Sri Lanka v UAE

Sri Lanka v UAE (Sri Lanka won by 175 runs)

Wanindu Hasaranga, Sri Lanka spinner and Player of the Match (6/24, 23 not out):"I'm really happy. This is my 50th [ODI] wicket today and this five-for makes me really happy. When we were batting, the wicket was really good. When we were bowling, the ball gripped a little bit so that was the benefit we have. On this kind of wicket, I always try to bowl wicket to wicket - especially on this wicket, if you bowl at the stumps, you always have a chance to get wickets. Our batters played really well, 350 on this kind of wicket was a brilliant score. Kusal [Mendis] and Sadeera [Samarawickrama] played really well. Dimuth [Karunaratne] and Pathum [Nissanka] started really well. At the end of the innings with myself and Charith [Asalanka], we ended up with a really good score."

UAE captain Muhammad Waseem:"We started well. We were looking for some early wickets but we did not get early wickets and did not bowl well in the middle as well. Moisture was there on the pitch (in the first hour) but they played very well. I thought we can restrict them to 260 to 270 but we did not bowl well in the last half of the innings. We started well (in the chase) when myself in Vriitya was batting. We thought ‘we can do this’, but when I lost my wicket and suddenly we collapsed again. [On Ali Naseer] He is a great talent and the future of the UAE, but if he played all 50 overs he can score much more."

Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka:"We've been playing well in the recent past and we didn’t feel pressure coming in. I would still have bowled first. We have two good fast bowlers, Kasun Rajitha and Lahiru Kumara, so our plan is to get early wickets with them and then our spinners come into the game, that's how I would like to operate. Our top order have been outstanding in the recent past. And Hasaranga, we know he is going to do the job always.”