Mahela Jayawardene Quotations

We should not play like Australia or India or England - we should play like Sri Lanka.

The game has evolved over the years, and I don't think we have as a country. In other countries they have, and they adjust much quicker than our boys.

It is nice that we finished the game today. At the end we finished the series with a convincing victory against Bangladesh. We came here without some key players but I must say our young players showed a lot of characters in the series which will help Sri Lanka cricket in the future.

I was feeling pretty good out there in the middle when I went in, but it was one of those things - sometimes you get a really good ball. If it gets you out you just have to forget about it and make sure you do the hard work out there next time you get in.

People are already worrying about the ball moving around and all that jazz.

There is so much uncertainty in cricket. One day you can get a hundred, the next day you can be dismissed for a zero. It makes you become practical about things. Teaches you to accept both success and failure. I think I have learnt a lot about life from cricket.

There are no fears out there. There is nothing we cannot handle. It is just how we prepare ourselves mentaly and physically..

We came here without some main players, but at the end, we finished the series easily. The young players showed a lot of character.

I am not happy at all. Our star batsmen failed to play big innings.

We lost wickets in the middle of our innings and lost the momentum from then on. After starting well, we needed to score at least 250 on this pitch.