England v Sri Lanka: Match Preview – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Champions Trophy 2013
With most sides wrapping up their league games, some are looking to head back home and reassess their flaws in the ICC Champions Trophy, while others are hoping to take tournament by winning the knock outs. In the match between
England and Sri Lanka, the Poms will be aiming to secure a spot in the semi-finals by beating the Sri Lankans today at The Oval.
England destroyed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in the previous game and gave fans a taste of what was about to come in the Ashes. However, playing against the Sri Lankans will be a different game as the Lankans have a unique bowling line up and a
batting that once gets going is quite hard to stop.
The Poms are expecting to see the return of their ace spinner, Graeme Swann, for this important game. However, the Lankans are excellent players of spin and there is little reason to why they will be intimidated by England’s number
one spinner. On the other hands, the likes of James Anderson and co fast bowlers might leave the Sri Lankans devastated, as the Asian side has shown weakness on the fast tracks of England this summer.
England’s prime target would be http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758’s trump card.
Sri Lanka will have to put a comprehensive score on the board for their bowlers to defend as something lower than 200 would be difficult to defend even for Malinga.
Pitch Report
This is going to be a new pitch at the Oval and if it has some pace for the bowlers then England will surely be benefitted by it, which would mean that the Sri Lankan batsmen will have to be more careful in order to keep wickets
in hand. After a spell of rain, the skies are expected to be clear today.
Teams:
England (possible):
1 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705
Sri Lanka (possible):
1 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540
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