Adrian Barath and Ramnaresh Sarwan set solid base for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760
Adrian Barath and Ramnaresh Sarwan put up a 150-run brilliant partnership in order to provide their team with a solid start, in the opening match of the three-match One Day International (ODI) series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 at the Sinhalese Sports
Club Ground in Colombo.
As a result, the visiting team has piled up 192 runs for the loss of two wickets. The pair has set a solid base for the lower-order batsmen to build a massive score. The ongoing partnership is of a crucial importance, as it will decide the target that West
Indies will set for their opponents.
The pair joined each other when their team was wobbling at 42 for 2. At the start, they played vigilantly in order to avoid further hiccups. As soon as their innings progressed, the pair opened up and started playing freely.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Barath-c42094, who is playing his sixth fifty-over game, racked up his maiden ODI century. It was a perfect innings under the circumstances. His timing was pure and placement was precise. He dispatched the ball to all corners of the SSC ground. So far the
right-handed batsman has collected 105 runs and is looking good for a couple more.
Despite the fact that the visitors lost a couple of quick wickets, Sarwan was in a positive frame of mind. He played aggressively, and initially took the attack to the opposition bowlers. He was severe on anything that was pitched short and wide. In his
superb 69-run knock, he hammered seven boundaries and two effortless sixes.
Earlier, West Indies won the toss and elected to bat first on a beautiful batting wicket. The pitch had a bit of juice in it for the new-ball bowlers. The home side took complete advantage of an early morning start, extracting seam movement off the pitch.
In doing so, they reduced the visitors to 42 for 2 in 13 overs.
Chris Gayle got out in the fourth over, adding just four runs off 11 balls. Darren Bravo didn’t trouble the scoreboard too much, scoring just 8 runs. Poor judgement of a run brought about his demise.
Initially, the Sri Lankan bowlers put up a determined bowling effort. They stuck to their task and bowled a consistent line and length in order to trouble the opposition batsmen.
Nuwan Kulasekara, was the pick of the seam bowlers, as he got rid of Chris Gayle very early with a beautiful away-going delivery, which Gayle edged through to the wicket-keeper.
The launching pad has been prepared for the West Indian lower-order to spring their assault. They are looking good for a mammoth score.
On the other hand, the Sri Lankan bowlers have to pull up their socks in order to restrict the opposition’s batsmen to a manageable total.
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