http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 - Rain washes out final ODI as Lankans win series 3-0 - Cricket News Update
Rain again came to the home side’s rescue, washing out the last match of the 5-ODI series between the hosts Sri Lanka and the touring Kiwis. The Lankan http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 narrowly escaped what could have been an embarrassing defeat, after they were crippled by New Zealand
to 123/8 by the 29th over.
Winning the toss, the Black Caps opted to bowl first, a no-brainer given the recent weather forecasts. The Lankans were further struck an early blow when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LD-Chandimal-c1831 for a duck, ramping up the pressure.
Southee then went on to send http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 and Upul Tharanga at the crease.
The Sangakkara-Jayawardene pairing has rescued the side innumerable times, but they could not yesterday. Sangakkara registered only 5 runs before being dismissed, while Jayawardene, replacing him at the crease, was only able to add 24 more before an unfortunate
run-out.
With the top and middle order back in the pavilion, the Lankan hopes rested on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WU-Tharanga-c2802. The opener was persistent and played a responsible knock as wickets kept tumbling at the other end.
Jeevan Mendis and Thisara Perera were sent back to the dressing room by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Ellis-c1037 for a duck and 11 runs respectively. With the fall of wickets, one after the other, matters got worse for Sri Lanka. Their last hope came to an end when Tharanga was directed
towards the pavilion by Southee after his superb knock of 60.
The figures of 123 for 8 in 28.3 overs looked worrying for Sri Lanka, but their prayers got answered. The rain brought the game at a halt and then ended it without any result. Unfortunately for the Kiwis, they seemed on top of their game in this encounter
but rain again washed out their chances.
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