Dilshan confident of retrieval form

Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan is sure of retrieval form in the upcoming home series against Australia after a below-par presentation in England.

Dilshan manage to score only 23 runs in five one-day internationals against England. However, on Tuesday, the 34-year-old said he is happy with his preparation as he has scored abundance of runs in the domestic Twenty20 matches. He believes he will succeed in making dissimilarity in the upcoming series.

"I was back among the runs throughout the inter-provincial Twenty20 series," he said. "This series starts with two Twenty20 matches, so I have a lot of self-assurance that I can get back to form.

"We can't take it easy; we must play well to hit a team like Australia."

Australian Twenty20 captain, Cameron White, is satisfied with his team's training in spite of the fact that no warmup match is scheduled.

The series starts with the first of two Twenty20 matches on Saturday, followed by five ODIs and three Tests.

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Pears seek out Ajmal substitution

Worcestershire is on the chase for another overseas player to help them in the County Championship demotion "fighting".

The Pears will misplace Pakistani spinner Saeed Ajmal for the final few weeks of the season as he is due to go away from New Road club towards the end of this month.

The county's director of cricket, Steve Rhodes, is looking to reinforce the Royals' attack for the last three games as they battle to stay in the top flight.

They are at present 11 points from protection but do have a game in hand on fall rivals Yorkshire.

Former England wicketkeeper Rhodes said: "We are looking to bring in one more overseas player. We are in a dogfight against demotion and will do our best to add some more firepower.

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