Sri Lanka Cricket Quotes

"Sad to hear of the passing of friend and fellow commentator Ranil Abeynayake. The grass is less green"

"I love hard-hitting batting. I have prepared myself well for Bangladesh Premier League and want to play my own game."

"Now, the one-day game has become more difficult. Sometimes pace can help but the game has changed. Now you need variation and other things to unsettle the batsmen"

"There's a lot of opportunities for cricketers to earn significant amounts of money, in fact more than they can playing for their board, in other countries. They've got families, they've got mouths to feed, they've got mortgages to pay etc, then they'll look at their opportunities. That would be a tragic situation for Sri Lanka Cricket. They desperately need to do something. They desperately need to find funding so they can pay outstanding debts, not only to cricketers but also hotel chains, air carriers etc and other creditors, such that they can get their act together and operate properly as a governing body for cricket in that country."

"Sometimes we probably won’t be able to express ourselves the way we want to or on various other occasions. So in that way yes. Then, we can’t choose the way we want to. So those could be reasons that we did"

"It is natural to be sad as a human being. But I am happy that an experienced player like Mahela got the captaincy"

"The current cricket board is in a mess. The Sri Lankan sports minister may say the board is not bankrupt but maybe he does not know the mathematics."

"When I arrived in South Africa, the Sri Lanka dressing room atmosphere was fantastic."

"Very happy with the way we played. A great moment for Sri Lankan cricket. So happy, this is unbelievable to win in South Africa! There was something in it for the spinners, so I knew I would get a lot of overs. The fielding was great, Sanga and Thilan made great centuries, and that's what made this possible."

"Great comeback for us. Really happy to have my first win as captain in South Africa. I think our intensity was high from the moment we won the toss and chose to bat. If we put runs in the board, we knew we could put pressure on them, and that happened. Thilan batted really well with Chandimal, on debut. Sanga too made a fantastic effort, and everyone of us chipped in - Welegedara, Herath... this was a real team effort. Our fans know we can beat any team if we play our Sri Lankan brand of cricket. We just need to take this to Newlands"