Former Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews expressed his disappointment on the lack of Take a look at matches performed by Sri Lanka, stating that the hole within the variety of Checks that the nation is attending to play will not do them any good going ahead.
The truth that Sri Lanka have been taking part in a recreation of Take a look at after greater than six months involved Mathews as he mentioned how difficult it’s for the gamers to get used to a selected routine earlier than beginning to put together for any collection.
On the opening day of his first Take a look at in opposition to New Zealand in Christchurch, Mathews scored 47 runs to go previous the 7,000-run mark in Checks. After the sport, he expressed his want for his nationwide aspect to get the chance to play extra Take a look at matches sooner or later.
“We’re taking part in for all of it. We all know that it is fairly easy, we have to win in New Zealand and we have to play extraordinarily good cricket. The boys have been sensible, particularly on this Take a look at championship within the final 8-10 months. However sadly, we aren’t taking part in Take a look at matches on this 12 months. As few as 5,” Mathews stated throughout a press convention.
Sri Lanka nonetheless have an opportunity to succeed in the World Take a look at Championship remaining, with Australia being the crew to have already certified. India’s probabilities completely depend upon the results of the continued fourth and remaining Take a look at going down in Ahmedabad, in opposition to Australia within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
It is actually disappointing: Mathews
Sri Lanka would need India to lose the fourth Take a look at and the Islanders would goal to beat New Zealand 2-0 within the Take a look at collection. Mathews revealed that Sri Lanka have carried out amazingly within the present World Take a look at Championship cycle, and he additionally stated that it is an enormous disappointment that there are usually not sufficient matches for them to proceed their run.
“It is actually disappointing as a result of, I imply, we’re coming off an extended layoff. The final Take a look at match was 6 months again after which everyone seems to be speaking about Take a look at cricket dying and stuff like that. However we aren’t doing any good for Take a look at cricket, taking part in solely 5 Checks a 12 months. I feel it is actually disappointing. However, hopefully, we’ll get extra matches this 12 months. 5 is unquestionably not sufficient,” he added.
Sri Lanka have performed solely 29 Checks for the reason that begin of the World Take a look at Championship in 2019. The final Take a look at match that they performed was in July 2022 in opposition to Pakistan at dwelling. Sri Lanka started the Take a look at collection in opposition to New Zealand by scoring 305/6 on Day 1 in Christchurch as their cost was led by Karunaratne and Mendis.
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