Conditions favoured us in the 3rd ODI, says Mahela Jayawardene – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 but admitted that the conditions
at Pallekele were heavily in favour of the home team.
The Lankan captain won the toss and elected to bowl first, with a lot of dew expected in the later stages of the match. The home team curtailed the Black Caps’ progress and restricted http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849 and company to just 188 runs in 33 overs of the rain-affected
encounter.
Chasing the target, Sri Lanka did not face much of a trouble, thanks to a brilliant ton by Dilshan, who remained unbeaten on 102, which came off just 95 balls with the help of 12 fours and a six. Mathews, the Sri Lankan vice-captain, also shined with a 47-ball
54 not out.
While expressing his views in the post-match presentation ceremony, the seasoned middle-order batsman was all praise for the duo, which scored 127 runs for the fourth-wicket partnership. However, being very truthful, Jayawardene expressed that rain and dew
came to his side’s advantage as the ball came on to the bat quite nicely in the second innings.
“To be fair the conditions were suited to us with the dew. Even our bowlers struggled to control things after the rain. Dilshan showed lot of maturity and guided Angelo. We needed a good partnership after the three wickets. I was not too worried,” said the
Sri Lankan captain.
On the other side of the coin, Taylor, the Kiwi skipper, is not too happy with the series being affected by weather and complained that his bowlers found it hard to grip the ball because of the wet conditions. The hard-hitting batsman was all praise for
Dilshan, who helped his team take an unassailable lead (2-0) in the series.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 and I am sure there will be rain in Hambantota
as well.”
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