"We were outplayed in the first innings with the bat and ball," he said. "As a batting unit, we have to get a big total in the first innings. It cost us the game."
Sri Lanka lost nightwatchman Lasith Embuldeniya in the second over of the morning on Sunday. He went without scoring as he chipped a catch to Dominic Sibley at short cover off the bowling of Dom Bess.
"I probably haven't bowled as well as I could have done, and probably got away with one or two, but that's cricket," Bess told reporters after the day's play.
World champions to play two T20Is and three ODIs; T20Is will be played as double-headers alongside the men’s teams on 14 and 15 October in Karachi
Wasim Khan: “It is a chance for the women cricketers to demonstrate their talent and skills, and play their part in attracting, inspiring and motivating the next generation of women cricketers”
Market participants now await the minutes of the US Federal Reserve's last policy meeting due on Wednesday, with expectations policy will remain accommodative as the economy attempts a rebound.
Sri Lanka Cricket said the visitors will now be driven to their hotel, which will be off-limits to outsiders as part of strict local quarantine regulations.
Tuesday's win was Arsenal's first back-to-back league victories since the opening two games of the season and Arteta said it should give the players more belief.
The new variant of the virus, which has quickly become the dominant variant in cases of COVID-19 in parts of southern England, has led to several countries cutting travel ties with Britain.
There is also a Chinese visa centre in the Scottish capital Edinburgh, which has been operating under reduced hours since November.
Oil prices also sank as the new containment measures hammered expectations for travel over the Christmas period, with the discovery of a mutated and more infectious strain of the coronavirus in Britain also leading several governments to ban flights from the country.
Asked if the whole of England was now headed to towards a national lockdown, Gibb told Sky News: "Nothing is ruled out of course as we tackle this pandemic but the test system is a very effective way... to focus the restrictions."
The northern suffered more than 12 COVID-19 related deaths per 100,000 compared to the rest of England, study.
*Spanish flu, which broke out in 1918, killed 50-100 million people globally.