Jayawardene: It was one of my best knocks

Sri Lankan middle order batsman Mahela Jayawardene rated his hundred against India today very highly, "It was one of my best hundreds. I have got six of them now. And I think that was one of my best knocks. It's very easy when you middle the ball but today it was completely different and required sheer hard work. So I would call this as one of the best hundreds, " said the soft spoken right-handed batsman on his knock today.

Speaking about the Kandy wicket, which has generally helped fast bowlers the former Sri Lankan vice captain said, "The wicket was doing a bit in the morning. I was not at all confident at the start. I was edging the ball and fortunately I had some luck and things worked out well for us,"

However after the hundred he just added four more runs and made his way back to the pavilion, "Very disappointed. Very disappointed about the way I got out. I was really set and seeing the ball well and with Vaas set we should have ended up with a big score."

But he also said, "There is always chance of you getting out in that wicket. There is assistance for fast bowlers. They bend their backs and you have to really work hard."

Despite Sri Lanka losing wickets regularly Jayawardene went for his shots and looked positive. During his innings he hit 17 boundaries. "My foot work was not the best today, but it improved and I decided to go for shots since I thought we need at least 250 in the middle batting first in a Test Match. So I went for the shots and the runs flowed"

Jayawardene however received a lot of support from the Sri Lankan lower middle order with Chaminda Vaas and Suresh Perera, "Suresh was confident and Vaas has improved a lot. It was good hard work and a collective effort. We are happy about the way the things went."

Speaking about the final score, the batsman said, "It's a good score. But it's a five-day game. You don't know what will happen but we should have put on some more runs, especially with me being well set."