I can not believe it. I didn't watch any of those matches today. But, When I saw the result of the Sri Lanka VS Namibia match. I was stunned. What? Jan Frylinck Scored a Massive 44 from 28 Balls, and Smit scored another massive 31 from 16 balls only. Their batting line seems good. Also, All their bowlers were economical as well. None of them were expensive at all. Would you say the Namibia VS Sri Lanka match was an accident? I would say NO. They deserve it.
How the Sri Lankan women's cricket team disappointed the audience in the Asia Cup final. Comparable men's teams today have disappointed even more. The rhythm of their cricket is lost. How far they will be able to go in such a large event which is obscure. No one ever expects this kind of performance from such a team.
Seems like Cricket is at its worse in Srilanka these days and they need to improve themselves a lot. Seeing their current performance in the first match, i am having no false hope for them. They may not qualify in the next round and that would be a shame for a team like Srilanka.
UAE and Netherlands are not weak teams. The UAE team has several talented players. And if the performance of the Sri Lankan batsmen does not improve, Sri Lanka will lose against the UAE. The main weakness of UAE and Netherlands is the poor performance of their bowlers. As the Sri Lankan team performed against Namibia, it is not guaranteed that Sri Lanka will win against UAE and Netherlands. It will be very challenging for Sri Lanka to win the next two matches.
The way both teams played and fought today's match seems like we will see some more close contests. UAE scored fewer runs but they did bowl well to make Netherlands work hard for the chase. At one point I thought that UAE might even win the match. Junaid bowled very well and took three wickets. However since the target was small, the Netherlands team was able to win the match in the second last ball of the match.