SL ready for short-pitched attack: Jayasuriya

8220;If the short ball is there to hit, we play positive cricket.8221;

The 38-year-old Jayasuriya added that the Sri Lankan camp were confident the batsmen would adapt to the lively test pitches expected in Brisbane and Hobart.

8220;It is quite different to what we play on in Sri Lanka, so we need to get used to the conditions with practice and match practice too,8221; he said, adding that the tour matches in Adelaide and Brisbane would help the side8217;s preparations.

8220;Sometimes it is difficult but most of the team have played here, so we know what the conditions are like. We will adapt very soon.8221;

This tour will be Jayasuriya8217;s last to Australia and comes 12 years after his first visit in 1995/96.