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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ex-muslim Ahmed" data-source="post: 12201422" data-attributes="member: 179431">Mahela speaks ... "That [delaying the Powerplay] was a decision because I wanted to bowl  my spinner but they were going at nine an over, and I couldn't just take  the Powerplay then," Jayawardene said. India were 2 for 118 at the end  of the 15th over, the time they would usually take the Powerplay. The  last five overs had brought them just 21 overs. So it wasn't like India  were in top gear then.   "I wanted to take the Powerplay around the 20th or the 22nd over, that  was my idea," Jayawardene said. "Just delay it by five overs. They still  went at eight-nine an over. Then I just had to delay it, thinking I  could get a wicket or maybe they'll still have to take the risk, and  with the field being back I could get more wickets. That was the idea.    "I was going to delay it just for few overs, just to settle things down,  slow it down a bit more, but it didn't work today. They batted really  well throughout. They had momentum. They knew they could take risk, and  they took. And paid off for them." Jayawardene usually wouldn't have  done that. Shows pressure gets to the best of them.                               It didn't help that they lost Farveez Maharoof to an injury. About the  use of Malinga, Jayawardene said he wanted the ball to get older before  bringing his best bowler back. "In 40 overs, I had six of him left,"  Jayawardene said. "Once the ball gets a little older, that's when he  gets more effective. A bit more reverse, and make it harder. I don't  know. That's the thing. Lots of ifs and buts. So easy to say, 'I could  have done this, I could have done that.' That's the way the game goes." <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/commonwealth-bank-series-2012/content/current/story/555587.html" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/commonwealth-bank-series-2012/content/current/story/555587.html" target="_blank">MORE</a></blockquote>

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