P
geethike 1 year ago
The turning point of Sri Lanka Cricket....
savindra007 1 year ago
Funny thing is Micheal Beven's dad is a Sri Lankan of Burgher community. He left lanka when he was small and lived in oz since then....btw this is the series that made Sri lanka who they are now, the rise from absolute minnows to a super power came in this series.
crazybones2009 2 years ago 4
romesh kaluwitharana and Sanath Jayasuriya changed the game for good....inventive cricket....and it just got better with evryone going that way...
axw11 2 years ago 2
I remember this series, it's one of my favourites of all time. Kaluwitharana was a breath of fresh air at the top of the SL order. The world cup was not long after this, and these same two teams would make the final.
Tehui1974 2 years ago 3
OH baby! we destroyed the aussies MUHAHA
turtguyakadanz 2 years ago 2
Thanx to the Aussies for hounding the Lankans that series. They did world cricket a 'world' of good.
BTW, all Bevan fans. How did the guy perform outside Australia? Educate me, please!
rajnikantsharma 2 years ago
AUSSIES WORLD'S NO 1 CHEATERS
chandimay 2 years ago
safe, but not safe! ah richie
poodags1 3 years ago 7
kaluwas shot at 3.48.. WOW
mamanipuna 3 years ago 3
great win....
Chami84112 3 years ago
has on top of trying to compete with a strong aussie side, have to contend with the crowds, the hostile aussie media, they were particularly hard on Sri Lanka that summer. Everyone expected Sri Lanka to be blown away as usual like they were in 89/90. However Capt Ranatunga wanted make SL good attacking team. He, whatmore and mendis promoted Kalu to open with jayasuriya and the rest as they say is history. It is in that context this video should be viewed. When SL came of age at the MCG.
markjayaweera 3 years ago
Aah those were the days. When Sri Lanka came to Australia in 1995. Sri Lanka were considered the whipping boys of world cricket. Australia on the other hand in the mid 1990s had one of the strongest sides they had in their history. This match was a real David vs Goliath contest. First of all to win a match like this in Australia at the time was incredibly hard for any team let alone Sri Lanka. The MCG is considered Australia's fortress, they always win there. Futhermore any visiting team part1
markjayaweera 3 years ago 6
LOL!! You gotta love the clear bias of the australian commentaters for their cricketers. Every an aussie cricketer does something good they go into orgasm. Absolutely Hilarious.
When sri lanka starts smashing it around you can hear especially Richie Benaud sound like he is constipated. Hilarious.LOL!
markjayaweera 3 years ago
You sound bit disturbed
MRCRICKETER 3 years ago
why would you put bevan to bowl the last over?! hardly an accurate bowler at the best of times
poodags1 4 years ago
hos this fast bowler?
pushpakumara?
unknownlankan 4 years ago
i think he's manjula munasinghe
lankylankan 4 years ago
oh.. but he lookz like pushakumara.... aite newaysss..thx
unknownlankan 4 years ago
well done lions
vandamme77 4 years ago