Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne praised the way his team bounced back from recent disappointments after strolling to a historic 2-0 Test series win in South Africa – the first by an Asian team on South African soil.
The visitors cruised to an eight-wicket victory in the second Test in Port Elizabeth after Kusal Mendis (84*) and Oshada Fernando (75*) hit half-centuries and shared an unbeaten 163-run third-wicket stand to make short work of the 197-run target.
“No fingers to be pointed at the wicket, they bowled well. The biggest disappointment lies within the team – 99 percent of our dismissals were soft judgment errors and that’s only fingers pointing back at ourselves.
“Up until this Test series, we were playing well at home, positive and aggressive. Last two Tests, we weren’t on as a team. End of season, perhaps the guys were mentally a little bit off. But again that’s no excuse.”
