Test series to be evenly contested: Jayasuriya

Islamabad, Feb 23: Sri Lanka skipper Jayasuriya said on Wednesday that the three-Test series will be an evenly contested affair. He was talking to reporters after the tourists three-dayer ended at the KRL ground.

He said Pakistan had all the capacity to bounce back despite losing all the three one-day internationals. He said his team was not complacent and was aware of the task that lay ahead.

"We want to continue the good work done in the one-day series by dominating the hosts in the Test matches. But it would be easy and we will really have to play well," he said. The Sri Lankan skipper maintained that the side game provided them a good practice. "I think we were not upto the mark in the first innings. We should have scored more runs," he admitted.

Coach Dave Whatmore observed that it was difficult to switch from one-day competition to the Test cricket. "After the high-profile one-day games which are totally different from tactics and strategies of Test cricket, players tend to take time to make the switch," he said.

The coach and captain said that they have not formed any team composition for the Test, adding that the squad would be named on the eve of the Test. On the recall of the experienced duo of Arjuna Ranatunga and Aravinda de Silva, coach Dave Whatmore maintained that their performance during the three-dayer would not do anything to diminish their chances of returning to the Test side.