Pakistan VS Sri Lanka, ICC champions Trophy 2017
Pakistan VS Sri Lanka, ICC champions Trophy 2017: Monday’s match had the look of a ‘dead rubber’ after both sides were beaten first up, with Pakistan suffering a 124 runs beating by arch rivals India. However they too bounce back, defeat top ranked South Africa.
Now Pakistan is just one game away from a semi-final with either tournament hosts England or Bangladesh and a wary Mathews said, “We all know they’re a very dangerous team.
“There’s no room for complacency in this kind of tournament.” It was Pakistan’s attack, a well balanced mix of spin and speed, which put them in a position to thrash South Africa and Captain Sarfraz Ahmed, will look to his bowlers to repeat that performance next to Sri Lanka.
“We took wickets,” he said, “If you take wickets, every good team feels under pressure.”
Meanwhile, all rounder Mohammad Hafeez said the ‘win or go home’ nature of the match would help Pakistan maintain their “crystal clear” focus in what will be the only Group B match at Cardiff.
“We are ready,” Hafeez insist, we know this is a game we all want to win and want to go through to the semis.”
He also said that, “We saw a little bit of the conditions. We had a couple of sessions here, and we are very much prepared for that.”
Sri Lanka replacement batsman Dhananjaya de Silva could find himself pitched straight into a winner takes all Champions Trophy match against Pakistan in Cardiff on Monday.
Either team success in the Welsh capital will join title holders India as one of the two Group B qualifiers for the semi finals of a tournament featuring the world’s top eight one day international teams.
Sri Lanka are having to shore up their top order after injuries saw both Chamara Kapugedera and Kusal Perera ruled out of the remainder of the Champions Trophy, at the same time as vice captain Upul Tharanga, an experienced batsman, is completing a two game ban.
Tharanga was suspended by the International Cricket Council for presiding over a slow over rate during Sri Lanka’s opening defeat by South Africa, a match regular captain Angelo Mathews missed due to a calf problem.
Kapugedera at that time suffered a knee injury and was replaced by Danushka Gunathilaka for Sri Lanka’s surprise to win over India at the oval, only for Perera to have to go off mid innings with a constrain injury having batted well for his 47.
Now Sri Lanka will hope De Silva can follow the lead of opening batsman Gunathilaka, who made an impressive 76 in Sri Lanka’s surprisingly comfortable seven wickets win on Thursday.
“It’s a shame to lose Kusal, he batted extremely well, but Dhananjaya de Silva is also a very good player,” said Mathews
“We had to bring him into the squad because we are left with only seven batters at the moment,” added the fit again all rounder, who was there at the finish against India with 52 not out. “He has a good chance of playing, but we still haven’t decided.”
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