Captains Comments after the 4th One-day international at Sharjah
Here are the ODI 4, post-match comments by Pakistan captain Waqar Younis and Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya
'It was a good win. I am really happy at the way Saeed Anwar and Inzamam are playing, like true professionals. I hope that would continue batting the same way right through to the final.'
'Well, not really. They had played excellently well in the crucial middle overs, and that was important. We were placed at 208 at the start of the 41st over, and we had six wickets in hand; we ended up scoring another 70 runs in the last 10 overs with everybody chipping in bits and pieces. Younis Khan I feel played a good hand at this stage. All in all we had a good total.'
'Well, yes. If a guy is a good hitter and he can clear the field, why not. He is a very dangerous batsmen in the initial overs, and I back him all the way. Look, at his contribution. He is batting well, bowling better and is tremendous in the field.'
'Well, it is a 15-player squad and what is the fun of bringing people along if you don't have to play them. We felt that it was as good a time as any to give the youngsters a chance.'
'Well, in these conditions bowling the first 15 overs is really a difficult job, and it is always good to have a couple of wickets early on.'
'Well, we would certainly think about it; we would see how to shuffle it best and still make it five wins in a row, because we would surely like to do that as well.'
'Well, the most important thing is sticking together. And I had also told the boys to do well in the field, which they are doing. You can see our fielding has improved tremendously in this tournament.'
'Well, Sharjah crowd has always done wonders for us. And this time round probably they are coming in such strength because they are feeling that something good is happening with our team.'
'It was a close run thing', Sanath Jayasuriya
'Well, I think it is an unlucky run. It was a close run thing, we only lost by 28 runs. You would remember that we were beaten in the first game by 16 runs. So the margin was not all that big.'
'Well, we have to make do with what we have. Still I feel that the 20s and 30s that our batsmen scored should have been built upon into bigger individual innings.'
'I must acknowledge that Pakistan played better, and Anwar and Inzamam played great knocks which basically were the difference between the two teams.'
'Well, we have only one leg-spinner in the country, Upula Chandana, and he has a finger injury. So what could have we done. We played four slow bowlers in any case.'
'Well, you can't expect him to take wickets all the time.'
'Well, we're still there, we would see.'