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Sri Lanka vs Bermuda
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Sri Lanka piled up 321 but did not dominate as their fans would have liked in the Islanders' opening match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 against Bermuda.
Captain and top scorer Mahela Jayawardene was out in the 43rd over for 84, an innings that owed its debt in equal part to skill and luck.
Dropped twice by heavyweight Dwayne Leverock he was caught brilliantly by speedster Hurdle in a diving catch at the mid-wicket boundary just as Lanka were stepping on the gas after drifting in the middle part of their innings.
Drifting, that is, If you can qualify that as scoring about 5 and a half an over against Bermuda for 30 overs.
The Lankans lost their third wicket (Kumara Sangakkara) in the 38th over with the score at 228. The leftie swung a ball from Leverock into the hands of fine leg. Leverock had earlier dropped two catches so in his joy at contributing to his team, he danced, delighting the Port of Spain crowd with a 120-kilo jiggle.
Lanka went into the final 20 overs with 167/2 on the board and perhaps a sense of disappointment that their batters hadn't been able to dominate the bowling as much as they would have hoped to.
Circumspect batting by them and some tight bowling and enthusiastic fielding by the Bermudans had brought the match to this pass, and had the two lives given to Jayawardene, the second one in the 31st over, not been gifted, things would have been even slower. Leverock bungled that catch at point, where, to his credit, he also made two fine stops.
The openers fell early on, but then a fairly long period of consolidation by captain Mahela Jayawardene and Kumara Sangakkara did not result in a flood of runs -- at least from boundaries.
Earlier Sri Lanka limped to 100/2 in the 19th over.
Sanath Jasuriya and Tharanga were both gone by the 12th over with the score showing 78 and Lanka almost lost Jayawardene as well at that stage.
Tharanga was out caught legside by 'keeper Dean Minors off the bowling of Kevin Hurdle who has had a mercurial introduction to the ICC Cricket World Cup.
Bowling partner Saleem Mukuddem, military medium or slower, first had Jayasuriya out caught at cover and off the next ball saw an edge from Jayawardene being floored by policeman Dwayne Leverock. Mukuddem was unlucky not to have Tharanga's scalp as well in over No 11, when his appeal for leg before was turned down.
After the two wickets went down Jayawardene and Kumara Sangakkara played cautiously to bowling that was very slow-paced.
Earlier Lanka started their innings against Bermuda shakily with the opening bowler causing problems with his height and bounce but Bermuda's opening bowler lost his mojo and over number 3 lasting 14 balls. Kevin Hurdle's first two overs cost him 29 runs and he gifted the initiative to Lanka, who were 42/0 after 5.
Bowlers Tucker and Mukuddem were then swatted around by the Lankans with ease till the 9th over when the wicket fell.
Hurdle opened proceedings for Bermuda with a no-ball – and an over in which he had the Lankans hopping. The second ball hit Tharanga on his thigh pad and the third went in edgy fashion for a run.
A tall bowler, 6’ 4”, with a slingy action, he had Jayasuriya in trouble on two consecutive balls with short deliveries.
The fifth ball of the over hit Jayasuriya on the left hand and left a finger bleeding and in need of an ice pack. But Hurdle lost the advantage and bowled 6 no-balls and 2 wides in his second over and gave the nervous looking Jayasuriya a reprieve.
Jayasuriya had his finger looked at again at the end of the fourth over and it appeared to be his spinning finger that was hit.
Earlier Lanka’s captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and chose to bat at Port of Spain, Trinidad in the 4th game of ICC Cricket World Cup 2007.
The Bermudans conceded a ground record 338 runs when they played here against Zimbabwe.
And Jayasuriya, warrior from Lanka’s glorious campaign of ICC CWC 1996 would have been looking to use the opportunity to get into form.
With most teams choosing to field first on winning the toss, the crowd can anticipate an aggressive posture from Sri Lanka which boasts one of the most explosive batting line-ups in the world.
