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Message: <blockquote data-quote="janakaaj" data-source="post: 21731972" data-attributes="member: 132969">Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews’ fitness will be assessed today   (Friday) during training ahead of their first Champions Trophy game  against  South Africa at The Oval on Saturday."Scans have shown a little strain on the same calf that he had  an  earlier injury. At this stage he will be around 70 percent of playing on   Saturday. We will assess him on Friday and then decide what to do,"  Sri Lanka’s  Cricket Manager Asanka Gurusinha told ‘The Island’.Sri Lanka has been focusing a lot on fielding after poor  fielding  efforts cost them dearly during the bilateral series against   Bangladesh. Gurusinha was hopeful the hard work put in to raise fielding   standards will pay off. "Fielding has improved a lot. We have done a lot of hard work.  Nic  Pothas, our Fielding Coach has done a lot of work on fielding. The Sri   Lankan public will see a certain improvement in that discipline. We have  to be  consistent though."  The team’s batting looks settled  ahead of the tournament. Dinesh  Chandimal is expected to bat at number  four and Gurusinha said that he had been  given responsibility to bat  longer.  "Chandi is batting well. We have given him a  responsibility and  we don’t want him to get a fifty and then get out.  He is our number four batsmen  and we want him get that big hundred. He  is a fine player. We have been talking  to him about finishing things  off," Gurusinha added. Sri Lanka’s other opponents  in Group ‘B’ are  India and Pakistan. The game against India will be played at  The Oval  on the 8th June and Pakistan on the 12th June.<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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