Ranatunga, himself a medium-pace bowler as well as a
powerful middle order batsman, said such a formula for success would not
work beyond the Indian sub-continent where pitches are much less
conducive to spin.
“We need to build our all-rounders and
fast bowlers. Spin alone is not enough to play in conditions like in
England. If we are preparing for the next World Cup in England, spin
alone won't do,” he told Sri Lanka's Foreign Correspondents Association
in Colombo late Thursday.
“I am not putting down their
achievement [in beating Australia], but they need to go out [of the sub
continent] and prove themselves. At the moment we are depending entirely
on spinners.”
Sri Lanka's reputation as one-day
specialists, which was first earned during Ranatunga's era, has grown
over the years after they reached two of the last three World Cup
finals.
But the next tournament in 2019 will be a major
challenge for a team who failed to win any of their nine internationals
in all formats on a recent tour of England.
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