http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 v Sri Lanka – 4th ODI – Match Recap
Hosts England in the fourth One Day International (ODI) of the ongoing NatWest series against Sri Lanka, defeated the tourists by a record ten wickets with 145 balls to spare in a rain affected match which reduced a tally of 174 to 171 for England to chase
after the hosts had started their innings at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
Even before the rain interval, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/C-Kieswetter-c1206 made their intentions clear from the word go as both batsmen clobbered the Sri Lanka pace attack all over the park.
Cook, who seems to be on a conquest to mum his critics is getting better and better in every game as the batsman has shown that he is not just a Test player but posses talents to become a befitting one-day batsman now that he is leading the side.
With a meagre tally on sight, Cook galloped an unbeaten 95-run knock on 75 deliveries, exhibiting some of the finest batting in modern one-day cricket. The Lankans clearly had no clue where to bowl against the English captain as no shot seemed difficult
for the 26-year-old Cook.
Kieswetter also played an unbeaten innings of 72 runs, as England successfully made 171 runs to secure a victory in this do or die game. With this win, England have managed to level the series 2-2 which means that the fifth match scheduled to be played at
Manchester on 9 July, 2011 will be the decider.
Earlier in the day, after winning the toss, Cook opted to field first in a bid to put the batting of the opposition to test on a murky morning.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 on the other hand were completely caught by surprise regarding the batting conditions in the field as they lost four early wickets before actually putting a challenge against the English pace attack.
Skipper Dilshan Tillakaratne, who has been struggling to make a comeback from a thumb injury that he sustained during the Test series, failed once again as he lost his wicket without putting a run on the board on the fifth delivery of the first over of the
innings. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 was the bowler who took Dilshan’s wicket when the batsman edged the delivery straight in the hands of the English wicketkeeper Kieswetter.
In the fourth over, the reliable http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 at slip. Jayawardene perished after scoring nine runs.
Sri Lanka’s golden boy from the last match http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LD-Chandimal-c1831, who played a phenomenal innings of 105 runs, failed to put the same show in today’s game as he was trapped right in front of stumps by a delivery that bolted right into his pads, Anderson was the
bowler this time as well.
It was only veteran http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779, who was the only one from Sri Lanka who stood defiant against the belligerent English bowling attack and once again played an inspirational innings of 75 runs to help his side put a total above 150, nonetheless, the
score was still not good enough as the Lankan pacers completely failed to defend it against a mighty English opening pair.
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