Matthew Fisher lands a five-for as England Lions make strides in opposition to Sri Lanka A

England Lions 249 for 3 (Hameed 81, Haines 62*, Lees 56) lead Sri Lanka A 136 (Fisher 5-34) by 113 runs

“It’s nice to be back out on the grass and trying to win games,” Fisher stated. “I love the long-form game, it’s fascinating to try and figure out ways to get batters out. We’re using a lot of different tricks than you normally would in England. I have been going to the short ball a lot quicker, which is something they haven’t seemed to play as well as they do the spin.

“It was simply in regards to the good day’s cricket. We misplaced the toss and so they selected to bat so at any time when that occurs it is normally a great wicket. It was a little bit bit cheesy with the brand new ball, however we made good use of it and put them below strain. We saved catchers in and saved the strain on. We had been always constructing strain, with the spinners as properly, and had been capable of take wickets at key intervals.”

“I’ve bowled higher however there was not a lot within the wicket,” Fisher said. “It seamed a little bit early on however what I used to be actually happy with was how direct my bouncers had been in and round shoulder and head peak. My accuracy with my bouncer was undoubtedly the most important factor to allow me to take wickets at this time.

“This is my first trip here and I am enjoying it. I’ve never played in heat like it here. It is 30 degrees which you’d get in other parts f the world but it’s the humidity. Your whole top and bottoms are full of water, you just want to get off and have a shower but thankfully today we didn’t have too long in it and we were back in the air-con changeroom.”