Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene (pictured) pronounced his group was seeking brazen to their primary genuine exam in a World Cup opposite Pakistan after abrasive Canada in their opening match. Jaywardene gave a 1996 champions a drifting begin with an 80-ball century to assistance his group to a plain 332-7 prior to dismissing Canada for 122, receiving their opening Group A compare by a outrageous 210-run margin.
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HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka (AFP) – Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene pronounced his group was seeking brazen to their primary genuine exam in a World Cup opposite Pakistan after abrasive Canada in their opening match.
Jaywardene gave a 1996 champions a drifting begin with an 80-ball century to assistance his group to a plain 332-7 prior to dismissing Canada for 122, receiving their opening Group A compare by a outrageous 210-run margin.
They subsequent face 1992 champions Pakistan in a glorious compare upon Feb twenty-six in Colombo.
“The primary diversion in a contest is regularly really important. We proposed with a right tinge as good as right away you demeanour brazen to a subsequent compare opposite Pakistan who have been a really great side,” pronounced Jayawardene.
“Pakistan have got a little great individial players as good as you fool around them utterly mostly as good as you know how dangerous they can be, so you have to do a task right as good as hope for ourselves as good as go in with a really certain mindset.
“I consider everybody is seeking for an event to fool around opposite Pakistan.”
Jayawardene, whose century was a fourth fastest in a tournament’s history, certified he didn’t know he had additionally done a quickest World Cup hundred by a Sri Lankan.
“I didn’t know which until a final notation when they told me, though we am utterly happy it was a great begin for us,” pronounced Jayawardene, who kick Sanath Jayasuriya’s 85-ball hundred opposite Bangladesh during Port of Spain 4 years ago.
Jayawardene additionally praised Canada’s primary bowling efforts.
“There were a couple of nerves prior to a diversion proposed only to get upon with a World Cup, generally in front of a home crowd,” pronounced a maestro batsman.
“It’s not easy to fool around a group similar to Canada. You need to have certain as good as they bowled good initially,” pronounced he said.
Jayawardene praised his players’ attitude.
“I consider a boys had a right perspective starting in to a game. We were really certain with a round upon a margin as well, as good as a many critical thing was to keep wickets in palm as good as afterwards Kumar (Sangakkara, 92) as good as myself gave impetus.”
Jayawardene combined an useful 179 for a third wicket with his skipper after Tillakaratne Dilshan set a height with a sprightly 50.
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