SL vs Aus, 1st Test – Sanath Jayasuriya – ‚There was a serious problem with our shot selection‘

Sri Lanka’s batters additionally largely fell enjoying attacking strokes.

„There was a major problem with shot choices, in addition to with dealing with conditions,“ Jayasuriya mentioned. „I do not assume sure gamers have dealt with conditions effectively. They’re skilled gamers, and so they must be extra mature.

„These gamers have performed plenty of cricket and may know the best way to play. I’ve talked to them about this. However we have to speak to them intimately about this now. Additionally, we can not blame the wicket. As a result of we noticed how the wicket behaved. This was an excellent wicket. For a very long time, we have not seen such a very good wicket in Galle, on the third and fourth days.“

The issue, Jayasuriya mentioned, is batters not changing their begins into large scores. In Australia’s first innings of the primary Check in Galle, six batters confronted 50 balls or extra. In Sri Lanka’s first innings, solely Dinesh Chandimal confronted greater than 50 balls.

„The most important downside is the batters who’re taking a begin however usually are not going to play an extended innings,“ Jayasuriya mentioned. „That is one thing I at all times mutter. We noticed [Usman] Khawaja, [Steven] Smith and [Josh] Inglis, all three of them took a very good begin and so they transformed them to large tons of. This conversion should be there. We’re not constant in that. Our gamers ought to know that these are our situations and we should make use of those situations. There have been plenty of alternatives however we did not make use of them.“

Australia’s spinners did are likely to bowl sooner than Sri Lanka’s, however on the time, Sri Lanka’s spinners had felt their slower tempo was higher suited to this floor.

„They had been bowling a bit of sooner than us, however we had been considering that our tempo was the perfect. That is what we have been doing. The wicket was on the slower aspect and we had been making an attempt to bowl a bit of sooner, however we ended up bowling as we normally do right here.

„After the third or fourth day, we noticed the traditional Galle wicket. What the Australia spinners did was bowl a bit of sooner than us. That is usually what they’re doing.

„We’re used to bowling at a slower tempo, but it surely did not work on this match. We have to focus on all that additionally.“