LIVE - Sri Lanka v Australia: 4th ODI – Toss Report
Sri Lanka is all geared up to level the proceedings in the ODI series against Australia, as both teams are set to face each other in the 4th ODI match, scheduled to take off today, Saturday, August 20, 2011, at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
Hoping to make use of the rainy weather conditions, the match toss was won by Sri Lankan Captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691 who chose to bat first.
For the Sri Lankan hosts, the match comes as a potent opportunity for the team to mark a stalemate at the ODI series, since the hosts currently trail Australia with 2-1. During the recent third ODI bout against the Australian hosts, the Lankans marked a
superb win, thanks to their much destructive bowlers, primarily http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540, forcing the batting side to fall 78 runs short of the chase.
As for the current match, skipper Dilshan will bank on his players to deliver a similar dominating run at the match in order for the hosts to mark a 2-2 status on the competition.
Coming to the probable rosters, Dilshan, alongside http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397.
The fixture comes with some significance for Tharanga, who would need to mark one more century for the current year to equal ‘the Sri Lankan record for most ODI hundreds in a year for the second time’. As for Sangakkara, the wicket-keeper batsman will be
playing his 300th ODI game and will be the sixth Sri Lankan player in the history to reach the mark.
As for the team’s bowling line-up, the squad is presumably set to be the same as the previous match, kicking off with spearheads Malinga and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Seekkuge-Prasanna-c89140, may also
be seen on the team.
On the other hand, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DE-Bollinger-c1348,
followed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SPD-Smith-c2555.
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