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Chandimal insists Sri Lanka still have belief
- Updated: May 22, 2016
Despite a year in which Sri Lanka have lost 10 of 13 completed T20s and have now been defeated inside three days in a Test, “one or two wins” could reverse fortunes, Dinesh Chandimal said. Captain Angelo Mathews has used the words “embarrassing” and “humiliating” numerous times to describe Sri Lanka performances in the past year. Yet, Chandimal insisted, there is belief within the group that the losing streak can be arrested.
“We are of course disappointed, but I think we’re in a good place,” he said. “We train hard and pick each other up. Our fitness is also being looked after. What’s important to us is get a win or two. If we can get those wins soon, I think we will have that confidence that we need to carry on doing that. We are a young team and maybe we especially need that momentum because of that. We’re all working very hard. I’m hopeful the victories will start from the next match.”
Through both home and away series in 2015, Sri Lanka’s batsmen had admitted to have difficulty finding the balance between attack and defence in Tests. Few batsmen …
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