23 Quotes by Marvan Atapattu

The positive side of it is that we have managed to keep our intensive levels high to beat teams like Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. We have done our homework well. We respect teams and we do what we can do best, without thinking too much about the opponents. It is shown by our results.

We honestly did not think the win would come so easily after the way they batted and reached 155 for two after lunch on the first day. Then, one bad shot changed everything and allowed us to come back.

We've shown the critics we're a better team than they say. We can leave the country with our heads high.

We were clearly underdogs coming into the series and now we are 1-0 up in the final. We believe in ourselves.

We were clearly underdogs before the series and people thought it was a two horse race (between Australia and South Africa) but here we are. We believe in ourselves and back ourselves and we played almost as well as we can today.

He's been doing a lot of work on his fielding and tonight it paid off in a final.

It is a big series and to lose our two main players is something that's very hard to bear. But I am sure the guys who take their places will give their 100 per cent.

It is nice to finish the home season with a victory,

It is always good to win the first match of the series,