Australia look to Sridharan Sriram to counter Herath threat

The Australians will be looking at Sridharan Sriram as they look to tackle Sri Lankan spinner in their upcoming tour of Sri Lanka. After their Tri-series in the Caribbean, Steve Smith and his band of merry men will take on the Lankans in a tour spanning Test matches and a One-Day series. Sridharan Sriram, the former Indian all-rounder who was roped in as a consultant for the World T20, will be hoping to help the Aussies as they take on the Lankans.
Sriram stated that he would try and bowl to the Australia batsmen in the nets in a similar style as Herath. The former Indian all-rounder also added that Herath’s accuracy is something of a once in a lifetime skill.
“I’m going to try (to bowl like him)” Sriram, of a similar build to Herath, told cricket.com.au on Sunday (June 5). “He does have 300 Test wickets to be fair to him. The release and the angle may be similar, so it might help them acclimatise and we can talk to them about what he looks to do, give them an idea of what to expect.
Despite the novelty of the approach, Sriram is wary of the fact that Herath will be a tough nut to crack.
“He’s got very clever changes of pace. He’s accurate, he bowls the one that comes in (to the right-hander) and the one that goes away, so he threatens your pad as well as your outside edge and that puts the batsman in doubt of where to play, he’s thinking, ‘Where am I going to play?’ “That’s his greatest strength.”