LIVE - Sri Lanka v Australia: 2nd Test – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 chose to bat on a dry wicket - Match Update
Sri Lanka have won the toss and elected to bat first against Australia in the second Test of the three match series at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Thursday, September 8, 2011.
The pitch appeared to be a very good one for batting, as it was dry and nicely rolled. There was also some brown grass rolled into the wicket, which suggested that the bowlers might get some assistance in the first session of play.
Australia’s captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 stated at the toss, “We would have wanted to have a bat as well, wicket looks fantastic.”
Commenting on the debut of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 stated, “Little bit emotional moment when Shaun got his Test cap, nice for Geoff (Marsh) to come all the way for that. All the boys were excited.”
Shaun was the only change which the Kangaroos made to their winning line-up. He replaced veteran http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377, who went back to Australia for the birth of his second child.
On the other hand, the hosts had to make a forced change to their side, as left-arm spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HMRKB-Herath-c1559 missed out today due to an injured finger. He was the pick of the bowlers for his side in the first game, picking up eight wickets.
Herath will be replaced by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in his very first game.
There were no other changes made to the squad, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691 had hinted yesterday that there could be several changes made to the playing eleven for the second Test, but the team would have remained same had Herath not injured his finger.
The Lankan http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 will be hoping for an improved performance by their batsmen in this game. The team had a miserable first innings in the Galle Test, as all were out for 105 runs.
This allowed the tourists to take a massive first innings lead, which eventually helped them to win the match by 125 runs.
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