Jubilant in winning ODI series in Sri Lanka - Clarke

Ravi LADDUWAHETTY

Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke said late Monday night that his team was happy to win the International Day International series against Sri Lanka, after beating Bangladesh, which was the major goal of the tour. “It was an excellent start of the tour. We won the series in Bangladesh and it was nice to come to Sri Lanka and win the One Day series as well but we were disappointed to lose the final game, the way we did, Clarke told the post match news conference at the R. Premadasa Stadium.

“We took it has a full match ODI series while we gave opportunities to John Hastings and James Patterson as well”, he said.

“It was going to be tougher than the ODI series and said that he expected the wickets to be spin better. Spin bowling is going to be the part of the success of any team here and it will be tough to beat Sri Lanka under these conditions,” he said.