Following are excerpts from the media conference Flower had yesterday (27) virtually from Bangladesh:Sri Lanka Batting Coach Grant Flower is still hopeful Sri Lanka will come up with a better performanceLosing the series already after the first two games:I am obviously disappointed. When I see the guys playing in the nets, they look really good and are playing with freedom. Dropping a couple of seniors from the Sri Lanka ODI team:There is a very big impact of it at this stage. From people whom I have spoken to, Sri Lanka seem to have had a problem with playing spin before my time, like five years back. And straight back after that, India are coming out to Sri Lanka.

Source: The Nation May 27, 2021 21:45 UTC