Rating Test teams of this decade
While it was a smooth ride for some of the teams, a few others have struggled and witnessed failures like never before.
7. Sri Lanka – 4.5/10
This isn’t one of those decades which was great for Sri Lanka in the longest format. Many of their legendary cricketers like Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene retired. The transition, however, wasn’t smooth and seemed endless. In the 93 games that they played, the Islanders managed to win only 31 matches.
Sri Lanka is another one of those teams which didn’t play more than three games in a Test series throughout this decade. From the start of this decade till June 2012, Sri Lanka couldn’t taste a single series win. Their first series win of this decade came against Pakistan. But after that, they managed to win three out of six series – two of which were against Bangladesh. The team would be proud of its efforts to defeat England in 2014.
Wins have been hard to come by. But one of their best performances came when they whitewashed Australia at home in 2016. Two more memorable performances came against South Africa. They whitewashed the Proteas at home in 2018. But playing in away conditions and registering two of the best victories ever against South Africa in 2019 will be etched in the history forever. While there were odd good performances, this wasn’t clearly Sri Lanka’s best.
W/L Ratio: 0.794
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