http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 v Pakistan - Match Abandoned due to heavy rain - Cricket News Update
Monsoons hit the third One Day International (ODI) really hard on Wednesday as rains wrecked havoc and allowed play for only 6.2 overs at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
The 50-over game was always in threat of getting washed off by rain as the weather forecast had predicted showers.
However, seeking to gain lead in the five-match series, Pakistan after winning the toss chose to bat first as they wanted to post maximum runs on the board.
Nonetheless, the weather had other plans and showers came pouring down allowing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 off
the bowling of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540 without scoring a run.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Ali-c46890 was then the next to fall as he walked off the field after scoring seven runs, with such a terrible start, Pakistan then failed to walk back on the crease as the match officials deemed it appropriate to cancel the match, seeing no end to the heavy
showers.
With the series hanging in balance, this third match was seen as an opportunity for either side to come at the top and go one ahead as both sides have won a match so far in the tournament.
After the draw of the T20I series, the tourists Pakistan are looking to take the one-day series, while Sri Lanka being the hosts, need to keep the trophy at home.
For Pakistan, the team management was criticised after their loss in the second match for not naming an extra batsman in the line-up and there were imminent signs that the Men in Green were seriously considering playing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208, who adds strength in
the middle-order, which at the moment seems meagre.
Shafiq’s turn finally came today, but the batsman could hammer only five runs as he stayed unbeaten, however, this was not enough to test whether the decision to play an extra batsman at the cost of a bowler would have worked for the tourists.
Signs indicate that Pakistan would repeat the same strategy for the next encounter on June 16, in a bid to test their batting line-up.
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