Chris Silverwood believes the Sri Lanka workforce will “come out preventing” to stage the two-match sequence and beat Pakistan within the second Check beginning Monday in Colombo.
Pakistan arrived in Sri Lanka and not using a Check 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 gamers know the way necessary it’s to be choosing up Check factors, and the way necessary it’s to win at house,” Silverwood, the Sri Lanka coach informed reporters on Sunday.
“Listening to the chat within the dressing room, they will come out preventing and push a lot tougher,” he added.
Pakistan targets sequence win towards Sri Lanka after profitable first Check
In its final Check, apart from Dhananjaya de Silva – who made 122 and 82 – the house workforce’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 taking part in its first Check match on the Singhalese Sports activities Membership (SSC) after 5 years – a match it misplaced to England by 42 runs, when Silverwood was England’s bowling coach.
“I do know what to anticipate from this venue. If you wish to be good and aggressive all all over the world, it’s a must to be taught to play below completely different situations,” mentioned Silverwood.
One of many key areas that Sri Lanka should concentrate on is its fielding, which proved expensive within the first Check at Galle.
“If we analyse the final Check match, if we’re sincere, we fell brief. The dropped catches proved expensive. This isn’t the primary time it’s occurred. There have been levels once we allow them to get away, at one level they scored at 5 runs an over, we have to drag that again,” he added.
Pakistan could wish to embody one other seamer because the SSC is understood to offer bounce and motion however should think about whether or not to make modifications to a profitable aspect. And Pakistan coach Grant Bradburn mentioned the workforce needed to be “primary” on this planet.
“This floor goes to be a unique examination for us, with completely different expertise required,” Bradburn mentioned, including the entire squad is “match and prepared” for choice.
“Actually we have to adapt to the situations that we discover on every of the times, and on every of the phases of the sport.”
Silverwood, a quick bowler, gave credit score to Pakistan’s tempo spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah.
“The 2 quick bowlers that Pakistan have are excellent and they’re good at their craft, they’ve good tempo and so they don’t give many runs away,” mentioned Silverwood.
Sri Lanka has received 20 of the 43 Assessments performed at SSC and misplaced solely 9, together with the newest Check it hosted, towards England 5 years in the past.
Pakistan has performed there on six events and has received one and misplaced one with the remaining drawn.