Where has all the dew gone?
New Zealand were licking their lips at only having to chase 120 to beat Sri Lanka and qualify for the semi-finals - a cakewalk on the slick wickets that had been found in all the previous evening matches in Chittagong when a thick layer of dew has descended. But the groundstaff had a brainwave and for the final fixture on the ground in the tournament decided to do something about the dew and applied a chemical to the wicket to repel moisture and ensure a more traditional dry subcontinent wicket emerged.
Perhaps it took the previous two weeks of the tournament for trials to be conducted on nearby grounds,
perhaps a Sri Lankan mole got a job with the Chittagong groundstaff and slipped something into the water supply, either way, New Zealand got the fright of their lives when they encountered a slow, dry, turning wicket that Rangana Herath worshipped to send his side through.
