Tillakaratne Dilshan wants batting to click – Cricket News Update
Sri Lankan skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 to provide the team with the much needed winning momentum against South Africa.
"The batting unit is experienced; Mahela and Sanga have played a little bit in South Africa. Those are experienced guys. We can build around them. Thilan [Samaraweera] has come back into the side, he is experienced guy in the middle order. Myself and the
youngsters, like Chandimal, have to put their hands up."
Arguably their middle-order does holds the key, where Mahela, Sanga and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Samaraweera-c2712 all average above 50. However, while Mahela enduring a patchy form of late, especially in the longer version, and Thilan making his comeback after being dropped from
the previous series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, the only inform player in the team remains Sangakkara.
The left-hander has been the main stay of the batting line-up, scoring mammoth tons against the Men In Green at UAE. Also with the skipper himself suffering from a barren run, the task is harder than expected, keeping in mind that most of the players have
hardly played on Proteas tracks.
Their recent slump has been largely associated with the retirement of their bowling duo, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540. Since then, the team has failed to win a Test match, while have lost three series on the trot, by a margin of 1-0.
With the Proteas tracks offering plenty of movement for the pacers, the Lankan skipper was not too keen in talking about his bowling attack and wanted to concentrate on their batting lineup, which he believes could provide the team with a much needed win.
This firmly shows the lack of confidence in the bowling department, where no one has been able to step up and become the essential back bone for the team. However, the pitches in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 will be a perfect blessing for any seamers and it is up to the
Lankan bowlers to complement their batters to end their losing streak.
Before the first Test match, which begins from December 15th at Centurion, the Lankan http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 will play a three-day practice match, which Dilshan believes will help the players to get accustomed to a very difficult task ahead.
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