Mumbai, March 18: New Zealand’s stand-in skipper Ross Taylor blamedn the loss of wickets at regular intervals for his side’s 112-run defeat against Sri Lanka in their concluding Group A World Cup tie, here today.
“It was obviously a disappointing result. Sri Lanka played well. Kumar Sangakkara and (Mahela) Jayawardene led the way with the bat. We lost a bit during the middle stages. 260 wasn’t a bad effort with the ball but we kept losing wickets at regular intervals,” said the 27-year-old batsman.
“Sangakkara played very well. He paced his innings well and also utilized the batting Powerplay. His innings was definitely outstanding and laid a good platform for Sri Lanka,” Taylor praised his counterpart.
He also said though there was not too much turn for the Lankan spinners, there was some variable bounce to take advantage of.
—-PTI