JOHANNESBURG, Feb 1: Sri Lanka will honour their World Cup fixture in Nairobi despite security concerns from rivals New Zealand, said captain Sanath Jayasuriya on Saturday.

“We have no problem, we’re going to play there,” Jayasuriya told reporters shortly after the Sri Lankan squad arrived here.

Kenya host Sri Lanka on Feb 24, while New Zealand were due to play there three days earlier.

Jayasuriya played down his team’s poor form in limited overs series this season.

“I think we have a very good side,” he said. “If we can do well in the first round I think we can go all the way.

“We accept that we didn’t do well in South Africa, but we started playing better in Australia and we want to continue that type of improvement.”—Reuters