Sri Lanka V New Zealand – 2nd ODI – Toss Report – New Zealand opt to bat under sunny skies at Pallekele
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849 has won the toss and opted to bat first in the second One Day International of the five-match series, being played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, in Kandy today, November 4, 2012.
The tourists are without the services of promising wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-McDonald-c1042 Hira.
The hosts, on the other hand, have gone in with a balanced attack playing three all-rounders in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ranaweera-Mudiyanselage-Shaminda-Eranga-c83939 and Tharindu Kaushal.
The match was originally scheduled to be hosted by the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 Cricket moved the game to Kandy because the Premadasa is flooded after three weeks of persistent monsoon rain.
"The lake near the Premadasa Stadium has risen considerably due to rain and the water isn't draining away from the ground," SLC chief executive http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajit-Niranjan-Cohomban-Wickrama-Jayasekara-c42463 had told reporters on Friday. "We had sent out a letter to Ten Sports and New Zealand Cricket explaining the situation, and alerting them to the possibility of a venue change."
Hosting a series in November has never been a fruitful idea for the Island nation. The last time a series was scheduled for November was against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 in 2010, when all the three Test matches ended in rain-ruined draws, and the limited-overs leg of the itinerary was postponed until the end of January next year.
The first two games of the ongoing tour, a one-off T20 International and the first ODI, have also been washed out.
Squads:
Sri Lanka: 1. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HMRKB-Herath-c1559, 11. Lasith Malinga
New Zealand: 1. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Trent-Boult-c2708
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