MELBOURNE: Sri Lanka flew back to New Zealand on Friday grumbling about their World Cup travel following a hectic dash across the Tasman sea for just one game even as some other teams enjoyed a relaxed schedule.

Sri Lanka played their first two matches in New Zealand and then flew across to Australia to complete a 92-run drubbing of Bangla­desh on Thursday.

A few hours later they were back on the plane heading for Wellington where England await them for a pool ‘A’ on Sunday. Sri Lanka will then return to Australia for their last two league matches against Australia on March 8 and against Scotland three days later.

“It would have been nice to have finished New Zealand before coming to Australia,” manager Michael de Zoysa said. “It certainly is tiring for the boys.”

Published in Dawn, February 28th, 2015

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