SL vs AUS, ICC Cricket World Cup, 20th Match, Group A: Sri Lanka vs Australia at Colombo (RPS), Mar 05, 2011
Australia's reliance on pace is commendable, in a bulldozing kind of way because it goes against the supposed grain of subcontinent thinking. You wouldn't expect a former fast man of the pedigree of Waqar Younis to say otherwise, but there is merit even in his simple logic: most sides will have fast bowlers bowl 30 overs out of 50. Automatically their role is correspondingly important.
But in Brett Lee, Shaun Tait and Mitchell Johnson, Australia have as fiercely quick and penetrative a trio as any in this tournament. It isn't subtle and on off days each can become one-dimensional but it is relentless. With pace, that is often enough. Sri Lanka's batsmen, however, will provide their first real test.
The hosts are openly talking about playing three spinners and given how Australia have gone against spin in the warm-up games, the strategy has considerable merit. All angles are covered if Rangana Herath joins Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis. However, none of them are bursting with recent wickets and Mendis seems not to have moved on from 2008.
Srilanka vs Australia, SL VS AUS Live Cricket Score card
Teams: Srilanka vs Australia
Venue: Colombo
Date: MAR 05-2011
Timing: 14:30 local | 09:00 GMT | 14:30 IST
Live Match Link:
Sri Lanka squad | |
KC Sangakkara(Captain - WKT Keeper), DPMD Jayawardene, TM Dilshan, CRD Fernando, HMRKB Herath, CK Kapugedera, KMDN Kulasekara, SL Malinga, AD Mathews, BAW Mendis, M Muralitharan, NLTC Perera, TT Samaraweera, LPC Silva, WU Tharanga. | |
Australia squad | |
RT Ponting(Captain), MJ Clarke, CJ Ferguson, BJ Haddin(WKT Keeper), JW Hastings, DJ Hussey, MG Johnson, JJ Krejza, B Lee, TD Paine†, SPD Smith, SW Tait, SR Watson, CL White. | |
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