Sanath Jayasuriya blames poor batting for loss against Pakistan – Cricket News UpdateFormer Sri Lankan skipper Sanath Jayasuriya blamed poor batting display for his side’s Test and One Day International (ODI) series loss against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Sri Lanka toured UAE with high hopes to deliver against the Men in Green, who are known to be inconsistent in international cricket.However, the visitors failed to make an impression and have won just one game out of the total eight played until now, three being Tests and five ODIs.Jayasuriya was extremely disappointed with the outcome of the series and said, “It's a bit disappointing to lose both the series. It would have been ideal had we won at least one. I think sometimes in Tests we batted well and sometimes we just got stuck and did not look for runs and bogged down. Batting was poor and the only batsman in form was Kumar Sangakkara.”The legendary all-rounder said that the team needs to work out some plan in order to get out of the current crisis.The 42-year-old added, “You need three or four batsmen to be among the runs. I didn't see others chipping in with runs and that's what Sri Lanka is lacking in and they should have a chat and discuss what went wrong because this is the third series ending in this manner.Jayasuriya further went onto say that the team should not still panic and give time to the youngsters to settle down. He added that this phase can come at any team where senior players are leaving and the youngsters are struggling to cope up with the pressure of international cricket.Earlier, the Sri Lankan skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan echoed the words of Jayasuriya, saying that his batting was not up to mark in the UAE series.The 35-year-old said that he was proud of the bowlers, who were considered as a weakness before the start of the series against Pakistan.However, things turned out to be entirely different once the series kicked off and the Sri Lankan batting started failing regularly.Dilshan will now be hoping to win the only Twenty20 of the tour, which is scheduled to be played in Abu Dhabi on Friday, November 25, 2011Tagged in: Twenty20, Dubai, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, ODI, Test, Sanath Jayasuriya, Abu Dhabi, UAE Test your Cricket knowledge by placing free betting on cricket matches. Get most accurate Cricket betting odds and picks for successful betting.
