Sadly for Sri Lankans fans, their national team have lost 8 out of 11 (T20I)at home while chasing a target(2nd Batting). …. And 4 of those targets were less than 140 runs!.
A quick look at all team chasing less than 140 runs in T20I.
|
Chasing <140 |
Mts |
Won |
Lost |
Win% |
|
Australia |
8 |
8 |
100.00% | |
|
Bangladesh |
5 |
3 |
2 |
60.00% |
|
England |
10 |
8 |
1 |
80.00% |
|
India |
7 |
6 |
1 |
85.71% |
|
New Zealand |
12 |
9 |
2 |
75.00% |
|
Pakistan |
14 |
9 |
5 |
64.29% |
|
South Africa |
11 |
10 |
1 |
90.91% |
|
Sri Lanka |
13 |
7 |
5 |
53.85% |
|
West Indies |
10 |
5 |
4 |
50.00% |
|
Zimbabwe |
2 |
2 |
0 |
100.00% |
The table above includes games played by at least 1 Int. team(Aus v/s Scotland included, but Scotland v/s Afghanistan is not)
….Thinking about Arjuna Ranatunga
In his era (1990-2001) the Lankans from a novice team became a top ODI side. At home they had 70.00% success rate and away it was about 42%…
Compare this, post-Ranatunga (2001-2013)teams where home success rate is 64.52% and away success is 49.13% .
However i had an inclination that Arjuna’s team did well against major side at home. Therefore included only Test sides to find out success rate for both eras.
Era – 1990-2001
Home win (v/s AUS, ENG, SA, NZ, ZMB, IND, PAK, BAN, ZIM) =65.30 %
Era – 2001-2013
Home win (v/s AUS, ENG, SA, NZ, ZMB, IND, PAK, BAN, ZIM) =58.24 %
all data updated at the end of 1st T20I SL-SA
