Chaminda (Vaas) is going to be very important for the England tour (in May) and we don't want to take any risks with him so he'll only play if he's 100 percent fit for the match. |
He has taken 580-odd wickets in Test cricket. So every team will want to have him in the side. His presence here for the Test is of course a big encouragement for us. |
He is a player that is maturing fast and the challenge for him now is to work hard on his bowling and batting. |
He moves the ball, is difficult for batsman to read and he is not slow. He is the sort of bowler that Pakistan has not had for some time and we know need to look after him. |
Honestly I did not think in the morning that the pitch would play that bad. When we started playing, we found it difficult. The ball was doing a lot, stopping and all that. |
I am not happy at all. Our star batsmen failed to play big innings. |
I don't think leading Sri Lanka is that much of a pressure. We've got some really talented youngsters, so hopefully we can give them some exposure. We have not played Bangladesh for quite a while and we are very much looking forward to this tour. |
I thought our team showed a lot of character in coming back so strongly after the setback in the second match. We had decided to keep up the run-rate and bat them out of the match. |
I was feeling pretty good out there in the middle when I went in, but it was one of those things - sometimes you get a really good ball. If it gets you out you just have to forget about it and make sure you do the hard work out there next time you get in. |
It is nice that we finished the game today. At the end we finished the series with a convincing victory against Bangladesh. We came here without some key players but I must say our young players showed a lot of characters in the series which will help Sri Lanka cricket in the future. |
It was a very difficult day for us, |
It was a very good moment for team. |
It was one of the best Australian summers for Sri Lanka ever. Brett was bowling very quick, on very quick tracks, but we settled ourselves and knew exactly what to do. We worked very hard to get used to those conditions, and we will do the same here. |
Marvin and I have been a partnership for quite some time now, so our thinking is in the same direction. It is a temporary thing for me to take the team. |
No problems with him right now, I can say there is 90 percent chance of him playing tomorrow morning. |