Chris Silverwood believes the Sri Lanka crew will “come out fighting” to stage the two-match collection and beat Pakistan within the second Test beginning Monday in Colombo.
Pakistan arrived in Sri Lanka with no Test win to its title in 12 months however, regardless of a wobbly final-innings chase, a four-wicket victory in Galle means the customer wants solely a draw to win the two-match collection.
“The motivation is there. The players know how important it is to be picking up Test points, and how important it is to win at home,” Silverwood, the Sri Lanka coach informed reporters on Sunday.
“Listening to the chat in the dressing room, they are going to come out fighting and push much harder,” he added.
Pakistan targets collection win towards Sri Lanka after profitable first Test
In its final Test, aside from Dhananjaya de Silva – who made 122 and 82 – the house crew’s batsmen didn’t ship in Galle, a lot of them moving into the 20s and 30s however not constructing on their begins.
Sri Lanka is taking part in its first Test match on the Singhalese Sports Club (SSC) after 5 years – a match it misplaced to England by 42 runs, when Silverwood was England’s bowling coach.
“I know what to expect from this venue. If you want to be good and competitive all around the world, you have to learn to play under different conditions,” mentioned Silverwood.
One of the important thing areas that Sri Lanka should deal with is its fielding, which proved pricey within the first Test at Galle.
“If we analyse the last Test match, if we are honest, we fell short. The dropped catches proved costly. This is not the first time it’s happened. There were stages when we let them get away, at one point they scored at five runs an over, we need to drag that back,” he added.
Pakistan could wish to embrace one other seamer because the SSC is understood to supply bounce and motion however must contemplate whether or not to make modifications to a profitable aspect. And Pakistan coach Grant Bradburn mentioned the crew wished to be “number one” on the earth.
“This ground is going to be a different examination for us, with different skills required,” Bradburn mentioned, including the entire squad is “fit and ready” for choice.
“Certainly we need to adapt to the conditions that we find on each of the days, and on each of the phases of the game.”
Silverwood, a quick bowler, gave credit score to Pakistan’s tempo spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah.
“The two fast bowlers that Pakistan have are very good and they are good at their craft, they have good pace and they don’t give many runs away,” mentioned Silverwood.
Sri Lanka has gained 20 of the 43 Tests performed at SSC and misplaced solely 9, together with the latest Test it hosted, towards England 5 years in the past.
Pakistan has performed there on six events and has gained one and misplaced one with the remaining drawn.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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