Rangana Herath confident about Sri Lanka’s batting – Cricket News Update
Despite losing three experienced batsmen last evening, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HMRKB-Herath-c1559, Sri Lanka’s left-arm spinner, is confident that his batsmen will turn the tables on day three of the match and will avoid the follow-on.
Having won the toss, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 skipper, opted to bat first in the second Test of the two-match series at the P Sara Oval, Colombo. Initially, it did not turn out to be a wise decision as the Black Caps lost both their
openers for just 14 runs on the board.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KS-Williamson-c1813. Both of them scored hundreds and helped their team post a competitive total of 412 runs on the board.
Herath was the star of the show for the Islanders once again as he picked up six wickets after giving away 103 runs in 49 overs.
In reply, the home team lost the experienced trio (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397) before stumps and were rattling at 43 for the loss of three wickets, needing another 170 runs to avoid follow-on.
The seasoned spinner however, is confident that Sri Lanka’s late-middle order will make it count and will help their side take a lead in the first innings. Herath understands that the first session of day three is going to be absolutely
vital for both the teams.
“We're not looking at the follow-on target, because we know the capability of our batsmen and if we bat well, we can go past 400 and past their score,” Herath said. “We trust our batsmen to be able to do that. The first hour of tomorrow
is very important for us. We have to make sure that we don't give away a wicket in that period and score as many runs as we can.”
With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/NT-Paranavitana-c2132 at the crease, the left-arm spinner is optimistic about Sri Lanka’s chances.
“I think we can do it, like we did in Galle. This is a similar situation and Angelo and Para are batting really well for us,” he added.
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