Australia v Sri Lanka at St George's

[nukisl]

The toss:
Ricky Ponting flipped, Mahela Jayawardene called heads, won, and decided to have a bat. He wants to make first use of the pitch. Surprise, surprise, Sri Lanka have rested Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan. Maybe expected, as both teams have already qualified for the semis? Im pretty surprised. Australia have recalled Nathan Bracken in place of Stuart Clark.
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Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first​

Australia team
wicket-keeperAC Gilchrist, ML Hayden, captainRT Ponting, MJ Clarke, A Symonds, MEK Hussey, BJ Hodge, GB Hogg, NW Bracken, SW Tait, GD McGrath



Sri Lanka team
WU Tharanga, ST Jayasuriya, wicket-keeperKC Sangakkara, captainDPMD Jayawardene, LPC Silva, TM Dilshan, RP Arnold, MF Maharoof, KMDN Kulasekara, CM Bandara, CRD Fernando

 

[nukisl]

NO VASS NO MURALI​

 

[Michael]

No Vass No Murali!!!! WTF

 

[nukisl]

No Vass No Murali!!!! WTF

chater cn 1ka

 

[nukisl]

300 wath gahanna one

 

[Michael]

chater cn 1ka

Vass Murali Dennama Nethuwa Hena Paaduine. Ahh ANd Malinga Also

 

[ahamednishadh]

why no vass and murali??

 

[ahamednishadh]

shit!!!

this is wats in da WC site!!

Sri Lanka win toss and decide to bat

Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and decided to bat first in their Super Eight match against Australia at the National Cricket Stadium, St. George’s, Grenada.

The Sri Lankan skipper felt that the wicket is very dry compared to a few earlier surfaces and hence the decision was taken.

Ricky Ponting admitted that he too would have batted first but also added that there would be a bit in the pitch early on for the bowlers.

Team changes

In a surprise move, Sri Lanka rested their bowling stalwarts Muttaih Muralidaran and Chaminda Vaas and brought in Malinga Bandara and Nuwan Kulasekara.

Australia, on the other hand, brought back Nathan Bracken in place of Stuart Clark.

 

[fazaal24]

Pitch report:
Last time we had a game on this surface, there were overcast conditions. Today its even, with just a couple rough areas, no cracks or flakes. Basically, no worries for the batsmen. Should assist the spinners as the day progresses.

 

[fazaal24]

The toss:
Ricky Ponting flipped, Mahela Jayawardene called heads, won, and decided to have a bat. He wants to make first use of the pitch. Surprise, surprise, Sri Lanka have rested Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan. Maybe expected, as both teams have already qualified for the semis? Im pretty surprised. Australia have recalled Nathan Bracken in place of Stuart Clark.

 

[fazaal24]

Vital stat:
Australia have won 41 of the 62 one-day clashes between the sides and four out of five at previous World Cups. They lost, you'll all remember, in the finals of the 1996 edition at Lahore, a win that really put Sri Lanka on the map.

 

[fazaal24]

Captain speak
Mahela Jayawardene: "It's an ideal time to play them because we are very relaxed. It is an important game for us, but I don't think it's that important for us to risk Lasith [Malinga] if he is not 100%. We've got guys who can step up to the plate and deliver for us, so I'm not very concerned about his fitness right now."

Ricky Ponting: "Our plan will be to get through the new ball as well as we can and keep wickets in hand for the middle part of the game when they slow things down with their spinners, Murali, Sanath Jayasuriya and Tillakaratne Dilshan."

 

[nukisl]

Pitch report:
Last time we had a game on this surface, there were overcast conditions. Today its even, with just a couple rough areas, no cracks or flakes. Basically, no worries for the batsmen. Should assist the spinners as the day progresses

 

[nukisl]

0
Sri Lanka 5/0 (1 ov)

 

[sri_lion]

We'll wait and see, I think its good.... No VAAS & MURALI... let them rest, we already qualified for semis even we loose this one!!!

 

[nukisl]

sl 13/0 after 2 overs

 

[fazaal24]

Sri Lanka 14/0

 

[fazaal24]

Last Over

. 1nb 5wd 1 1 . 1 .

 

[DJ.Parker]

sangath out

 

[Lich]

Tharangath out