Do you think it's fair to congratulate the Sri Lankan fans and team?

Indeed. "What we have nowadays is relative meekness and more often a willingness to surrender" I didn't see the fighting spirit from SL team anymore. Just like you said see how we fought back after losing 2 wickets for a single run against India in 1996 WC SF.

Aravinda De Silva came to the ground and started thrashing Indian bowlers like nothing irrespective of the situation. But today apparently we surrender straight away unless we get the upper hand from the beginning... Not that we don't have talent, we are missing the fighting spirit we used to have. We were well known for our fighting spirit among other teams.

We have lost it big time. I don't know how could our batsmen surrender so quickly and so easily. We lack attitude.

We lack confidence. This even goes with the seniors. I think we need a spiritual leader, someone who can inspire and motivate the team.

Mathews is lacking those qualities. Coach also needs to boost the morale of our players. And I thoroughly believe that someone like Gotabhaya Rajapakse or Sarath Fonseka must be the head of SLC.

The officials with no backbone who play the second fiddle to BCCI won't do any good for our cricket! Arjuna Ranathunga must step up! I am ok with Sanath being the head of selection committee..

SL really needs to find a good opener and few players to take up the roles of Sanga and Jayawardane otherwise SL will be in deep trouble in the future. I don't think Kusal should be given more chances if he keep failling, openner are the key to make a good score if they fail it is hard to keep the momentum up to score a good target. I think Angelo must start up in order than in the middle, Someone like Chandimal can play the Jayawardane's inning in the middle.

When it's comes to fast bowling it's all about fitness, only Kulasekara plays in every match. Others play a match and bowl well and in the next match they are out ill. Spin attack is good with Herath,Mendis and Sachithra.

Even Dilshan bowls spin well.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.