Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 remains persistent in defeating Sri Lanka – Cricket News Update
More news comes from the proceeding http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120, stated that his much overhauled side looks confident in defeating the Lankan hosts on their home soil in the upcoming
Wednesday’s Test match.
The competition is said to come as a thriller, with both the teams looking to deliver their best on the lot, and a forceful performance against each other. For the matter, Sri Lankan skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691, will rest his confidence on the team’s spinners’
entourage, comprising of Suraj Randiv, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Seekkuge-Prasanna-c89140, who will be looking onto making some potent use of the Galle pitch.
However, at the same time, a similar strategy will be adopted by the Australians, who are set to come out with a new lot of players during the upcoming match including some uncapped entries such as spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nathan-Michael-Lyon-c78822.
The Test series kicks off on Wednesday, August 31, 2011, at the Galle International Stadium, which will then be followed up with two additional fixtures, finally wrapping up the series on September 20.
Previously, the Lankan hosts marked their win in the opening spell of Australia’s proceeding Tour. The team defeated the tourists in the two Twenty20 matches played on August 6 and 8, however, suffered a close encounter defeat in the next One Day International
series, where Australia marked 3-2 win.
For the upcoming fixture, Australian captain Clarke will be banking on his team to deliver their best on the field, following the team’s quest to regain its previous summits in all formats of Cricket.
Previously, Clarke stated “Right now we're desperate to beat http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in Sri Lanka in the Test series. We're a long way from becoming the number one team in the world at this stage.”
Skipper Clarke will, however, will also have to rely on the team’s new entries such as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Pattinson-c1653.
Out of the lot, Trent Copeland, recently delivered an exceptional performance during Australia’s tour match against Sri Lanka Board XI where the fast bowler managed to secure some decent number of wickets.
On the other hand, it was Usman Khwaja, who with his bat earned a notable ton, a bag of contribution for the tourists.
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