Mahela Jayawardene: Sri Lanka cricket team has moved on from Lahore terror attack
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758’s prolific middle order batsman and former captain Mahela Jayawardene has said that his team has moved on from the terror attack on their bus in Lahore in 2009.
He also stated that he and his team are completely focusing on the game rather than the off-the-field happenings.
Sri Lanka were ambushed by gunmen in Lahore when they were travelling to the Gaddafi Stadium for the third day of the second Test of the series between the two countries. It was a shocking news for the whole world as sports serve as a great medium to promote
peace all across the globe.
Jayawardene said that security is not in the hands of the players and there are people who do this job as they are the experts in it. The former captain said that his and his team’s job is to play cricket and that’s what they do.
The middle order batsman said, “Security is always important and there are experts to handle that so we let them do their job and we accommodate that and we try to focus on the game and what we can control -- that's the only thing we can do.”
Sri Lanka are all set to play http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 on Saturday and would love to seal the world title for the second time. They have qualified for the final of the World Cup for the second consecutive time as they played
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in 2007.
He said that his team knows how to absorb the pressure of a big game. Jayawardene feels that there are plenty of senior players in the line-up who will help the younger ones to get rid of their nerves.
“Definitely, I think once you play in a final you know how to absorb that pressure and how to try to control things better. There are already about five or six guys who have already done that at the highest stage so hopefully the nerves will be calmer,”
Mahela added.
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