England tour of Sri Lanka: Matt Prior backs England to win second Test match – Cricket News Update
England’s Test wicketkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in the second Test match of the series being played at the P Sara Oval, Colombo.
Sri Lanka has attained a lead of 33 runs in their second innings but they have lost six wickets in the process. At close of play on day four, the Lankan http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 had piled 218 runs with four wickets in hand.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 has had the upper hand in this game but if they are to win, they will have to pick the remaining wickets as quickly as possible, and this is exactly what Prior wants his team to do.
He said, “If you'd have given us them leading by 30-odd and being six down when we lost the toss on the first day, we'd definitely have taken that. We're reluctant to think we're just going to roll them over, because it's still a good wicket and we have
four very big wickets to get. Hopefully we can get them quickly and walk through them but that's not what we're expecting.”
“We hope to keep the run chase down but whatever they set us we would back ourselves to get. Whatever they set us tomorrow, whether it's a small total or a big total, we back ourselves to get it.” Prior added.
The Sri Lankan skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 and all-round cricketer Angelo Matthews stand in the way of England and victory. The Lankan skipper is quite settled and has scored 55 runs while Matthews (3) is relatively new to the crease.
The tourist find themselves in a must win situation, as they lost the opening fixture by 75 runs. Apart from the Test series, England’s number one Test status in ICC’s cricket ranking is also on the line.
Prior said that the English players take a lot of pride in their number one status and will give their optimum best to defend it. However, the wicketkeeper batsman held that defending the number one status will not be on their minds, when the English team
come out to play on day five.
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