Sri Lanka piled up 321 but did not dominate as their fans would have liked in the Islanders' opening match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 against Bermuda.
Captain and top scorer Mahela Jayawardene was out in the 43rd over for 84, an innings that owed its debt in equal part to skill and luck.
Dropped twice by heavyweight Dwayne Leverock he was caught brilliantly by speedster Hurdle in a diving catch at the mid-wicket boundary just as Lanka were stepping on the gas after drifting in the middle part of their innings.
Drifting, that is, If you can qualify that as scoring about 5 and a half an over against Bermuda for 30 overs.
The Lankans lost their third wicket (Kumara Sangakkara) in the 38th over with the score at 228. The leftie swung a ball from Leverock into the hands of fine leg. Leverock had earlier dropped two catches so in his joy at contributing to his team, he danced, delighting the Port of Spain crowd with a 120-kilo jiggle.
Lanka went into the final 20 overs with 167/2 on the board and perhaps a sense of disappointment that their batters hadn't been able to dominate the bowling as much as they would have hoped to.
Circumspect batting by them and some tight bowling and enthusiastic fielding by the Bermudans had brought the match to this pass, and had the two lives given to Jayawardene, the second one in the 31st over, not been gifted, things would have been even slower. Leverock bungled that catch at point, where, to his credit, he also made two fine stops.
The openers fell early on, but then a fairly long period of consolidation by captain Mahela Jayawardene and Kumara Sangakkara did not result in a flood of runs -- at least from boundaries.
Earlier Sri Lanka limped to 100/2 in the 19th over.
Sanath Jasuriya and Tharanga were both gone by the 12th over with the score showing 78 and Lanka almost lost Jayawardene as well at that stage.
Tharanga was out caught legside by 'keeper Dean Minors off the bowling of Kevin Hurdle who has had a mercurial introduction to the ICC Cricket World Cup.
Bowling partner Saleem Mukuddem, military medium or slower, first had Jayasuriya out caught at cover and off the next ball saw an edge from Jayawardene being floored by policeman Dwayne Leverock. Mukuddem was unlucky not to have Tharanga's scalp as well in over No 11, when his appeal for leg before was turned down.
After the two wickets went down Jayawardene and Kumara Sangakkara played cautiously to bowling that was very slow-paced.
Earlier Lanka started their innings against Bermuda shakily with the opening bowler causing problems with his height and bounce but Bermuda's opening bowler lost his mojo and over number 3 lasting 14 balls. Kevin Hurdle's first two overs cost him 29 runs and he gifted the initiative to Lanka, who were 42/0 after 5.
Bowlers Tucker and Mukuddem were then swatted around by the Lankans with ease till the 9th over when the wicket fell.
Hurdle opened proceedings for Bermuda with a no-ball – and an over in which he had the Lankans hopping. The second ball hit Tharanga on his thigh pad and the third went in edgy fashion for a run.
A tall bowler, 6’ 4”, with a slingy action, he had Jayasuriya in trouble on two consecutive balls with short deliveries.
The fifth ball of the over hit Jayasuriya on the left hand and left a finger bleeding and in need of an ice pack. But Hurdle lost the advantage and bowled 6 no-balls and 2 wides in his second over and gave the nervous looking Jayasuriya a reprieve.
Jayasuriya had his finger looked at again at the end of the fourth over and it appeared to be his spinning finger that was hit.
Earlier Lanka’s captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and chose to bat at Port of Spain, Trinidad in the 4th game of ICC Cricket World Cup 2007.
The Bermudans conceded a ground record 338 runs when they played here against Zimbabwe.
And Jayasuriya, warrior from Lanka’s glorious campaign of ICC CWC 1996 would have been looking to use the opportunity to get into form.
With most teams choosing to field first on winning the toss, the crowd can anticipate an aggressive posture from Sri Lanka which boasts one of the most explosive batting line-ups in the world.
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