England v Sri Lanka 2011 – Poms look to save series in 4th ODI at Trent Bridge - Match Preview
The on-tour Sri Lanka side would be eager to win the five-match series, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Try-c94438 to save the series when the two sides meet at, Trent Bridge, in Nottingham on Wednesday, July 6, 2011.
The wily islanders- after losing the three-match Test series 1-0 and losing the rain interrupted opening One Day International (ODI) by 110 runs (D/L method) - made a strong comeback to the series by sealing convincing victories in the next two ODIs.
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Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Dinesh Chandimal, and, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913, have been superb with the bat. Jayawardene’s masterful century helped the tourists set an intimidating 309-run total at Leeds, and, Chandimal’s valiant ton turned out to be handy in chasing a 247-run target at Lord’s.
These two batsmen, along with Sangakkara, will be key players for the visitors in the remaining two One Day Internationals of the five-match series.
Sri Lankan skipper, Tillakaratane Dilshan, who returned to the ODI series after missing a part of Test series and the one-off Twenty20 International with a broken thumb, is struggling with the bat at the top of the order.
The tourists need Dilshan back in form in the Nottingham and Manchester games as he would be an additional bonus for the islanders eying the No. 2 spot on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 by one point on the ODI rankings table and by winning the next two games they will go past the Men in Blue into second spot.
The Poms showed that they have always tailed off in an ODI series preceded by a successful Test series. In 2006, after convincingly winning a four-match Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 managed a 2-2 draw in the one-day series.
In 2008, England won Test legs of the bilateral series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754, home and away and lost the ODI series of the respective tours.
England faced the same situation against Ashes rivals, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 as after winning back-to-back Ashes series in 2009 and 2010-11, they were trounced in the seven-match One Day International series by 6-1.
Now, with the hosts 2-1 down, they are on the verge of losing another ODI series after a successful Test series.
Probable Playing XI:
England: 1 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Clayton-Anderson-c65552, 11 Jade Dernbach.
Sri Lanka: 1 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Separamadu-Lasith-Malinga-c89197.
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