Intro:

Sri Lanka faces uphill battle to square the series against Pakistan as the teams prepare for the second test at P Sara Oval in Colombo on Wednesday.

Script:

SOUNDBITE - Angelo Mathews - Captain, Sri Lanka (on his team's current batting status)

"We will not be having (Kumar) Sangakkara after a few games and now that we don't have Mahela (Jayawardene) the guys who have got the opportunities have to fill in their shoes and that is not going to be easy. I mean it will take a little bit of time definitely. But we always play to win, we don't expect to lose. But the boys have the talent. It's just that they don't have the experience but they will definitely learn. But it will be ...You know all the boys are working extremely hard getting lots and lots out of Sanga".

SOUNDBITE - Angelo Mathews - Captain, Sri Lanka (on changes to his team)

"Well the batters won't be changed for sure. But we still have some injury concerns. Well, Dilruwan (perera) is not available, Dhammika Prasad got hit while training, so we are waiting for his results, as in his X-Ray...so we still haven't decided on our bowling, compared to our batting composition...the batters are not changing".

SOUNDBITE - Misbah-ul-Haq - Captain, Pakistan (on Hafeez being reported for illegal bowling action)

"Been really disappointing. He just came after clearing that and now he is again under that. I mean ...This will go on like that..if we don't have any technology that can really assess everybody during the game, there would be ifs and buts in the minds of bowlers and the team about what's going on...because then again we are relying on naked eye, so sometimes it could be really frustrating for you as a team, as a player that he has been called again".

SOUNDBITE - Misbah-ul-Haq - Captain, Pakistan (on Younus Khan playing his 100th test)

"He is always special for Pakistan, he is always special for our team. Brings a lot of good things, a lot of positive things and a lot of great performances for Pakistan and it really is a great achievement to play hundred test matches and everybody is really happy and looking forward and really want to see him scoring big runs in this game".