Sri Lanka up for challenge against England today

"The girls are really up to it and wanting to do well" - Head Coach

- BY SA'ADI THAWFEEQ

HAVING lost their opening game of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup to India and seen their second match against Australia washed out by rain, Sri Lanka who have been out of action in the tournament for 10 days come up against England at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium today in a match that will test their skills and patience.

"We are aware of the challenges we will have with England. England is on par or second best to Australia in terms of matches won, World Cups won. We are not bothered about that at this stage, but we are aware of that," said Sri Lanka Women Head Coach Rumesh Ratnayake at the prematch media conference.

"Our main concern will be our preparation. Our preparation with our strengths and how we can match it with their weaknesses. We will watch their strengths, we will watch their weaknesses and how we can establish that or do it at the right moment to get it right. Those are our talks, our conversations. But saying that, in our batting, the girls are really up to it and wanting to do well. That's a huge plus because they know it's a big stage."