http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 aims to pressurise Pakistan’s batting – Cricket News Update
Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene has set his eyes on scoring big runs against Pakistan in the upcoming three match Test series in order to pressurise the opposition’s batting. The series will be played in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE) with the first game
starting from Tuesday, October 18, 2011.
The star middle-order batsman is the highest run getter for his side in the longest version of the game. He will be eying to complete the milestone of achieving 10,000 runs in this form of the game during the Pakistan series.
Jayawardene also batted brilliantly during the recently concluded home series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746. He scored a century in the first Test of the three match series, but was unable to guide his side to victory.
Sri Lanka lost that series 0-1, but Jayawardene was confident of turning things around against the Men in Green.
The classy batsman had a lot of respect for the Pakistan bowlers, but claimed that the team’s batting can be targeted in the upcoming tour.
According to Jayawardene, “http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 has produced some really good bowlers and it's going to be the same for us this time. We really have to get the runs on the board and try to pressure the Pakistani batsman.”
The 34-year-old admitted that his side’s bowling was vulnerable in the absence of legendary spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Muralitharan-c1864. He added, “Obviously, our bowling attack is a bit depleted with Murali not being there but the youngsters have shown a lot of potential,
and the more they play, the more they will gain experience and perform in the highest level.”
All in all, it will be a tough competition between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 and Pakistan throughout the series. Both teams look evenly matched, but the hosts have a slight edge with their bowling lineup. They certainly have the ability to take 20 wickets in a Test match.
However, things are a bit different with the Sri Lankan team. They will rely on their spinners, but there is a big question mark over the ability of their pacers to take wickets in the longest version of the game.
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