ICC fines Sri Lanka for slow over rate in Rose Bowl Test – Kumar Sangakkara fined 40% Match fee – Cricket News Update
International Cricket Council’s match referee, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rose-c86842 Bowl.
The game which ended as a draw on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, saw the visitor’s two overs http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 of what they should have been in the allotted time.
According to rules of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 was fined 40 percent of his match
fee, which is twice the fine charged to rest of the players.
Sri Lanka was able to draw the final game but they lost the series to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chaminda-Vaas-c1223 and Sanath Jayasuria.
Sangakkara, whose century in second innings ensured a draw for Lankans, has urged the younger players to step up and win Tests as the game at South Hampton was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758’s eighth game without a win.
The interim skipper believes that Lankans have to make full use of available resources since they no longer have the luxury of Vaas and Muralitharan.
The wicket-keeper batsman said, “Our ambition now has to be to consolidate with the players we have, the ability we have and find new ways of winning Test matches. We don't have Muralitharan any more, we don't have Vaas. For us to win, we have to find different
avenues. That's the thing for us.”
The 33-year-old batsman was pleased with the enthusiasm of his bowlers but concludes they need to learn how to endure the pressure when things are not going their way.
The left-hander expressed further, “Our bowlers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Try-c94438 their hearts out, there's a lot of effort, but the key is to be patient. To win a Test match, you need to take 20 wickets. That's going to be the key to us going forward.”
Sri Lanka’s tour of England has now turned to its second phase with one Twenty20 and an ODI series about to begin, with the first ODI at Kennington Oval, London, on June 28, 2011.
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