England v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 – 4th ODI – First Innings Recap
In the fourth fixture of the ongoing NatWest One Day International (ODI) Series, the touring Sri Lankan team posted a meagre total of 174 runs on the board by the end of the first innings at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
Having won the toss, the hosts (England) opted to field first to avoid batting later in the day when rain was expected according to the weather report.
Coming into the game with a big victory behind them from the last game, Sri Lanka had all the confidence they needed to wrap up the series by defeating the home side in this clash, however, things took an ugly turn for the Men in Blue, when they lost four
early wickets before actually posting a total that could give the hosts a run for their money.
The major destruction was carried out by England’s striker http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 and pacer Jade Dernbach, as both bowlers snatched three-wickets each.
The demolition brought upon Sri Lanka by the two pacers was sever enough to demoralize the Lankans who completely failed to counter the English pace attack.
Earlier, it was the out of form hard-hitting batsman/skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691 who lost his wicket on nil on the penultimate delivery of the first over, when Anderson pitched the ball short enough for Dilshan to edge it straight in the hands of wicketkeeper
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/C-Kieswetter-c1206.
In the fourth over, the inform http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Bresnan-c2711. At the time of his departure the
Lankans had posted only 10 runs on the board.
The hero of the third match at Lords, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LD-Chandimal-c1831 who clobbered a match winning innings of 105 runs failed to repeat a similar performance in this game as he lost his wicket without scoring a run when he was adjudged leg-before wicket on a delivery
bowled by Anderson.
It was then http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 who played another magnificent innings of 75 runs off 107 deliveries as he once again helped his side to come out of an embarrassing situation.
Suraj Randiv and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913 also chipped in face saving knocks of 18 and 39 runs as they helped their side reach a total worth fighting for.
Sangakkara was the last man to lose his wicket as he tried to pace things up for the sake of his side when he gave a leading edge to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Eoin-Joseph-Gerard-Morgan-c56032 at backward point off a delivery bowled by Dernbach.
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