Sri Lanka v England- 2nd One Day International- http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 overpower Poms
Sri Lanka defeated England by 69-runs in the second One Day International (ODI) of the ongoing five-match NatWest series in England.
The tourists after suffering a disgraceful defeat by 110 runs in the first encounter managed to pull off an insurmountable victory in the next clash played at Headingly.
After being put into bat, the Lankans managed to post a mammoth total of 309 runs on the board, which proved enough to secure a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-James-Muchall-c60376 needed victory in the series.
Despite the presence of the hard-hitting skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Denagamage-Proboth-Mahela-de-Silva-Jayawardene-c53546, who actually stole the team’s thunder with his astounding innings of 144-runs, which he made by opening the batting for his team with Dilshan.
The Lankan captain, who is making a comeback in the ODI series after recovering from a thumb injury, could only make nine-runs off nine deliveries before being run-out on a throw by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 that hit the stumps at the non-striker’s end.
While the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779, who saved the day for their side, as both batsmen stood defiant against a phenomenal bowling attack of the English side.
It was the staggering partnership between Jayawardene and Sangakkara that took the steam out of England and halted the fall of wickets by toying with the opposition. Both batsmen displayed some splendid stroke playing all around the park.
In the 39th over, Sangakkara was finally stumped when he completely missed a delivery by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501, after playing a phenomenal innings of 69-runs. By this time the total tally of the Sri Lankans was 204 runs.
Later, Jayawardene also went in the similar fashion in the 46th over, bowled by Swann. After this in the later stage of the Sri Lankan innings, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913 contributed 46-runs in the tally and stayed not-out till the end.
With a humongous target to chase, England were under pressure right from the start, perhaps this was the best test of nerves for the newly appointed English skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alastair-Nathan-Cook-c42852 to be in a tough situation after comfortably winning the first encounter in
the series.
Cook played an innings of 48-runs before falling to his demise while, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Eoin-Joseph-Gerard-Morgan-c56032 scored the maximum number of runs for England by clobbering 52-runs off 40 deliveries. However, in the end, the hosts could bolster only 240-runs.
From http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ranasinghe-Arachchige-Suranga-Lakmal-c83928 and off-break spinner, Suraj Randiv, snatched three wickets, while Jeevan Mendis took two wickets. Jayawardene was named as the Man of the Match for his role in his side’s victory.
The two sides will now meet in the third clash on 3 July, 2011 at Lord’s.
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