Sri Lanka bat first against India in the fourth ODI – Cricket News Roundup – Part 3 – July 31, 2012
Sri Lanka captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 as won the toss and opted to bat first in the fourth One Day International against India, underway at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
The Sri Lankans have made two changes to their squad from the lost third ODI, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Isuru-Udana-c64628. The tourists on the other hand
brought in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RG-Sharma-c2309 one more chance to come out of the extended lean patch.
The Sri Lankan openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashok-Dinda-c1098 to Dhoni behind the stumps in the 19th over, while Tharanga was stumped out by
the Indian skipper off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Ashwin-c2228 in the 22nd over. At the end of 40th over, the Islanders were 185 for 4.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539 on Monday expressed delight over his side’s impressive start to new season, with comprehensive wins over Sri Lanka.
“It was such a relief for the team to put up a big total in our first international game after over four months,” the left-handed batsman told media reporters ahead of the fourth ODI against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
“There are always questions asked about the fitness and mental preparedness after a long break. But we answered them well," he added further.
Coming back after a lengthy break of almost four months, the World Champions are currently leading the five-match ODI series against Sri Lanka 2-1, and are looking forward to clinch the series with a victory today.
England’s spearhead spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 in a bizarre fashion.
The 27-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 all-rounder, who last week made a comeback to the Test arena after a gap of almost one year, made himself unavailable for the Headingley Test against Proteas, citing unspecified “personal reasons”. Many think that time may be running
out for Bopara, but Swann has backed him to make a strong comeback.
“He will be back - this won't be it, for him. I'd put my mortgage on it,” said the 33-year-old Nottingham spinner. “I was backing him to score heavily this summer, because of the way he'd been playing in those one-dayers. He just seemed to have found something,”
he added further.
The second Test gets underway at Headingley, on Thursday, August 2. Uncapped http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Taylor-c66127 has been called up to fill in the No. 6 position in the absence of Bopara.
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