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Friday, March 25, 2011

Sangakkara says pressure on England and Sri Lanka

Kumar Sangakkara, seen here in Mar 18, refuses to hold Sri Lanka will be a usually side underneath vigour prior to a packaged home throng in their quarter-final upon Saturday, observant England will additionally feel a intensity.
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COLOMBO (AFP) – Kumar Sangakkara refuses to hold Sri Lanka will be a usually side underneath vigour prior to a packaged home throng in their quarter-final upon Saturday, observant England will additionally feel a intensity.

The 1996 winners go in to a final of 4 quarter-finals with outrageous expectations, though Sangakkara was assured his players were able of doing a situation.

“What you remove is a semi-final berth, so you do not consider any side is starting to wish to remove that. So wherever you fool around that inducement is starting to be there as good as all sides feel that vigour equally,” pronounced Sangakkara.

“I consider it will be there (pressure), though that kind of meditative goes out of a window when you cranky a range rope. you am certain players will feel a crowd, they’ll lift themselves as good as do well.”

Sri Lanka, runners-up to Australia in a 2007 World Cup hold in a West Indies, mislaid to Pakistan as good as had their diversion opposite Australia cleared out upon their approach to a final 8 stages.

And Sangakkara felt his players were ready to give their most appropriate opposite England who have endured a roller-coaster tournament, losing to Ireland as good as Bangladesh though violence South Africa as good as a West Indies.

They additionally scored equally their initial compare opposite India.

“It’s a do-or-die so my guys have been flattering most focussed, unequivocally good tuned in to what’s function as good as they’ll demeanour to do all they can to win,” pronounced Sangakkara.

The winners of Saturday’s compare will encounter possibly South Africa or New Zealand — personification their quarter-final in Dhaka upon Friday — in a semi-finals in Colombo upon Mar 29.

“I consider England have been a single of a most appropriate sides in this tournament,” pronounced Sangakkara of England, a stream World Twenty20 champions though who have never won a 50-over World Cup.

“They have won tighten games so you know how difficult they can be. We have been awaiting zero reduction than a most appropriate from them,” pronounced Sangakkara of England who have knocked about Sri Lanka in 6 of prior 8 World Cup matches.

Off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has recovered from a injure leg tendon damage postulated during a organisation compare win over New Zealand final week as good as will fool around upon Saturday.

“Murali is fine, he is 100 per cent that is good for us,” pronounced Sangakkara of a top one-day wicket taker, with 530 victims, as good as Sri Lanka’s usually survivor of their quarter-final win over England in a 1996 World Cup.

“He’s a man who rises to arise as good as does unequivocally good in large games.”

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