SL’S batting was below-parchandimal
AFP - Sri Lanka Captain Dinesh Chandimal paid tribute yesterday to an ‘outstanding’ England Team after Moeen Ali spun the visitors to a commanding first
Test victory in Galle.
“Our batting was below-par during the game, you can’t stay in the game (with this kind of batting),” said Chandimal.
“Credit goes to England, they played some outstanding cricket. We had a really good start in the first session but we couldn’t capitalise on it,” he said.
Meanwhile, Chandika Hathurusingha, Sri Lanka’s Coach, said his side were playing catch-up since lunch on day one when England turned the match around having been five down for 103.
“After that, the way they batted, they took the game away from us. From there on we were chasing the game. In Test cricket, especially on wickets like these, it is very difficult to come back,” he said.
“They outplayed us in all three departments of the game.”