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Tillakaratne Dilshan celebrated enthusiastically when he reached his hundred. Some will say it was because he’d got his name on the honours board at Lord’s, but we doubt that.
Dilshan is the Sri Lanka captain and his team had embarrassed themselves in Cardiff and then done little to repair their reputation at Lord’s. This Test has been hard work for him and he’d had little to show for it until he reached three figures.
Being man of the match in a Twenty20 match doubtless gives you greater material rewards than a Test hundred like Dilshan’s, but it doesn’t necessarily take a great deal of effort during the match itself. Sometimes all you need to do is bat fairly sensibly for a dozen overs when chasing a small total – that’s little more than doing your job.
At Lord’s, Dilshan has made a substantial physical investment, having spent 13 hours on the field so far; but more significantly, he’s made a huge emotional investment over that period of time. That’s why he was so arsed about his hundred and that’s why those of us who follow these matches are more arsed about such achievements as well
So Tilly’s not a bad bat after all.
His celebratory foot movements are more “Lord’s Classic” than his batting foot movements.
It’s amazing how many truly superb batsmen, like Dilshan, fail to move their batting feet in the classic fashion, yet score big surprisingly often. Sehwag falls into that category. So does/did Tres.
Actually, looking at the photo again, I think Tilly might be “doing the robo”.
You are right. I’m in Sardinia, but that doesn’t stop you being right, KC.
That’s a poor Brucey impersonation. Needs more work.
huzzah to being arsed about stuff
He isn’t skipping, he’s robotically striding forward. This is less funny than ever before, and robotically isn’t even a proper word.