Mahela Jayawardene impressed by the Pakistani youngsters – Cricket News Update
The Sri Lankan skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859, was the key in winning the Test series.
The Islanders won their first Test series after almost two years when they outclassed the Green Shirts in the recently concluded three-match competition.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 and company have been playing out of their skins since the last 18 months, naturally starting the battle as favourites. However, the Pakistan team was jolted in the first match at Galle because of the ban imposed on their
skipper, resulting in a disastrous defeat.
The visitors had the upper hand in the remaining two encounters but failed to dismantle the Lankans, who displayed solid batting performances, lead by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779, who smashed two huge centuries in the series and justified his stature
as world’s best Test batsman.
In his article for espncricinfo, the Islanders’ captain stated that his team efficiently countered the threat posed by Ajmal, who is one of the leading bowlers in world cricket at the moment.
The seasoned middle-order batsman was all praise for the left-arm fast bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE) last year.
“The way we handled Saeed Ajmal was a key factor. We didn't give him too many opportunities. He dominates teams more often than not, taking in excess of 20 wickets in a three-Test series, but he took 15 against us. A few of those were
our tailenders, not our main batsmen,” the great batsman expressed, “Junaid http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 is a much-improved young bowler and he troubled most of our top batsmen.”
Jayawardene is also impressed by the two young guns, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208, who scored centuries in Pakistan’s second innings to keep the home team at bay in the Pallekele Test. The latter was also named as the Player of the match
for scoring vital knocks in each innings.
“http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, to their credit, batted really well on the fifth day. The way the two youngsters, Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq batted, was commendable,” he added.
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