Sangakkara: Not good enough
Sep 28 2009 - 07:07:05
Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara accepted that his side had been well below their best in the 38-run loss to New Zealand at the ICC Champions Trophy.
One of the pre-tournament favourites, Sri Lanka also lost out to England in their opening fixture.
Sangakkara said after the second loss: "I think we have a lot of brushing up to do, especially with the fielding.
"Forget the bowling and the batting, we haven't been doing this (fielding) well for the past six months. We've got to really go back to basics.
"We probably didn't bowl as well as we could have, especially with the early assistance in the track.
"Again, not putting New Zealand under pressure and not bowling enough balls in the right area and then 315 is a tough ask.
"Once you play 100 games, you'll probably win five to eight chasing in excess of 300."