Australia v Sri Lanka – CB Series (12th ODI) – Toss report and match update
Sri Lanka loss their openers early after they chose to bat in 12th ODI of the Commonwealth Bank series, being played against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, today on March 2.
In a must win game, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LD-Chandimal-c1831 then took the task of rebuilding the innings, taking their team’s score to 72.
Aussie skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brett-Lee-c48419 was also absent from the playing XI owing to his toe injury, and pacer
James Pattinson has stepped in to boost the Aussie bowling attack after being included for the first time since the Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
The visitors’ team composition remained unchanged, with the exception of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808, despite being at the second spot on the series
points table, have the same number of points as their Asian counterparts. The equation is simple - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 needs a draw or a win in order to book their place in the finals of the series.
With sun being out, weather conditions at the ground remain perfect for batting, and former Pakistani skipper and commentator http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wasim-Akram-c96292 predicted that the pitch will be full of runs.
However, the Sri Lankan innings got off to a shaky start, with the two crucial wickets of openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Hussey-c1380
in the 2nd over, and Dilshan was caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Wade-c1933 off James Pattinson in the 5th over, after scoring 9 runs off 16 balls.
The Lankan innings have been steadied somewhat by Kumar Sangakkara (33) and Dinesh Chandimal (24), who have brought the total score up to 72 for 2, in the 18th over of the match. Whether the visitors can manage to recover from the early set-backs,
and rack up a fighting score, remains to be seen.
Sri Lanka playing XI:
Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (wicketkeeper), Dinesh Chandimal, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HMRKB-Herath-c1559
Australia playing XI:
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BW-Hilfenhaus-c1204
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