Pakistan had arrived in Sri Lanka with out a Check victory up to now 12 months. Nevertheless, their latest four-wicket triumph in Galle, albeit a nervy final-innings chase, has put them in a good place. The guests now require solely a draw within the upcoming Check to clinch the two-match sequence.
“The motivation is there — the gamers know the way essential it’s to be selecting up Check factors, and the way essential it’s to win at residence,” Silverwood advised reporters on Sunday.
“Listening to the chat within the dressing room… they’re going to come out preventing and push a lot more durable.”
Of their final Check, apart from Dhananjaya de Silva — who made 122 and 82 — their batsmen didn’t ship in Galle, lots of them entering into the 20s and 30s however not constructing on their begins.
However Pakistan coach Grant Bradburn stated the staff needed to be “primary” on the planet.
“We wish to entertain, we wish to be dynamic,” Bradburn stated.
Sri Lanka are taking part in their first Check match on the Singhalese Sports activities Membership (SSC) after 5 years — a match they misplaced to England by 42 runs, when Silverwood was England’s bowling coach.
“I do know what to anticipate from this venue,” stated Silverwood.
“If you wish to be good and aggressive all around the world, it’s a must to study to play beneath completely different situations”, he added.
One of many key areas that Sri Lanka should concentrate on is their fielding, which proved pricey within the first Check at Galle.
“If we analyse the final Check match, if we’re trustworthy, we fell brief,” stated Silverwood.
“The dropped catches proved pricey. This isn’t the primary time it is occurred… There have been phases once we allow them to get away, at one level they scored at 5 runs an over, we have to drag that again.”
Sri Lanka has performed their final seven residence Checks at Galle, a venue which is beneficial to their spinners.
Pakistan might wish to embrace one other seamer because the SSC is understood to supply bounce and motion, however must contemplate whether or not to make adjustments to a profitable facet.
“This floor goes to be a unique examination for us, with completely different abilities required,” Bradburn stated, including the entire squad is “match and prepared” for choice.
“Definitely 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, saying they “make life tough” for any batting line up.
“The 2 quick bowlers that Pakistan have are excellent… they’re good at their craft, they’ve good tempo they usually do not give many runs away,” stated Silverwood.
Sri Lanka have gained 20 of the 43 Checks performed at SSC and misplaced solely 9, together with the latest Check it hosted, in opposition to England 5 years in the past.
Pakistan have performed there on six events and have a one win, one loss report with the remainder drawn.
(With AFP Inputs)
