Time for Sri Lanka to Rise the Bar with Series on the Line

                  So far it has been England's dominance in this tour, alongside some characteristic patchy performance from the Lankans. While the stage is now well set for an opportunity to Lankans to level the series and later to face a decider, as they face England to square the series at Oval on Wednesday.
                But Lankans seemed no where near the par score at Bristol, even with overcast and skiddy conditions. It might be a good thing for them with the rain made no chance of a result and for England it might be another one sided contest, where they found their grooves with the ball and now they need start again to clinch the series with an match to spare.
                 Meanwhile it has became a routine for Lankas in giving up after an promising starts with the bat and no one not quite able to make an match lifting knock, in order to make the hosts to chase a challenging total. Although lack of depth in the bowling making them difficult to defend par totals and it has to be their batting depth to alter the things in favour.
                On the other hand the hosts quite intact with tactics by picking wickets at regular intervals, where they failed to make breakthroughs in earlier series. Although their batting haven't tested enough with moderate scores to chance and with an top order collapse in the opener.
               The pitch at Oval as an tinge of grass covering and will be helpful for seamers with overcast conditions on offer on Wednesday. Where batsmen will be tested early on, but also eases up for stroke play later on.
                Even with the series on the line Lankans unlikely to change the combination of the squad, which gives young batsmen’s  a few more  opportunities. While England likely to persist without Ali with conditions on offer at Oval.
              So it's time for Lankans to show their true credentials in order to get some pride back by staying alive in the ODI series, But it all lies on how Lankan batsmen turn the starts into Tons against an stabilizing England bowling unit.