http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 blames batsman for defeat against Sri Lanka – Cricket News Update
England’s Twenty20 captain, Stuart Broad, has blamed his batting line up for the defeat against Sri Lanka in the Twenty20 fixture at the County Ground in Bristol.
“We didn’t get enough runs when we batted and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 showed their experience, they didn’t let us in.” Broad stated.
Sri Lankan skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sahan-Hewa-Thilina-Kandamby-c87923, won the toss and invited home team to bat, but England’s batting line up was failed to put up good fighting total on the board for the visitors.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Eoin-Joseph-Gerard-Morgan-c56032 were the only English batsmen, who tried to accelerate the flow of the runs, smashed 41 and 47 runs respectively, and helped England to settled the total of 136 runs.
“We started off sluggishly and although KP and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morgan-c77707 played fantastically well to get us back into the game, we lost all our momentum when they were both out,” the English skipper expressed.
Meanwhile, Broad asked rest of the batting line up to play with the responsibility, which will surely help the team to set fighting target for the opponents.
“We felt if we could get early wickets in their innings and put the squeeze on in the middle overs, that might be our best chance of winning the game, but they didn’t let us get near.” He added.
Sri Lankan batsman showed calmness while chasing the target, and hammered England’s bowlers all over the ground.
The English bowling lineup, including their captain, failed to restrict the Lankan batsman and gave them easy runs.
The visiting team chased the target easily courtesy the brilliant batting performance by experienced batsmen, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779.
Jayawardene played an outstanding inning of 72 runs off 57 balls with the help of 8 boundaries, and Sangakkara supported him in a stylish way, scoring 43 runs off 39 balls.
“We felt if we could get early wickets in their innings and put the squeeze on in the middle overs, that might be our best chance of winning the game, but they didn’t let us get near.” Broad noted.
Meanwhile, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013’s skipper showed his disappointment after losing the match, captaining for the 1st time in the international cricket.
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