http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746: 2nd ODI – Toss Report
The Hambantota arena is set to come alive today, Sunday, August 14, 2011, as the Sri Lankan hosts gear up to face the Australian tourists in the 2nd One Day International (ODI) fixture, at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium.
The day/night match will take to the field with Sri Lankan skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691, who
won the toss and chose to bat first.
Following their recent 7-wicket defeat in the opening ODI game in Palakelle, the Sri Lankans are expected to make a strong comeback, as captain Dilshan will be relying on his much hyped and able lot of players to offer a strong bout to the Australians.
As for the visiting side, the match omes as a potent competition, since the team suffered a disappointing start to the tour following a 2-0 defeat in the opening Twenty20 spell. Apart from this, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 also hopes to secure some successive wins on the series
since the team has not been at its usual for the past few seasons, especially following the recent Ashes as well as some prominent retirements of veteran players such as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Lawrence-Hayden-c75233.
Coming to the squads, the Lankan batting roster will kick off with its standard top order players, including http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397, followed by the much capable middle-order, including hard hitters Dinesh
Chandimal and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913.
The Australians on the other hand will be looking towards veteran batsmen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558, into paving a solid opening for the side. During the opening ODI fixture, all three batters
went on to earn notable half tons that led the side into wrapping up a win in just 39 overs.
As for the bowlers, the Lankan hosts, as well as the skipper, are relieved to have danger-man and spearhead http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540 back on the squad following a back injury, leading to his exclusion from the previous fixtures.
Other probable threats for the Australians may be spinners http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ranasinghe-Arachchige-Suranga-Lakmal-c83928.
In contrast, the Australian bowling attack will kick off with spearhead http://www.senore.com/Cricket/XJ-Doherty-c2804.
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