A win that Sri Lanka cannot be proud of

Chinks in batting line-up still exists

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Sri Lanka’s fourwicket win against associate member Hong Kong China in an Asia Cup Group B match on Monday is something that they will not relish.

Although the win has brought Sri Lanka closer to qualifying for a place in the second stage of the tournament — the Super Fours — the middle order batting was a disaster. Against a team like Hong Kong China if that can happen, Sri Lanka need to work a lot harder on their batting before they come up against much stronger opponents.

Losing four wickets for eight runs against a bowling attack of Hong Kong China’s standard is totally unwarranted and calls for serious rethinking. Had Hong Kong China held onto some of those five catches they spilled it would have been a totally different story.

It’s easier to say that “our hearts were in our mouths” after the match and point out areas where they went wrong. But playing in a tournament of this stature there cannot be any room for error and especially against sides like Hong Kong China.