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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Minu_Sangakkara" data-source="post: 8934200" data-attributes="member: 318013"><a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-west-indies-2010/content/story/490552.html" target="_blank">http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-west-indies-2010/content/story/490552.html</a> Kumar Sangakkara, the Sri Lanka captain, has described the rain-hit,  three-Test series against the West Indies as probably the worst Test  series of his life. "I've never seen anything like this before,"  Sangakkara said after persistent rain washed out the fifth and final day  of the third Test at Pallakele. The series was drawn 0-0 with the first  and second Tests also ending in draws due to bad weather.    "It's pretty frustrating and it's tough. I haven't seen rain like this  in a long time. It was pretty frustrating to sit in the dressing room  and watch the rain."   Sangakkara called for cricket officials to analyse weather patterns  properly before hosting Test matches. "It is tough these days because  the weather's all topsy-turvy.  It would have been nice to see if we had  alternative venues as well to see if one failed and the weather was not  great and preparations were not great we could have gone somewhere  else.    "But the reports I hear is that it is raining everywhere. I don't know  how feasible that would have been. But it's always nice to have  something as a back up."   The positives for the home side, despite the disappointing series which  saw them fall from third to fifth in the ICC Test rankings, were the  bowling of spinners Rangana Herath and Ajantha Mendis, and the batting  of opener Tharanga Paranavitana.     "Rangana again proved as the most experienced bowler he can do the job  whenever it was required," Sangakkara said. "He bowled against all  left-handers and that's the major reason why we brought him back. He did  a fantastic job for us.    "It's heartening to see Ajantha Mendis has come back very strongly in  this Test series and Tharanga Paranavitana keeps growing as a solid  opener for us. I hope he continues in that vein and keeps fighting for  those runs. Those three were the biggest positives we had."</blockquote>

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