Jaysuriya desires Sri Lanka to finish Australia whitewash, leave a mark on the world

Jaysuriya desires Sri Lanka to finish Australia whitewash, leave a mark on the world

COLOMBO: Batting legend Sanath Jayasuriya has encouraged Sri Lanka's cricketers to grab the opportunity to impact the world forever by finishing an arrangement whitewash over world number one Test group Australia. 

With an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-Test arrangement, Sri Lanka may be enticed to ease up in the last experience which starts in Colombo on Saturday. 

In any case, Jayasuriya, one of the stars of Sri Lanka's World Cup triumph in 1996, said that Angelo Mathews' young side could make their own bit of history by incurring an arrangement whitewash on a main Test country surprisingly. 

A 3-0 decisive victory would be Sri Lanka's most noteworthy accomplishment since they were conceded Test status in 1981. 

"Nobody thought we would lead 2-0, everyone thought it would be the other route round however we've turned it around as a group," Jayasuriya, who is presently director of Sri Lanka's selectors, told AFP in a meeting in Colombo. 

"On the off chance that we can do that (win 3-0), then it's history. So I trust the young men will understand that we have a major open door." 

Sri Lanka had just beaten Australia once before in a Test, in 1999 when any semblance of Jayasuriya and record-breaking turn bowler Muttiah Muralitharan were in their prime. 

The triumphs in the initial two Tests were all the more surprising as Sri Lanka have been sliding down the rankings and neglected to win any of nine universal matches against England on their late visit. 

Couple of onlookers had given them a trust of beating the Australians yet Steve Smith's side have confessed to being completely defeated in the initial two Tests in Palekelle and Galle. 

A 3-0 decisive victory would be Sri Lanka's most prominent accomplishment since they were allowed Test status in 1981. 

It would likewise vindicate expectations from any semblance of Jayasuriya that the group has a splendid future in spite of the retirements of world-class batsmen Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene in the last couple of years. 

Sri Lanka's match-champ in Pallekele was 21-year-old Kusal Mendis, who scored a great lady century. 

'Future is brilliant' 

While the veteran off-spinner Rangana Herath got the features in Galle by taking a cap trap, the match-champ was more youthful twist accomplice Dilruwan Perera who recorded match figures of 10 for 99. 

"We are in a move period. We are running with adolescents right now with next to zero experience," said Jayasuriya, who was skipper in Sri Lanka's lone past triumph over Australia 17 years prior. 

"We had a considerable measure of confidence in them and we are extremely upbeat the way they played ... I think with experience they will learn, however they need to begin some place and they began in Sri Lanka." 

Sri Lanka had persevered through a torrid begin to 2016, being thumped out of the World Twenty20 as shielding champions before the voyage through England. 

"In the event that we can do that (win 3-0), then it's history. So I trust the young men will understand that we have a major open door." 

Jayasuriya said the batting in England needed consistency however was currently "simply starting to click". 

"They won (the initial two Australia Tests) and won convincingly and that is imperative. So the future for Sri Lankan cricket is brilliant." 

Sri Lanka had been moping at seventh in the rankings before the present arrangement, with the possibility of playing countries, for example, Ireland and Afghanistan if plans for a two Test divisions are pushed through. 

Jayasuriya said he was solidly against the proposition which could mean missing out on playing any semblance of Australia and India. 

"I don't concur with the two-level framework," Jayasuriya said. 

"What's more, I am not saying a direct result of Sri Lanka's positioning, since we will ascend after this arrangement, however (the present framework) is better." 

the International Cricket Council are expected to talk about the proposition one month from now. India are restricted, which could prompt its death.