http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913 satisfied with his team’s comeback in ICC Champions Trophy – Cricket news
Sri Lanka pulled off a stunner against England in the ongoing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Champions Trophy by beating the favourites by seven wickets and keeping themselves alive in the tournament as they successfully chased 294 runs at Kennington Oval, London on Thursday.
In the post-match ceremony the Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews said, “We needed that, to be honest, we started confidently and the bowlers were really good in the middle overs, we just had one go for 20 runs near the end.”
While bowling the Sri Lankans looked a meagre side against England, as the batsmen seemed at ease against the Sri Lankans. However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 gave a majestic performance to leave the English flabbergasted.
Appreciating Sangakkara and the rest of the batsmen, the Sri Lankan captain said, “Sanga batted really well, it's great to have a player like that at number three. We had a chat at the break with the batters, thought it might swing and seam a little but
the pitch played really well. The management decided [to promote Kula], he's been batting really well and it paid off.”
Even after this defeat England are still at second place on the points table with two pints just behind http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 who have three points. Now with Sri Lanka also settled with two points, odds could take them through to the semi-finals with a win against
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in their final group match.
Meanwhile, after winning the toss against England, the Lankans chose to field first. However, this decision backfired as the bowlers faced a stiff challenge from the English batsmen who dominated them on this new pitch. The bowlers almost tried everything
but the class of the English batsmen was just too much for them to handle.
After giving their opponents a massive score to chase, England were hoping to win the match easily, however, Kumar Sangakkara changed the face of the contest as he hammered a spectacular knock of 134 not-out to see his side reach the target in 47.1 overs.
This performance earned him the player of the match award.
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