http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913 feels that toss played an important role in his team’s demise – Cricket news
Disappointed to have lost the second semi-final of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Champions Trophy 2013 against India at Cardiff, Angelo Mathews, the Sri Lankan skipper, has claimed that toss played a massive role in the outcome of the match.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 won the toss and opted to bowl first in conditions which were expected to assist the bowlers due to rain prior to the start of the match. The decision turned out to be the right one as the Indian bowlers exploited the conditions well.
At one stage of the game, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 and Mathews consolidated the innings, scoring 78 runs for the fourth-wicket partnership. The rest of the batsmen however, failed to deliver
the goods under pressure and as a result, the Lankans managed just 181 runs for the loss of eight wickets in their allotted 50 overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Sunday at Birmingham.
While expressing his views in the post-match presentation ceremony, the Sri Lankan captain gave credit to the Men in Blue, although he feels that they got a lot of help from the pitch.
He mentioned, “The toss was crucial, we would have also bowled if we won the toss. The ball was seaming around, swinging around, the pitch was two-paced, our batsmen found it difficult. But credit should go the Indians.”
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/I-Sharma-c1566, the Indian pacer, who picked up three wickets to be named as the Player of the Match, praised the rest of the bowling line-up and admitted that conditions helped the India bowlers.
“My strength is the bounce, I http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 to my strength. I think up front Umesh and Bhuvi bowled really well. I think the conditions were really favourable here, in the previous games the wickets were quite flat,” the lanky pacer added.
Apart from Sharma, other bowlers also lived up to the expectations, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RA-Jadeja-c2238 also picking up crucial wickets.
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