West Indies vs. Sri Lanka: Match Preview -
Tri-Nation Series 2013
With India still relishing their http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 are to play a
Tri-Nation series, with the first match between the Windies and the Lankans all set for today, at Kingston.
The hosts have big names for this series who can hit the ball out of the park and rattle the strongest batting side with some outstanding bowling. This West Indies side is the real deal and will pose a serious challenge to Sri
Lanka and India. Chris Gayle has an excellent record at home and once he gets going, he will be very difficult to counter by the Lankan bowlers.
This West Indies side has depth in the batting line-up and with Darren Sammy coming lower down the order; they have the capacity to post a major total on the board.
For the Sri Lankans, this is going to be a testing series, and since they do not play that much cricket in this part of the world, it will take some time before they get the hang of things. Lasith Malinga is going to be http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758’s
trump card here.
Pitch and conditions
The pitch condition will certainly favour Sri Lanka, however, showers are expected which might interfere in the proceedings.
Statements:
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ottis-Delroy-Gibson-c80358: "It's to put those little mistakes that we made in England away. We felt we had a good opportunity to win that tournament and we want to win this one and prove ourselves right."
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221: "We should use the home advantage to the best of our (abilities) and capitalise on that. They won't be in their comfort zone so we have to put the pressure on them."
Sri Lanka
Angelo Mathews: West Indies and India are two very good teams in the shorter format of the game and I think that we really need to play some good cricket to win against them.
Teams
West Indies (probable):
1 Chris Gayle, 2 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Rampaul-c2233.
Sri Lanka (probable):
1 Kusal Perera, 2 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540.
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