Sri Lanka knows how important it is to win at home, says coach Silverwood ahead of Pakistan Test

Chris Silverwood believes the Sri Lanka crew will “come out fighting” to stage the two-match sequence and beat Pakistan within the second Test beginning Monday in Colombo.

Pakistan arrived in Sri Lanka with out a Test win to its identify in 12 months however, regardless of a wobbly final-innings chase, a four-wicket victory in Galle means the customer wants solely a draw to win the two-match sequence.

“The motivation is there. The players know how important it is to be picking up Test points, and how important it is to win at home,” Silverwood, the Sri Lanka coach advised reporters on Sunday.

“Listening to the chat in the dressing room, they are going to come out fighting and push much harder,” he added.

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In its final Test, aside from Dhananjaya de Silva – who made 122 and 82 – the house crew’s batsmen didn’t ship in Galle, a lot of them stepping into the 20s and 30s however not constructing on their begins.

Sri Lanka is enjoying its first Test match on the Singhalese Sports Club (SSC) after 5 years – a match it misplaced to England by 42 runs, when Silverwood was England’s bowling coach.

“I know what to expect from this venue. If you want to be good and competitive all around the world, you have to learn to play under different conditions,” stated Silverwood.

One of the important thing areas that Sri Lanka should concentrate on is its fielding, which proved expensive within the first Test at Galle.

“If we analyse the last Test match, if we are honest, we fell short. The dropped catches proved costly. This is not the first time it’s happened. There were stages when we let them get away, at one point they scored at five runs an over, we need to drag that back,” he added.

Pakistan could need to embody one other seamer because the SSC is understood to supply bounce and motion however should take into account whether or not to make modifications to a profitable aspect. And Pakistan coach Grant Bradburn stated the crew needed to be “number one” on the planet.

“This ground is going to be a different examination for us, with different skills required,” Bradburn stated, including the entire squad is “fit and ready” for choice.

“Certainly we need to adapt to the conditions that we find on each of the days, and on each of the phases of the game.”

Silverwood, a quick bowler, gave credit score to Pakistan’s tempo spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah.

“The two fast bowlers that Pakistan have are very good and they are good at their craft, they have good pace and they don’t give many runs away,” stated Silverwood.

Sri Lanka has received 20 of the 43 Tests performed at SSC and misplaced solely 9, together with the newest Test it hosted, in opposition to England 5 years in the past.

Pakistan has performed there on six events and has received one and misplaced one with the remainder drawn.