AFP, Canberra :
Sri Lankan skipper Dinesh Chandimal insisted Monday his battered team can lift their game and be competitive on the upcoming tour to South Africa despite being outplayed over two Tests by Australia.
The visitors lost the opening day-night Test in Brisbane by an innings and 40 runs inside three days and followed it up by a 366-run thrashing on day four in Canberra.
It extended a dire run of results for troubled Sri Lanka, who have been hit by injuries and off-field dramas.
They have now lost a home series to England 3-0, then away to New Zealand 1-0 to go with their two defeats in Australia.
