Melbourne: Sri Lanka survived a major scare against World Cup debutants Afghanistan in a Group A match at Dunedin on Sunday. It was the assured calm of the experienced veteran Mahela Jayawardene and the late order bluster Thissara Perera that got them over the line and saved the 1996 World Cup champions the blushes. They will look to play a lot better against Bangladesh at the Melbourne Cricket Ground today.


Asanka Gurusinha 

A vital cog in that World Cup-winning side, top order batsman Asanka Gurusinha, who now lives in Melbourne, said he was quite worried that Sri Lanka might lose the game when they were reduced to 51 for four in 12 overs, during the chase of 233 runs. He was not impressed with Sri Lanka and felt that Afghanistan throughly tested them.