Jayasuriya hails important win – Cricket News Update
Former Sri Lankan skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ST-Jayasuriya-c2567 has lauded his side’s mammoth second Test win against South Africa, while adding that the success will spur the team to greater heights in the longer version of the game.
After being down and out following an abysmal start to their tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, where the team lost the opening Test by an innings margin, the Lankans rose to the task with an emphatic win over their opponents at Durban by a whopping 208 runs.
Everything fell in place, with the Sri Lankan batters finally coming to the foil and putting in notable contributions, coupled with their inexperienced pace attack duly complimenting through some scintillating display with the ball.
Opting to bat first, the tourists made 338 in the first innings, courtesy of a sublime ton by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LD-Chandimal-c1831, who scored his maiden half-century.
The bowlers then applied the pressure, bowling out the Proteas for 168 with pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HMRKB-Herath-c1559 sharing nine wickets between them.
The second innings also proved fruitful with veteran, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 making 108, again given able support by Chandimal, who scored his second fifty of the match, allowing his side to set up a mammoth 450 for the hosts to chase.
The Proteas never looked at ease, constantly being troubled by Herath as the spinner picked up an impressive five-for.
The win is their first success since the retirement of spin wizard, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Muralitharan-c1864 who bid farewell in mid 2010. Jayasuriya has hailed the Durban victory as an important high for his under firing team.
"This win is very important because of all these dramas the cricketers have gone through," a satisfied Jayasuiya said while taking to ESPNcricinfo. "The team has not been doing well and they have had some administrative problems and mentally, they were quite
down. They have done a very good thing now and they are on a high."
"It was exactly what I said before. We needed partnerships and one of the top six to get a hundred. That was the key," Jayasuriya said, "Once we were able to put on more than 300, it gives the bowlers something to work with."
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