New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum thrilled by narrow victory against Sri Lanka – Cricket news
New Zealand captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Champions Trophy match played at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.
“I am happy with the win. Our record against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 has not been great. We panicked a touch with the bat but the bowlers bowled brilliantly. The wicket was stopping a touch and with the quality of the SL bowlers,” said the New Zealand captain who scored
18 runs in New Zealand’s pursuit of 139 runs.
After New Zealand bowlers pulverised the Sri Lankan batting order and successfully reduced them to 138, they were expected to easily win the match, however, Lasith Malinga’s four-wicket haul made things a tad difficult and almost cost http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 the match.
Praising his bowlers for playing a dominating role in the encounter, the New Zealand captain said, “We were lucky to string some partnerships towards the end. The experience of the players down the order was crucial and they assessed the situation well.
The bowling clinched the match for us and we were looking to restrict them to under 170. The bowlers kept taking wickets at regular intervals and it was a tremendous performance.”
In the bowling department, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-McClenaghan-c1975 devastated the Sri Lankans by taking four wickets in 8.5 overs as the Sri Lankan batsmen found it extremely difficult to tackle him. With most of the Sri Lankan batsmen failing to score in double figures, Kumar
Sangakkara was the only batsman who prospered by hammering a brilliant knock of 68 runs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691 was the second best batsman with 20 runs to his name.
Meanwhile, from New Zealand, no one managed to play a big knock, however, team work from everyone made it possible for the Kiwis to win the match. The second wicket partnership between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KS-Williamson-c1813 was productive as it took the New
Zealand score to 48 after which the Kiwis suffered a batting collapse which was neutralised by Player of the Match http://www.senore.com/Cricket/NL-McCullum-c2120, who hammered a match-winning knock of 32 runs.
New Zealand will now play against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 on June 12, and Sri Lanka will take on England on June 13.
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