Marvan Atapattu Quotes (14 Quotes)

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

We have also suffered similar defeats in our early years.

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

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.

Over the years they have shown potential and what they have got. They have improved and it shows in their recent performances too.

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

Everything is falling in place and everyone wants to keep going the way they are going. It's all about winning habits. There was a time when we couldn't chase 225, but everything falls into place when you're winning.

Bangladesh are a much improved side from the last time we met them, but we are playing well. It is another series win after all. It doesn't mean that we have achieved all our goals. We still have areas where we can improve. We have won more series at home. It is time for us to concentrate on winning more matches overseas and make our mark there.

We produced a good all-round performance and I suppose the only slight concern was that the top order batsmen could have done better,

True, it was a two-and-a-half-day match, but we do not want to insult the opposition and deprive them of competing with the big boys.

We were focused all the time and played as we do against any other side. The pitch was slow to begin with and it suited their kind of bowlers.

We've come here with several things on our mind and goals to achieve,

The last game in Melbourne Sri Lanka lost by 116 runs to Australia was not close to our best. Today was about the best we can play.

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.