http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2011- Hosts ready to thrash Kenya at Colombo
Former World Champions Sri Lanka will take on the minnows Kenya in a group ‘A’ fixture of the ICC World Cup 2011 at the R. Premadasa Colombo. Sri Lanka has two points so far after as many matches as they lost an important encounter against Pakistan at the
same venue couple of days earlier.
Kenya on the other hand has been quite disappointing in this tournament so far. The African team did quite well in the previous editions of the tournament, especially in the 2003 event held in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 where the African nation reached the semi-final
of the tournament.
Sri Lankan team would be looking for a comprehensive win against the Kenyans in order to boost their confidence for the upcoming matches against the tougher oppositions like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 and New Zealand. Batting depth would be a huge concern for Sangakara and
company as it was exposed against Pakistan. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 heavily relies on Dilshan, Sangakara and Jayawardena in order to post big scores on the board and if these three do not fire, Sri Lankans find themselves in trouble usually.
The likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913 have to score runs on consistent basis in order to take some pressure off the top order.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BAW-Mendis-c1127
and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755; however Mendis is most likely to replace him for the upcoming games.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 and Pakistan. They were dismissed for only 69 in their opening match of the event against the Kiwis and managed only 112 runs against the
green shirts after conceding 317 runs while bowling first.
Kenyan team seems to have nosedived especially considering the fact that the International Cricket Council was considering to give them the Test status in 2003. They were a bunch of fighting cricketer about five years back but the politics in the Kenyan
cricket seem to have affected the team quite badly.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Odoyo-c2693 and
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SO-Tikolo-c2546 to take the responsibility on their shoulders being the most senior players in the squad.
Sri Lanka’s target would be to regain their confidence after the defeat against Pakistan and to boost their run-rate in this match as it could prove to be vital at the end of the group stage. Kenya would be hoping that they can make a match of it and not
to lose too badly against the hosts.
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