Sri Lanka Cricket Quotes

"Whatever the role you're given, you back yourself to contribute. Opening the batting gives you more time, it suits my game."

"With the rich and very rare form, Jayawardene has hit, Sri Lanka have emerged as one of the front-runners in the T20 World Cup."

"The tournament will be worse off if Sri Lanka aren't in the Super Eights, but first they must earn the right to be there."

"I am not fond of caps (assures that he isn't too disappointed over losing the Purple Cap in the IPL)"

"Though the financial rewards are more [at the IPL] than they would get in playing in the domestic premier tournaments, it is from their performances in the domestic and other international tourneys that their bid prices are made."

"The experience, the effort which I received as an opener with Sanath Jayasuriya too made me what I am today."

"They played purely for the love of the game, in an age where cricket was accepted as a gentleman's game and was not influenced by money."

"Maybe I will play one or two Test matches, that's it, and then retire. The Tests against the West Indies will be the last ones I will play. My future is all about playing one-dayers until the World Cup. If I am fit and good I will play until the World Cup and the World Cup will be the end of the road."

"Lara and Tendulkar seem to have received most of the attention, but I think De Silva deserves better. He is brilliant, but unfortunately, it hasn't been until this year[1996], people have started paying attention to De Silva, because of his country's World Cup triumph."

"If a man bumped a ball and it was in slightest danger of the batsman he would say ‘I am sorry about that’. Today if they can’t bowl you out in an over or two then they go for your body. That’s a new technique, everything’s changed."