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Sri Lanka will be confident of nailing down their second win in three days when they take on Zimbabwe in a Champions Trophy qualifier on Tuesday. | Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene chose to bat in Sri Lanka's Champions Trophy qualifier against Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe provided meek opposition to West Indies on Sunday, but Sri Lanka's bowlers were not at their best when beating Bangladesh on Saturday. | Jayawardene's men, who won their first game against Bangladesh, will be hoping for batting practice in Ahmedabad. |
Zimbabwe captain Prosper Utseya said: "We will try to do the basics right." | Zimbabwe were skittled for just 85 by West Indies in their opener and are once again massive underdogs. |
Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara said: "The guys will accept that we have to work on the extras we conceded." | The Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium traditionally favours batsmen and - despite Zimbabwe's struggles - looked a good batting track on Sunday. |
The wicket-keeper and vice-captain was pleased enough with the 37-run win over Sri Lanka. | |
He said: "It was a solid day's work. I feel my glove work still needs some improving but overall we are very pleased that we won. | |
"Lasith Malinga was very quick as usual. His first over is the quickest he bowls. | |
"He simply got better and will get better as he goes on. It was difficult for the fast bowlers and the spinners to control the ball. | |
"Upul Tharanga played a super knock. It was very satisfying but the guys will look back and accept that we have to work on the extras we conceded." | |
Utseya's team were bowled out for just 85 on Sunday, West Indies requiring barely 14 overs to knock off the runs. | |
The slow bowler, top-scorer for his team with 27 in Ahmedabad, said: "The morale does go down. | |
"We did not apply ourselves. We played too many shots, and the shot selection was poor." | |
He may have mentioned two dropped catches and two run-outs as further proof that Zimbabwe are nowhere near international standard. | |
