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Can Sri Lanka recover?

Looking back at the Sri Lanka's shock defeat in Cardiff, Andy Bull in the Guardian writes that while no one is quite sure how the visitors threw away the first Test, a recovery in time for the second Test is not inconceivable

Akhila Ranganna
Akhila Ranganna
25-Feb-2013
Looking back at the Sri Lanka's shock defeat in Cardiff, Andy Bull in the Guardian writes that while no one is quite sure how the visitors threw away the first Test, a recovery in time for the second Test is not inconceivable.
It was a curious concatenation of circumstances that Sri Lanka faced on Monday, and they can take some succour from the fact that they are unlikely to find themselves in a similar situation any time soon. They played like a side who thought the match was over, which was understandable given that everyone else had come to the same conclusion.
Stuart Broad relives England's memorable win in Cardiff. More from the Daily Mail.
When we won it was a bit surreal. It was like: ‘Has that just happened?’ We had been sat in the dressing room for much of the five days but now we were back in those same seats after bowling them out in 24 overs!
One bloke was going absolutely mad as we ran up the pavilion steps. He told us he had had a tenner on us at 999 to one and had won £10,000!
We believed we could win and it happened for us. It’s amazing what this team can achieve.

Akhila Ranganna is assistant editor (Audio) at ESPNcricinfo