Sri Lanka hammer India in the second ODI - Cricket News Roundup – Part 1 – July 25, 2012
On Tuesday, Sri Lanka levelled the five-match One Day International (ODI) series against India, after winning the second match by nine wickets, at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota.
Giving a stupendous bowling performance, the Sri Lankans bulldozed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 on a meagre tally of 138 runs, preventing the mighty Indian batting line-up from amassing a gigantic total on the board.
From India, opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 was the only batsman to have put up a fight as he knocked 65 runs off his bat, while the rest of the batting line-up faltered without posing a serious challenge.
Needing a comfortable total to chase, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691 hammering an opening stand of 119 runs.
The hosts then reached the required target 19.5 overs for the loss of only a wicket. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/NLTC-Perera-c2121 from Sri Lanka was named as the Player of the Match for taking three wickets in his eight overs.
Tuesday saw the demise of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 against Scotland in the only T20I match between the two sides, at Sportpark Westvliet, The Hague.
Scotland after choosing to bat first, amassed a massive total of 162 runs, with their batsmen exhibited tremendous resolve against their opposition.
While most of the batsmen chipped in, it was the phenomenal century by opener RD Berrington that stood apart.
Bangladesh required a big start in order to successfully chase the total; however, they kept losing wickets at regular intervals with batsmen failing to counter the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756 bowlers, as the team faltered in 18 overs after scoring a total of 128 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RD-Berrington-c2296 was named as the Player of the Match for his pleasant batting performance.
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In his interview published on cricketnext.in.com, the Windies skipper said, “Everything we do is geared towards winning. We did it in the Twenty20s and the ODIs, and we're looking to do the same thing in the Test series.”
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