Australia’s Michael Clarke pleased with performance despite draw against Sri Lanka - News Update
Australia’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
The match ended in a draw, but the tourists remained dominant throughout the entire match. They were likely to win the match, but rain helped the Sri Lankan team to save the game in the end.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 lead the three-match series by 1-0 with one more game to go. The Kangaroos will still be eying a dominant performance in order to win the final game and the series in a positive manner.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 stated, “I was really happy with the way we performed. I thought we came out with the second new ball and bowled really good areas and managed to get a few wickets.”
The newly appoinhttp://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472ed skipper of the Aussie side further added, “One thing you can’t control is the weather. As we’ve seen after tea on every day, it was either going to be rain affected or light affected so I guess that probably played a big part in me declaring when I did as well.”
Sri Lanka were in a struggling position in their second innings of the match, as they had lost six wickets with an overall lead of just 80 runs. They did not have a chance of winning the match and even the chances of a draw were slim after the visitors gained a useful first innings lead in the match.
However, the weather played a crucial part in saving the hosts from a defeat. They would have lost the series had rain not come into play. However, the Lankan http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 now have a chance to level the series by winning the final match at Colombo, starting from Friday, September 16, 2011.
On the other hand, Clarke and company will be looking forward to continue their dominance in the longest version of the game in order to win the series.
Australia have struggled to perform in Test matches in the recent past, but this series will bring them a lot of confidence for their future assignments.
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