WE’LL HAVE TO GIVE OUR BEST AGAINST ENGLAND SAYS ANGELO MATHEWS
Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews said about the upcoming ODI series against England after beating Ireland with a massive margin of 136 runs in 2nd ODI that we will have to give our best to beat England in the ODIs. After suffering 2-0 loss in the Test series against England, Sri Lankan team will play 5-match ODI series against England starting from June 21, 2016. Against Ireland, Sri Lanka put on a brilliant performance with both bat and ball.
Mathews said that, “We still can improve a lot in all departments. It was a pretty convincing victory today, but we need to be at our best to beat England,”. After a brilliant performance in the 2nd ODI against Ireland from the batters especially from Kushal Perera who scored a brilliant century and made a brilliant partnership of 148 runs for the first wicket with Gunathilaka (63 off 78 balls) and Prasanna who played an explosive knock of 95 off just 46 balls with 5 fours and 9 maximum at number 3, Mathews said about this performance that, “Perera and Danuska Gunathilaka had a brilliant opening partnership (147) and after that solid foundation it was a tactical decision to bring in the pinch-hitter and take the game forward.”
Mathews further went on to say “It was a very good wicket and a tough ask for the bowlers but we stuck to our task, “They had to bowl good lines and lengths. Having said that, after scoring 377 it was a tough ask for the Irish because they had to go at it from ball one, so we had to bowl dot balls and create pressure,”. In the 5-match ODI series, Sri Lanka will try to continue this performance and put some pressure on English Bowlers.