Tri-Nation Tournament in Scotland, 1st Match: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 v Sri Lanka at Edinburgh, Jul 11, 2011 – Sri Lankan bowlers to watch out for
Scotland will witness the Tri-Nation tournament in Edinburgh where Ireland, Sri Lanka and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756 will be competing with each other.
1st match of the series is scheduled to be played on July 11 at 10:45 local time in Grange Cricket Club Ground, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh (neutral venue). The opening match will be played between Ireland and Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka has just completed the ODI series against host team England and will conclude the tour to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 after this Tri-series.
English team won both Test and ODI series, leaving Sri Lanka in turmoil. Therefore, the guest team will try to win this Tri-series at every cost.
Sri Lanka has better prospects of winning the Tri-Nation tournament, having more experience than the other contenders. It also stands at number 4 in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World ranking of ODI championships whereas the Irish challengers occupy the 10th position.
Although Sri Lanka lost against the English team but still they fought well towards the end of both the series. This was made possible because of some exceptional performances by the Sri Lankan bowlers.
The most prominent bowlers of the ODI series were: Lasith Malinga, Suranga Lakmal, Suraj Randiv and Jeevan Mendis.
Off-spinner Suraj Randiv remained the top wicket-taker of the ODI series as he took 9 wickets in the 5 matches. Randiv’s best bowling in an innings was impressive 5 wickets for 42 runs.
Overall, this 26-year-old Sri Lankan spin talent has a bowling average of 31.09 in the one-dayers. His recent performance and his overall bowling stats make him an extremely dangerous bowler for the Irish batsmen; hence his bowling should be dealt with caution
and skill.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 series. He managed to take out 7 English batsmen in the 4 matches he bowled in. 3/43 was his best bowling figure with a bowling average of 24.14.
The 24-year-old pacer has taken 11 wickets in the 10 One-Day Internationals he has played so far, having an impressive bowling average of 42.45. Irish batsmen should not take this young talent lightly, as he can cause serious trouble for them.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540 is one of the most talented, technical and dangerous bowlers in the Sri Lankan bowling attack. This right-arm fast-bowler has taken 133 wickets in the 89 ODI he has played so far in his career. His best bowling figure in an innings is 6/38
which displays the extent of potential he has.
The 27-year-old Malinga also took 6 wickets in the 5-match ODI series against England. His best bowling figure was 3/40 and the bowling average remained at 37.16.
Leg-spinner Jeevan Mendis grabbed 5 wickets in the recently concluded England-Sri Lanka ODI series at an average of 28.40. In his career of 10 ODIs so far, Mendis has managed to take 9 wickets. His spin can also pose serious trouble for the Irish Batsmen.
Together these four bowlers strengthen the Sri Lankan bowling attack and can take away the series.
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