Sri Lanka will have to play at their best when they meet England in their 2011 World Cup quarter-final game under lights at the R. Premadasa Stadium starting at 2.30 p.m today.
Sri Lanka will do well to guard against complacency. Many a team has rested on their laurels, taken it easy and suffered. A win and a win at all cost is what Sri Lanka must look for.
At the time of writing the weather has suddenly turned bad and it will be everyone’s wish that the rains won’t take their turn and play the role of spoil sport.
Firstly to the wicket and we hope that curator Anura Polonowita would have got the message when skipper Kumar Sangakkara mentioned at the media briefing before the clash against New Zealand in Mumbai, that the Indian wickets are better than ones existing in Sri Lanka.
Batting cleverly
And Sangakkara justified his thinking by batting cleverly to score his first three figure score in World Cup cricket and lead his team to victory against the Kiwis and a quarter-final slot.
Polonowita will have to show more purpose and get up a wicket that Sangakkara likes. Not to do so and if the Lankans fail to deliver, Polonowita will be the whipping boy.
Once again the winning of the toss and batting first will be very important. Putting up a formidable score will be to put the pressure on the side chasing and luring them into mistakes which could prove fatal. Sri Lanka will have everything in their favor playing at home.
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