Asia Cup 2012: Mahela Jayawardene unfazed by upcoming decider against Pakistan – Cricket News Update
Sri Lankan skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755. The 34-year-old said that the Sri Lankan cricket team are still in contention for the Asia Cup title, and counting them out right
now would be a mistake.
The Lankan skipper has gone through similar phases numerous times in the last month or so. Jayawardene has started to like pressure situations, which according to him, give the Lankan players command over their own destiny.
Referring to the recently concluded Commonwealth Bank series in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, where Sri Lanka reached the finals despite being in a precarious situation, Jayawardene said, “It is (a do-or-die match), but we are used to that. In Australia
we had quite a few of those. It's still in our control so we don't have to depend on anybody else. I quite like that situation. We know how important the match is going to be tomorrow, so looking forward to that.”
Last time Pakistan and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE) in November 2011. The Men in Green were totally dominant over the Lankans in that tour, winning the ODI series 4-1.
Sri Lankan batsmen failed to cope with the spin of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 as the two spinners shared 24 wickets between them. Jayawardene is hopeful that the Lankan batsmen will not fall prey to their bowling this time around.
He said, “Ajmal has improved tremendously in the last year and it shows in his record. In Dubai when we played against him, we had good and bad times. Hopefully we'll have to handle him better tomorrow because it's a one-off game
for us. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604 is also one of the top fast bowlers and Afridi can be a handful."
Pakistan and Sri Lanka square off on Thursday, March 15, at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur. The two sides have never locked horns at Mirpur, however, they know what to expect from the pitch as both teams played their opening
fixtures of the Asia Cup 2012 at the venue.
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