Mahela Jayawardene wary of under-fire Tendulkar - Cricket News Update
Sri Lankan captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556, as the Islanders gear up to play their subcontinent rivals, India in their second last league match of the ongoing triangular Commonwealth Bank series at the Bellerive
Oval, Hobart on Tuesday, February 28, 2012.
Tomorrow’s tri-series match is likely to be Tendulkar’s final chance to score his elusive hundredth international ton Down Under, and unless the Men in Blue win the match with a bonus point, they are not going to qualify for the finals.
Even if http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 and Sri Lanka, as a Lankan defeat in that match will take the world champions to the series finals.
Jayawardene fears the Little batting maestro will do his absolute best to make tomorrow’s match a memorable swansong Down Under. The 38-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Maharashtra-c811 batting veteran has been unable to score his much-awaited 100th century so far on the
tour.
But Jayawardene is not willing to write off Tendulkar’s ability to surprise the opposition.
"You never know," said Jayawardene speaking to media reporters in Hobart on Monday.
"I've played against him on so many occasions, he's produced some brilliant individual performances,” he added further.
It has been a tumultuous tour for the Indian’s which has seen them succumb to a 4-0 Test series whitewash at the hands of the hosts, before a drawn two-match T20 series against the same opposition. In the ongoing CB series, the Men in Blue have won only
two of the seven matches they have played so far.
However, the Sri Lankan opener, who was appointed as the national captain ahead of the ongoing Commonwealth Bank series, warned his side against complacency in tomorrow’s match
They're a good side so you have to expect something different from them I'm sure because they need a big win," said Jayawardene.
"I have to feel for them. It's been a long tour, especially when you're not winning it becomes a much longer tour," he added further.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 has won three of six matches played so far and stand second on the points table with 15 points.
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