http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 overpower England in only Twenty20 game at Bristol - Match Recap
England’s recently appointed skipper in the shortest version of the game, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465, faced defeat by the hands of the Sri Lankans, who won the match against the hosts by 9 wickets with 16 balls remaining in the innings, as the Lankans successfully chased
a total of 136 runs.
After winning the toss, the Lankans, who were led by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sahan-Hewa-Thilina-Kandamby-c87923, chose to field first, and after restricting the hosts to a gettable total, the Lankans clearly showed their dominance in this form of the game by rattling the reigning T20 champions.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tillakaratne-Mudiyanselage-Dilshan-c93947. This opening pair was obviously the perfect choice for the tourists.
However, Sanath failed to impress as he lost his wicket cheaply by giving a catch to Kevin Pietersen at mid-off on a delivery bowled by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jade-Winston-Dernbach-c65256. The batsman scored eight runs after facing nine deliveries.
However, after this, there were no more http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 and Jayawardene, showed Broad how difficult it really is playing T20 at the highest level.
The two batsmen completely overpowered the English pacers as they exhibited some fine strokes all across the park.
Jayawardene, who had shown some sluggish form with the bat, played a phenomenal unbeaten knock of 72-runs off 57 deliveries, his innings included eight boundaries and one six. An innings of this calibre was due from the sensational batsman and he once again
proved why he is so important for the Sri Lankan national team.
Meanwhile, his partner on the other end, Sangakkara also carried his bat after scoring 43 runs off 39 deliveries. His innings included five boundaries.
Sangakkara, who relinquished his captaincy after the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2011, was asked to captain Sri Lanka one last time in the third Test against England, after the reigning skipper, Dilshan, was ruled out because of a thumb injury.
Under the leadership of the seasoned wicketkeeper/batsman, the Lankans managed to draw the match, however, the series was lost as England had won the first Test at Cardiff.
In today’s match, both Sangakkara and Jayawardene played a commendable role and have shown that there is definitely enough cricket left in them to help the side for a few more years.
Earlier in the day, after being put into bat, the English batsmen failed to come to terms with the batting conditions on the field as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals.
Openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/C-Kieswetter-c1206 performed miserably as they fell after scoring two and four runs.
It was only the performance of all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kevin-Peter-Pietersen-c71169 and Eion Morgan that actually helped post a respectable total for the hosts to defend.
Pietersen scored 41 off 27 while Morgan smacked 47 runs off 32 deliveries. After these two, it was a sorry tale for the rest of the English batsmen.
Jayawardene was named as the Man of the Match for his splendid work with the bat.
The two teams will now face each other on June 28, 2011 at the Oval, in the first One Day International (ODI) of a five-match series.
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