No excuse for losses – Head Coach expresses disappointment

SRI Lanka’s Head Coach Sanath Jayasuriya expressed his disappointment following his team’s 3-0 defeat at the hands of Pakistan in the three-match ODI series that concluded at Rawalpindi on Sunday.

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Sanath Jayasuriya unhappy and disappointed with the team's performance

“In the past year, we have been playing very good ODI cricket, but to lose 3-0 to Pakistan, I am very disappointed,” said Jayasuriya at the end of the third ODI, which Sri Lanka lost by six wickets.

“Losing I don’t mind—it is part and parcel of the game. If you take the first ODI, we should have won that. We got the opportunity to bat second and we had a reachable target of 300, even though we gave over 100 runs in the last 10 overs,” explained Jayasuriya. “We had seven batsmen plus an all-rounder and we had a very good opportunity to win that game. That was my disappointment. Some of the shot selections were not the best, especially the Captain, Charith Asalanka, who played a bad shot (and got stumped)—a mistake which he accepted. There were a few others who were guilty of playing bad shots.”