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Sa'adi Thawfeeq
September 19, 2011
Angelo Mathews said he felt "great" after receiving close to scoring his first hundred in the fourth day of the third Test against Australia.
"It was great to access it, after a few missed opportunities," said an elated Mathews, who finished unbeaten on 105th "It was a very patient waiting nearly 270 bullets. Although hard wicket was flat and the Australians did not make it easy. We had to be patient and wait for the loose balls. "
Mathews admitted he was nervous batting in the nineties with his tail and BAT. "You can always tell the staff in the nineties, you get a little nervous because I'm not a hundred more. I was a little nervous on this occasion as well," said Mathews, who had contributed to the brand elusive last Suranga Lakmal man hanging about 37 minutes.
Mathews said that Sri Lanka has certainly had a plan in mind when they started the day in fourth place with a lead of 112, but was stopped by accurate bowling by Australia. "We wanted to get 100 runs today and get the lead up to about 200 races, we could not. We fell short by about 40 runs. Australia was not giving away any easy runs, they disrupted a plan. If we had to push, we had to go for big shots and we could not afford to lose wickets. We had to be patient.
"We must overcome this test the level of the series. We have a very strong position now, because in Australia there are three wickets down and the door began to turn. Tillakaratne Dilshan, and in Rangana Herath, we have two good spinners. If we get a couple discoveries of early tomorrow we're back on track. "
Mathews, who plays as a batsman said that he would be traveling to Australia at the end of the series for a couple of injections to troubled left knee and quadriceps, which has prevented him bowling. "I hope to start bowling soon as the injection and gradually, hopefully, next to the bowl series."
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