Mahela Jayawardene not ready to take England lightly – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LJ-Wright-c1841, the opposition have two match-winners in their ranks.
With a very good net run-rate, the home team is most likely going to qualify for the semi-finals but England must do well in the match, in order to make it to the tournament’s last four.
The Poms’ batting line-up looks thin in Kevin Pietersen’s absence but Morgan and Wright have shown good form in the event so far.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 in the Super 8s. However, Jayawardene wants to enter the semis with a positive frame of mind by winning their last Super 8 fixture.
The middle-order batsman feels that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morgan-c77707 and Wright possess the ability to change a game’s complexion at any stage and urged the Lankan bowlers to be at the top of their game. Jayawardene expects a well-fought encounter against the defending champions.
"Those two guys have been around for a while. Eoin has been playing regularly, Luke not so regularly but he has been travelling a lot," Jayawardene said. "Luke has played lot of T20 cricket also and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 is an exciting team when we saw them play in Colombo.
They have some quality players and it should be a very good game."
Morgan scored an unbeaten 36-ball 71 against West Indies in a losing cause and made an important 30 in the previous game against New Zealand; whereas, Wright has been even more impressive, having scored a couple of half-centuries, including an unbeaten 99
against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Afghanistan-c745 in England’s tournament opener.
Jayawardene is of the view that the Islanders have a great chance of winning the tournament for the very first time and is geared up for the upcoming big matches.
"In any game winning is a good habit, we need to get the momentum. We are excited to play defending champions England. They will throw us a different challenge and we are looking forward to it," he added.
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