da apostaganha： Sri Lankan middle order batsman Mahela Jayawardene rated his hundredagainst India today very highly, “It was one of my best hundreds
Rex Clementine22-Aug-2001Sri Lankan middle order batsman Mahela Jayawardene rated his hundredagainst India today very highly, “It was one of my best hundreds. Ihave got six of them now. And I think that was one of my best knocks.It’s very easy when you middle the ball but today it was completelydifferent and required sheer hard work. So I would call this as one ofthe best hundreds, ” said the soft spoken right-handed batsman on hisknock today.Speaking about the Kandy wicket, which has generally helped fastbowlers the former Sri Lankan vice captain said, “The wicket was doinga bit in the morning. I was not at all confident at the start. I wasedging the ball and fortunately I had some luck and things worked outwell for us,”However after the hundred he just added four more runs and made hisway back to the pavilion, “Very disappointed. Very disappointed aboutthe way I got out. I was really set and seeing the ball well and withVaas set we should have ended up with a big score.”But he also said, “There is always chance of you getting out in thatwicket. There is assistance for fast bowlers. They bend their backsand you have to really work hard.”Despite Sri Lanka losing wickets regularly Jayawardene went for hisshots and looked positive. During his innings he hit 17 boundaries.”My foot work was not the best today, but it improved and I decided togo for shots since I thought we need at least 250 in the middlebatting first in a Test Match. So I went for the shots and the runsflowed”Jayawardene however received a lot of support from the Sri Lankanlower middle order with Chaminda Vaas and Suresh Perera, “Suresh wasconfident and Vaas has improved a lot. It was good hard work and acollective effort. We are happy about the way the things went.”Speaking about the final score, the batsman said, “It’s a good score.But it’s a five-day game. You don’t know what will happen but weshould have put on some more runs, especially with me being well set.”