We are committing the same mistakes, says Tillakaratne Dilshan – Cricket News Update
Sri Lankan skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imtiaz-Sheikh-c64290 Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
Dilshan was clue less, as to why the Sri Lankan contingents were committing same mistakes over and over again.
Lamenting the loss to Pakistan, Dilshan said, “We were short by some 20 odd runs and I am disappointed with our batting effort. We are committing the same mistakes, but our bowlers did a great job.”
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 had a great chance to post a big total on board but they blew it and got out after slashing 141 runs. Nonetheless, they showed great resilience with the ball to stretch the match till the final over.
The helm of the Lankan team won the toss and decided to bat first. Dilshan, along with his opening partner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WU-Tharanga-c2802, showed aggressive intent from the very first ball. The Lankan vanguards were scoring at 10 runs an over
before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aizaz-Cheema-c961 saw the back of Tharanga.
The tourist had the upper hand till the 17 over mark; however, things changed drastically afterwards. The 19th over of Sri Lankan innings, bowled by Cheema, proved to be the game changer, during which, the aging bowler
took three wickets and conceded six runs. Had Cheema not done that the visitors would have gone on to score more than 160.
Cheema was declared Man of the Match for his heroics. The 32-year-old after winning the honours said, “I would like to thank my coach, captain and my family for their support. I bowled a tight line and was rewarded with the wickets.
We had a plan to restrict them to under 150 and we did well towards the end to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 to our plan.”
Pakistan cricket team is flying high at the moment under the leadership of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
Sri Lanka, on the other hand, faces much tougher opponents, as they go to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 where they’ll play three Tests and five ODI matches.
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