Australian captain Cameron White gives full credit to Sri Lanka and Dilshan – Cricket News Update
The Australian Twenty20 captain Cameron White praised the performance of Sri Lanka and gave them full credit for winning the first T20 match in the two-match T20 series between the two countries during Australia’s tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
Sri Lanka beat the Aussies by 35 runs after posting a tally of 198 runs on the board for the tourists to chase, however, the Australians showed lack of form as they were restricted to 163 runs by the hosts.
Speaking on the outcome of the game, White said, “Yeah didn't go to plan, that's for sure. Full credit to Sri Lanka and Dilshan. I wish I could have that toss back, but that's the way it goes. We were in the game for 13-14 overs, but Dilshan took the game
away from us."
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 will now meet Sri Lanka in the second T20 of the series scheduled to be played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on 8 August, 2011.
Meanwhile, Tillakaratne Dilshan, who had a terrible tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 last month was pleased by the effort of his side, however, it was the skipper himself who actually steered the Lankans to an impressive total by playing a blazing innings of
104 runs off 57 deliveries as he shredded the formidable Australian bowling arsenal and took the bowlers to task.
Former skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 also chipped in by playing a commendable innings of 30 runs off 22 deliveries as he provided support to his skipper, who was wreaking havoc on the Australian bowlers with zeal and confidence.
From Australia, veteran pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558 grabbed a wicket each; however, the performance by the Aussie bowlers was not good enough to earn them a victory against the Sri Lankans, who exhibited tremendous form and composure
in the match.
Opener David Warner’s 53-run knock was the only highlight of the Australia innings as the middle-order batting line-up gave a distasteful performance when it was annihilated by the Sri Lankan bowler.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Hussey-c1380 (6 runs) and skipper White (7 runs) without letting the batsmen reach double figures showed great skill with the ball in the match.
However, the Australian skipper hopes for better fortunes in the remainder of the tournament.
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