Sri Lanka happiness at their splendid showing in the tournament was also tinged with the regret that rain prevented them from defending a potentially match-winning score. "I think it was a fair result," Jayasuriya observed, before qualifying the statement by stating, "We did well yesterday to get 244 and if there was no rain we would have had a good chance. The wicket was getting lower and slower. We played on the same wicket yesterday. When the wicket is so slow it is not easy to bat. When the ball is new you can play a few shots but even 220 is a manageable score on this wicket. 225 to 240 was the kind of target we had in mind as the wicket was not easy at all."