Pace and bounce not a problem for Sri Lankan batsmen: claims Kumar Sangakkara
Former Sri Lankan captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 has said that his team is not worried about the bounce and pace of the English fast bowlers and vowed that the Islanders will bounce back in the remainder of the series.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 and playing a Test series which will follow the limited overs portion of the series. The visitors lost the first Test at Cardiff in a miserable manner as the match was looking like a dead rubber at the lunch break
on day five, however, Sri Lankan batting lineup was blown away by lanky Chris Tremlett and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501 for only 82 runs in less than 25 overs.
Sangakkara claimed that his team is the best in Asia when it comes to playing fast bowlers with bounce. However, he admitted that any high class batsman will struggle against the likes of Tremlett and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 when they are at their best.
He said, "I think out of all the subcontinent sides we play bounce a lot better than most sides. Everyone around the world, no matter if it's http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377, will struggle against bounce and good bowling. That's the bottom line.
The left hander was replaced by Tillakaratane Dilshan as the captain of Sri Lankan team in all the formats of the game and now Sangakkara is playing as a specialist batsman in the Test team.
Sangakkara feels that his team will be able to come out of the nightmares of the Cardiff Test and it should not affect their performance in the rest of the series. He is disappointed with the team’s efforts in the second innings with the bat and feels that
they should have done better but at the same time he expressed that the young team will take it as a lesson.
"It's not something you reflect upon, you just forget. We were completely below par and it was a terrible batting performance when we only had to bat 50 overs. It's not something we need to remind each other about but it's worth remembering once in a while
to realize how tough this game really is," Sangakkara added.
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