File image of Sri Lanka coach Chris Silverwood throughout nets session
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Sri Lanka’s inconsistency value them expensive on the World Cup, coach Chris Silverwood stated after his workforce suffered a seventh defeat in 9 matches on the 50-overs event in India.
Sri Lanka, who had already been eradicated, misplaced by 5 wickets to New Zealand at Bengaluru’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday.
“I think inconsistency. I think it would be fair to use that word,” Silverwood instructed reporters. “I think we’ve played some good cricket along the way, and I think we’ll look back on certain games and rue missed opportunities, to be honest.
“There have been sure video games throughout this marketing campaign that if we might have taken the alternatives that had been put our method, this might have seemed loads totally different.
“But the fact is that we have been inconsistent and it’s something that we’ve been working on for a long time and something we need to continue working on.”
The high seven sides on the World Cup qualify for the Champions Trophy in 2025, together with hosts Pakistan. Sri Lanka are ninth with 4 factors — the identical as England, Bangladesh and the Netherlands.
Silverwood stated they’d assessment their performances in India and take a look at how they will enhance heading into the following cycle.
“Have a good debrief, dissect what’s happened and have a look at what we can learn from this and what we can take into the next phase, the next chapter leading into the next World Cup, and how do we put things right that we got wrong this time,” he stated.
“We have everybody on the path, we have everybody available and we can put our best foot forward.”
