http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stuart-Grant-Law-c91460 warns Sri Lanka about playing in-form England
Ahead of Team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758’s series against England, the team’s interim coach, Stuart Law, has strictly warned his players about the mighty English who pose to be in sky-high form.
Realizing the absence of some of his senior players, the coach has advised the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 not to take the game easy as England has the potential to inflict damage at their home ground.
Sri Lanka is on tour to England to play a bilateral series of 3 Tests, 1 T20 and 5 ODIs. The 1st Test http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Willey-c81951 start at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, tomorrow, May 26, 2011.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 has proved to be an exquisite team during last couple of years. The two back to back Ashes victories and a T20 World title have brought their strengths before the world.
However, England could not make any impact in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2011 but it was due to their hectic schedule since months before coming to the mega event.
Law says, “I have said it openly-in the last 18 months England have been the best team in world cricket.”
He further tells, “They have beaten teams in their back yard and they've beaten teams away from home. They are well drilled and leave nothing to chance.”
Law’s concerns are based on the fact that some of Sri Lanka’s top-ranked players like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Separamadu-Lasith-Malinga-c89197 are not with the squad this time.
Moreover, the players have not spent time together in the training camp, thanks to some players’ IPL commitments.
Even the newly appointed skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779, has just reached England as he had been leading Deccan Chargers.
The seamer, Nuwan Pradeep, seems to be uncertain for this series as he has picked up a knee injury.
In this situation, Law thinks that it is hard for them to beat the English who have been preparing continuously since their return from World Cup.
The home ground factor is also likely to benefit England.
The England Test skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964, having shunned the ODI leadership, is all geared up to perpetuate the Ashes legacy and claim the home series.
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