Pakistan had arrived in Sri Lanka with out a Test victory within the closing three hundred and sixty five days. However, their contemporary four-wicket triumph in Galle, albeit a apprehensive final-innings chase, has put them in a good place. The guests now require just a draw within the upcoming Test to clinch the two-match collection.
“The motivation is there — the players know how important it is to be picking up Test points, and how important it is to win at home,” Silverwood informed newshounds on Sunday.
“Listening to the chat in the dressing room… they are going to come out fighting and push much harder.”
In their closing check, rather than Dhananjay de Silva — who made 122 and 82 — their batsmen did not ship in Galle, lots of them entering the 20s and 30s however no longer development on their begins.
But Pakistan trainer Grant Bradburn Said the crew sought after to be “number one” on the planet.
“We want to entertain, we want to be dynamic,” Bradburn stated.
Sri Lanka are taking part in their first Test event on the Singhalese Sports Club (SSC) after 5 years — a event they misplaced to England by way of 42 runs, when Silverwood was once England’s bowling trainer.
“I know what to expect from this venue,” stated Silverwood.
“If you want to be good and competitive all round the world, you have to learn to play under different conditions”, he added.
One of the important thing spaces that Sri Lanka will have to center of attention on is their fielding, which proved pricey within the first Test at Galle.
“If we analyze the last Test match, if we are honest, we fall short,” stated Silverwood.
“The dropped catches proved costly. This is not the first time it’s happened… There were stages when we let them get away, at one point they scored at five runs an over, we needed to drag that back.”
Sri Lanka have performed their closing seven house Tests at Galle, a venue which is favorable to their spinners.
Pakistan would possibly need to come with any other seamer because the SSC is understood to offer leap and motion, however must imagine whether or not to make adjustments to a successful facet.
“This ground is going to be a different examination for us, with different skills required,” Bradburn stated, including all of the squad is “fit and ready” for variety.
“Certainly we need to adapt to the conditions that we find on each of the days, and on each of the phases of the game.”
Silverwood, a quick bowler, gave credit score to Pakistan’s tempo spearheads Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah, announcing they “make life difficult” for any batting line up.
“The two fast bowlers that Pakistan have are very good… they are good at their craft, they have good pace and they don’t give many runs away,” stated Silverwood.
Sri Lanka have gained 20 of the 43 Tests performed at SSC and misplaced handiest 9, together with the latest Test it hosted, in opposition to England 5 years in the past.
Pakistan have performed there on six events and feature a one win, one loss document with the remainder drawn.
(With AFP Inputs)