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Beating world’s no. 1 is a happy moment – Chandimal

24 Oct 2018

(Photo by Pradeep Dambarage) Dinesh Chandimal Quotes: Credit goes to all the players, the coach and the supporting staff. They’ve done a wonderful job on and off the field. The change in this game was that we believed in ourselves. We’re mainly concerned about our fielding. You can’t control your bowling or bating, as I always say. But we can control our fielding. If we can control our fielding, then batting and bowling will fall into place. So, that’s what we did as a team. Dikka (Dickwella) and Sadeera got a good start. They were the ones who set the tone. After that, Mendis batted really well. When it came to bowling, Kasun and Dushmantha were brilliant. This is a really god overall performance and I’m sure the boys will continue (the same way) in going forward.   Our attitude was very poor – Eoin Morgan Eoin Morgan Quotes: For 50 overs today (Tuesday) we were under serious pressure and we didn't have a lot of answers. That gives us a good opportunity to go back and look at everything from preparation right down to the end result. That's always better when you've been put under a lot of pressure. We didn't take our game forward. There were areas it went backwards. Our fielding was extremely poor, our attitude was very poor and that has to be addressed. We'll have to break down everything from yesterday's (Monday’s) practice. Did we do too much the day before the game? Did we overcook ourselves? We might have been a little bit fatigued. I don't know. We will break it down and find an answer because otherwise we're just papering over the cracks which is not what we want to do. Sam (Curran) has only played his second ODI today. If we're going to be serious about considering him as a potential replacement if David Willey is injured for the World Cup squad, we need to know more about him. Today we learned more about him. If Sam Curran's name goes down on that paper we know what his strengths and weaknesses are now, and we try to improve them as we go along. He needs games under his belt. When you leave yourself out, the one thing you don't want to compromise is winning the game. That's the best environment to learn from. But on the other hand you want to see the players who come in be challenged and put under pressure. That's one thing we definitely saw today. People will say you don't want to see your bowlers hit all over the place, hit back over their head, but I think it's necessary to learn. When we go into the World Cup and play against the better teams they perform like that on a regular basis. It's not that you want to get used to it but you want them to get used to the situation, and experience refocusing for the next delivery. Today we played five out-and-out batters. We normally play six, but the balance of the team changed. I'd like to think we'll go back to our strongest suit and strongest balance consistently going to the West Indies and then against Pakistan and Ireland in World Cup year.  


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