Didn't see this match - only looked at the scorecard.
Can anyone tell me: a) why the heck Ajantha Mendis wasn't playing??, and b) why on earth is Angelo Mathews batting at #8?? I guess by the time Sangakkara was out the chase was lost, so it didn't matter where Mathews batted. I'm just worried because he didn't get a bat in the first game either, so he was at least #7 there as well.
As for Mendis, I was going to suggest maybe the prospect of a wet ball might have seen him dropped, but he was dropped for Herath - a fellow tweaker...I remember mentioning before this tournament how it wasn't good that in the past has been Mendis was mucked around by selectors ie. trusted against one team, but not against another eg. took 3/35 in 2011 World Cup semi vs NZ, but wasn't trusted to bowl vs India in the final.
It's a great way to crush the confidence of talented young players by dropping or hiding them - give Mendis and Mathews a chance please Sri Lanka selectors!!