34 Quotes by Mahela Jayawardene

He is a player that is maturing fast and the challenge for him now is to work hard on his bowling and batting.

He has taken 580-odd wickets in Test cricket. So every team will want to have him in the side. His presence here for the Test is of course a big encouragement for us.

He moves the ball, is difficult for batsman to read and he is not slow. He is the sort of bowler that Pakistan has not had for some time and we know need to look after him.

There is a good probability him making into the XI. He batted really well, he has done his fitness test and the fielding schedules as well.

I thought our team showed a lot of character in coming back so strongly after the setback in the second match. We had decided to keep up the run-rate and bat them out of the match.

Marvin and I have been a partnership for quite some time now, so our thinking is in the same direction. It is a temporary thing for me to take the team.

We never take Bangladesh lightly, they are more competitive now. We have to win the series.

We played bad cricket yesterday and that one hour was really disappointing.

We have to take one session at a time and try and be ahead after the first six sessions which is the first two days of the test match. Especially against Pakistan, experience shows that if you give them early advantage they are going to run away with that.