Tillakaratne Dilshan taking one game at a time – Cricket News Update
Sri Lanka’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE) and will take one game at a time to win the series.
Pakistan are currently in a lead of 2-1 and will look to seal the series by winning the fourth match in the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Sunday, November 20, 2011.
On the other hand, the tourists are required to win the final two ODIs in order to claim the series. They will be under immense pressure and will be eying to gain some momentum by winning today.
Dilshan said that he was not thinking about the series at the moment and will only focus on the Sharjah match at the moment.
The 35-year-old stated, “We will take one match at a time and win the fourth one-day match in Sharjah and go to Abu Dhabi and win the series.”
Despite losing a close encounter in Dubai on Friday, November 18, the Sri Lankan skipper was confident of bouncing back and claimed to have gained a lot of positives from that match.
He added, “We carry a lot of positives from our defeat in Dubai to Sharjah. We will give 100 per cent in certain areas in which we did not do well and if everyone can play positively we can win the match.”
The first three matches of the series were played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium and with the exception of the opening ODI, the others were closely fought.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 saw a batting failure in the first match of the series and were all out for 131 on a flat batting pitch.
However, the team bounced back with a decent batting display in the second game and managed to level the series at 1-1.
The Men in Green did not panic after losing the second match and went onto take a 2-1 lead after bouncing back in the third ODI.
Today’s match will be crucial for both teams. It will be held at the historic Sharjah Cricket Stadium, which holds the record of hosting the most number of ODIs at one venue.
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