My first priority is bowling, insists Thisara Perera – Cricket News Update
Sri Lanka’s star performer in the 3-1 ODI series win over Pakistan, fast bowler Thisara Perera, said on Tuesday that he had been included in the squad as a bowling all-rounder by the selectors, so bowling remains his first priority.
"I have been selected as a bowling all-rounder so my first priority is as a bowler," said the 23-year-old seamer, after guiding Sri Lanka to their first ODI series win in more than a year’s span, with his startling bowling.
Perera, the Colombo-born right-arm medium pace bowler caused the maximum havoc to Pakistan's batting line-up in the recently concluded five-match ODI series, helping the Islanders clinch their first ODI series win since last year’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup
(February-April). He claimed 11 wickets in four innings at an average of 15.54 and an economy rate of less than a run a ball.
The seamer claimed his career best figures of 6 for 44 during the same series (2nd ODI at Pallekele), as well as the first hat-trick of his career (fourth ODI at Colombo). The startling bowling performances earned him the Man on the Series accolade
as well .
The Sri Lankan coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lance-Klusener-c72175, and hoped he will get better and more effective as an all-rounder with time.
“The way he hit the ball the other day he reminded me very much of Lance," said Ford, a 51-year-old former First class cricketer of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757. “He is a wonderful striker of the ball and he's got the same sort of power that Lance had. He is an all-round
cricketer just like Lance and contributes in all areas,” he added further.
But Perera said that he was focusing more on bowling and had gone through bowling drills with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Champaka-Priyadarshana-Hewage-Ramanayake-c49569, before going into the ODI series against Pakistan. He was happy that the extra hard-work pain-off end of the day.
The seamer, along with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, commencing at Galle from Friday, June 22.
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