England v Sri Lanka – 5th ODI – Sri Lankan Bowlers to watch out for
The 5th and the final fixture of the ODI series between Sri Lanka and English is scheduled for July 9, 2011 at Old Trafford, Manchester.
The series decider will commence on 10:45 local time between the two strong contenders. This match will be a thriller for the teams and exciting for the fans to witness, as it will decide the winner of 5-match ODI series.
Both the teams have won 2 matches each in the series so far. The English team had taken over the show earlier in this series, but World number 3 ODI team, Sri Lanka, made an impressive comeback in the 2nd and 3rd ODI of the series.
The tourists won the 2nd match by 69 runs and the 3rd by 6 wickets. Credit goes to an amalgamation of a few splendid batting and bowling performances by a weakened team.
The prominent Sri Lankan bowlers in all the matches were http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Separamadu-Lasith-Malinga-c89197, Suranga Lakmal, Suraj Randiv and Jeevan Mendis.
In almost all the one-dayers played so far, these four bowlers provided SL with breakthroughs, taking out the top-order timely.
Lasith Malinga, the 27-year-old SL pacer, took out the openers mostly, and had been able to support the team with his superb bowling. He took 3 wickets in the 1st ODI, 1 wicket in the 2nd and 2 wickets in the 3rd fixture.
In the 4th ODI, he was unable to take any wicket as the hosts won the match without any loss.
Overall this talented Sri Lankan bowler has taken 133 wickets in the 88 ODIs he has played and is a very strong pillar in the Sri Lankan bowling attack.
The comparatively new bowler in the Sri Lankan team, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758’s tour to England so far. The 24-year-old bowler has scalped some of the key English batsmen in the first three ODI fixtures.
Lakmal claimed 2, 3 and 2 wickets to his credit in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd match respectively. Lakmal and Malinga both have taken 7 and 6 wickets respectively in the ODI series so far and are the most successful bowlers for the tourists.
Suraj Randiv, the SL off-spinner can also be a peril to the English batting line-up. He took 1 wicket in the first ODI the series and then came hard in the 2nd match, taking 3 wickets off 43 runs.
Jeevan Mendis is also someone the English team needs to be careful about. Interestingly, he took out the English middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kevin-Peter-Pietersen-c71169, in the first three matches of the ODI series.
On the whole, the guest team has highly talented bowlers in their bowling attack and can do serious damage to the confident hosts.
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