Sri Lanka’s head coach, Sanath Jayasuriya, has expressed his disappointment after the team’s dismal performance in the first Test match against Australia.
The match, which was held at Galle International Stadium, ended in a record defeat for Sri Lanka by an innings and 242 runs.
This loss also marked their biggest innings defeat in Test cricket history. Here’s what the coach had to say.
Jayasuriya also criticized the team’s batting order for their poor shot selection in both innings, resulting in a loss of 15 wickets on Day 4, and stated “so there was a serious problem with shot selection as well as handling situations.”
“We cannot blame the wicket because we saw how the wicket behaved, for a long time, we haven’t seen such a good wicket in Galle,” he told the press after the conclusion of the first Test match.
Australia’s win in Galle is not just their biggest against Sri Lanka but also their biggest Test win in Asia.
Despite the absence of senior Australian pacers Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood, Sri Lanka couldn’t make the most of it.
Jayasuriya lamented over players who got off to a good start but couldn’t convert their starts into big scores stating, “the biggest problem is the batters who are getting a start, are not going on to play a long innings.”