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Conditions
in Zimbabwe were tough – Mahela
Sri
Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene stated that the conditions
in Zimbabwe were very tough for his side. Though the
result gave the impression of a lop-sided contest with
Sri Lanka winning the five-match one-day series 5-0,
Zimbabwe did manage to run them close in the last three
ODIs.
Jayawardene said though his team had reached their goal
of winning the one-day series, Zimbabwe deserved to
be given more respect.
“For five games the highest total was 170, the
conditions here were very tough and we knew we had to
work very hard to get runs. Although we achieved victory
in the series it was not the most convincing way of
doing it,” said Jayawardene.
“You
need to consider the conditions we played in and also
that Zimbabwe rose to the occasion, especially in the
last two or three games. They [Zimbabwe] performed really
well, especially with the ball. At the end of the day
we were put under pressure, but winning 5-0 is always
good.
“What you have to realise is that Zimbabwe is a
good team, they’ve got talent but they haven’t
been consistent. We knew that as well and so we were
prepared when we came here. We never said it would be
a walk in the park.”
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