Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand
24 April 2007, late morning
It’s the semi-finals, and Sri Lanka are squaring off against New Zealand. Sri Lanka are batting first, and off to a so-so start. The run rate is good, but they have lost two important wickets: Jayasuriya was out for 1, and and Sangakara was out for 18. Both wickets were particularly lame; I’m sure they’d both be a bit disappointed in themselves. Nevertheless, Sri Lanka soldiers on. I’m hoping it’ll be a good game — I took the day off to watch it.
Update: 289-5! What a great total. Tharanga got the team going with a really good start, but I think most people will say it was Jayawardene who really got things done. In the early part of the inning Jayawardene’s strike rate was around 30% or so, but he really kicked it up in the last 10 overs, ending the game with a 100+ strike rate — great stuff. Dilshan and Silva were both out for pretty unlikely LBWs, but that happens sometimes. New Zealand will have a tough time batting with Sri Lanka’s entire bowling line-up well rested and ready to get some wickets. Should be a good innings.
Update: Malinga takes a wicket in the second over. Holy shit. Sri Lanka’s bowling attack is killer.
Update: New Zealand are all out in the 41st over. Sri Lanka played a kick ass game. New Zealand were looking good during the 10th to 20th over, and then pretty much collapsed. I was impressed that Franklin and Patel managed to rake up 64 runs between them. Sri Lanka are on to the finals.
update: information about cricket would make just as much sense to me if it was written in sinhala or tamil
by awardtour on April 24 2007, 4:42 pm #
I’ll explain the game to you one day. It’s not so complicated.
by ramanan on April 24 2007, 5:55 pm #