England v Sri Lanka – 1st ODI – First Innings Recap
England posted a huge score of 229 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the first innings of the rain affected first match of the One Day International series against Sri Lanka at the Oval on 28th of June, 2011. Star of the show for the home
team was the wicketkeeper/batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/C-Kieswetter-c1206, who gave a blistering start to his team.
The match was reduced down to 32 overs per innings after the rain delayed the start of the match.
Sri Lankan captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alastair-Nathan-Cook-c42852 was sent back to the pavilion in the third over of the innings.
However, Kieswetter and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Jonathan-Leonard-Trott-c63890 consolidated the innings for England and the former made sure that he gives the impetus to his team’s efforts. It was a brilliant knock by the limited overs specialist because he was making a comeback to the English
team and Kieswetter was naturally under pressure.
Left-handed batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Richard-Griffith-c41953 knock but they did make important contributions.
As a result, the home team was able to score at more than seven runs per over in their innings.
Kieswetter remained the top scorer for England as he scored 61 runs off just 56 balls, in which he struck four boundaries and a couple of massive hits out of the park. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morgan-c77707 also shined with 45 runs which came off only 35 deliveries with the help of six
fours.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 as he picked up three crucial wickets after giving away just 40 runs in his seven overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013’s progress.
This was a very big total by the home team which has the ability to test the strong Sri Lankan batting line-up.
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