by Rex Clementine
After Saturday’s 11 run defeat to Pakistan in a thrilling Group ‘A’ match of the ICC Cricket World Cup at the R. Premadasa International Stadium, Sri Lanka’s captain Kumar Sangakkara called for all Sri Lanka supporters to remain calm and not to panic.
After being set a target of 278, Sri Lanka had to create history if they were to win the game, as the highest run chase at the venue was the 271 scored by India against England during the Champions Trophy in 2002.
The hosts were struggling at 96 for four and the game looked out of their reach at that point, but fighting knocks by the captain and Chamara Silva, coupled with some big hitting by the lower order, took them to within 12 runs of the target.
"There are a few things that we can learn from Saturday’s game. Building partnerships is important and we shouldn’t’ panic. We were well behind the run rate, but in the end we fell just 10 runs short. If we had better partnerships after that great start, it would have been a different story," Sangakkara said.
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