Rebuilding Nations Are Eager To Perform

           Having been lost the previous two test series at home srilanka are desperate to perform well against the tumbling west Indies. The hosts look for refreshing performance after the retirement of sangakara.
          Things that went wrong during the past two series are worrying the islanders, the top order remain a concern for their losses. Herath who used to in at no.2 in test rankings in the beginning of the year dropped significantly to no.9  which added concerns to the team with his injuries and lack of match wining efforts.
        Herath role will be crucial than ever before in this series to take them on a high. There will adequate changes in the batting order after the sanaga's era. The batting now heavily dependent on lites of Mathews, Chandimal and Thirimanne. Kusal Perera showed good intent in his debut test which will boost the batting.
             On the other hand west Indies are building up a test squad, this series in subcontinent with an young team never gone be easy. Holder has been given new responsibilities to take the team forward,with lot of inexperience left in the bowling department.
              Darren Bravo, Samuels and Ramdin have a bulk of batting to do in the series, the challenge lies playing spin in these conditions. After their controversial replacement of coach a head of these series questioned about stability of their team in world cricket.
              Now it's a new beginning for both the teams with chandrapaul being left out for west Indies and kumara sangakara's retirement, srilanka  can't bear any losses under their belt especially at home. They are eager to improve their game under the new coach and  west Indies want to left all of their controversy aside and hope  for a new beginning in test cricket.