England v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 - Only T20 – First Innings Recap
England managed just 136 runs for the loss of nine wickets against Sri Lankan in the first innings of the only T20 match of the tour, on June 25, 2011.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sahan-Hewa-Thilina-Kandamby-c87923 was leading the Islanders in this match. However, the return of Lasith Malinga in the Sri Lankan
squad made a huge difference.
The Sri Lankan captain won the toss and elected to bowl first, which turned out to be a fantastic decision as both the English openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/C-Kieswetter-c1206, were sent back to the pavilion cheaply.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Eoin-Joseph-Gerard-Morgan-c56032, consolidated the innings for the home team and made sure that the Poms do not go down without a fight. Both of them scored quick-fire 40s but could not convert
their starts in to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Richard-Griffith-c41953 knocks.
The worst was to follow for the home team as the lower order batsmen disappointed big time and the last six batsmen could not even reach double figures. England could not score more than 136 runs in their allotted 20 overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morgan-c77707 remained the top scorer for his team as he made 47 runs off just 32 balls, in which he struck four boundaries and three fantastic hits out of the park. Pietersen was looking in ominous touch as he scored 41 runs off only
27 balls, with the help of three fours and a couple of massive sixes.
At one stage of his innings, Pietersen looked extremely threatening for Sri Lanka but the experienced http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sanath-Teran-Jayasuriya-c88467 got through his defences.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KMDN-Kulasekara-c1802 also chipped in with a wicket.
This was not at all a match-winning total by the home team, which would be very disappointed with their performance, especially because this was the first match of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465, as the captain of England at the highest stage of
the game.
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