Sri Lankan captain Tillakaratne Dilshan satisfied with the performance of youngsters in England – Cricket News Update
The reigning Sri Lankan skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Young-c98322 side during the tour of England this summer.
Talking to newsmen after losing the NatWest series, the 34-year-old Dilshan said, “In the last two months we've played some good cricket.” The opening batsman reckoned that although the performance of the team was commendable but still his side had talents
that could have bettered the result in both the Test and One-Day series.
Speaking on the inclusion of the young talent in the team, the skipper said, “We had a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758. The top order was always getting runs but now we have more confidence in
the middle order and that is good for the future. We can look forward to the upcoming series [against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746] with these youngsters."
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045, at Bulawayo,
has played eight One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Sri Lanka with a batting average of 61.40.
The youngster played a flamboyant innings of 105 runs in the third match of the NatWest one-day series against England, where he helped his side secure a six wicket win over the hosts at Lord’s in London.
He also played a commendable innings of 54 runs in the fifth game, which evidently was the decider of the tournament; however, his innings could not help Sri Lanka take the series.
Another inspiring addition in the Sri Lankan squad is http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 as he is a destructive batsman and a bowler to reckon with. The 24-year-old Mathews, hails from Colombo and has represented
Sri Lanka in 48 ODIs and 13 Tests with a batting average of 36.92 and 35.13.
In the bowling department, the all-rounder has an economy rate of 3.21 in Test matches while in ODIs his economy rate stands at 4.70.
The Sri Lankan skipper reiterated that Mathews is a type of a player who can win a game right at the last moment as he proved during Sri Lanka’s tour of Australia before the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 world cup 2011.
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