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Jayawardene confident

Bridgetown: Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene on Sunday said his side had the wherewithal to replicate its 1996 World Cup success by winning the ninth edition of the quadrennial event.

"We have a great team and I am dreaming of winning the trophy again. We won back in 1996 and the people are expecting great things from us again," Jayawardene said.

"Things are going well and we are very excited to be here. We are looking forward to this week here in the West Indies and we are here to play some really good cricket and look for the big prize."

Sri Lanka is in Group B and plays its opening match against Bermuda at Port of Spain on March 15. India and Bangladesh are the other two teams in the group. "The strength is that we have a very experienced side," Jayawardene said on the eve of his team's first practice match against Scotland. — PTI

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