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SL vs NZ Live: After Crushing India Kiwis Are Looking Forward TO Hunt Sri Lankan Cheetah’s

By Kabir Bedi - Friday, August 13th, 2010   |   735 views   |  

NZ vs SL

After making Men in blue bite the dust in the opener of the Tri-Series in Sri Lanka mercurial Kiwis are all set to hunt in tomorrow’s Nz vs. SL encounter at Dambulla. In the first ODI in Dambulla Mercurial Kiwis got off to a shaky start but by the end of their innings they piled a huge total of 288 on the board against India. Owing to this mesmerizing performance in batting department Kiwis flunked Indian team completely in all the departments of the game and went on to win the match with the thumping margin of 200 runs.

That’s why kiwis are staring into the eyes of Sri Lankan Cheetah’s in the 2nd ODI at Dambulla. This tournament is being considered a preparation for the upcoming 50 overs ICC Cricket World Cup that is jointly going to be held in Asia in the year 2011 by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

So in this regard everyone was expecting a pitch that could be suitable for batsmen in the first ODI at Dambulla. But this did not turn out to be the fact as everyone saw bowlers testing the class of so called the most dangerous batting lineup of the world after such a long time. The main reason of it was that after such a long time bowlers did not get only suitable pitch rather they got the treat of weather also. But ultimately it was an determined and focused performance of the New Zealand players that defeated India in reality.

So this performance of Kiwis in the 1st ODI at Dambulla has rung a warning bell for Sri Lanka also and warned them not to commit the fool hardy of underestimating the inexperienced and young team of New Zealand lightly.

Although Sri Lanka is a tough team to beat in the tournament because they are playing in their ambience. So they will drink this factor to the fullest. In addition to it they are the only one side in this tournament with a full strength, although Sri Lanka has left out southpaw Thilina Kandamby and Farveez Maharoof. For replacing both of them Sri Lankan team management has recalled Chamara Silva and Thisara Perera for their awesome performance on A tour of Australia.

This tournament will not only show that which team is the best in world rather it will decide the owner of the ICC NO.2 spot in the ICC ODI Rankings also. So fans if you are fond of watching your favorite team at the No.1 spot in the ICC ODi rankings. So this match of NZ vs. SL is also going to play vital role in it as there is a cut throat competition for the ICC ODI no.1 spot among the top six teams of the world. Currently there is only a difference of 6 points among all these teams. So in this regard by earning a thumping win against India New Zealand team has gone up to 2nd spot in the ICC ODI Ranking. But if New Zealand looses the match of tomorrow against Sri Lanka so she will come down straightway to 5th spot.

Players To Watch Out For:

Before the match according to me both the teams need to prepare their special strategy against some ace players of each other.

So if we talk about New Zealand so she needs to be extra careful against Lasith Malinga as he is in a furious form. Moreover in batting department skipper Sangakkara can be a nuisance for them. Both of them have proved their form in the recently concluded test series against India.

But at the same time Sri Lankans also need to pay special heed to some Kiwi Players who are young promising and looking forward to make their own presence felt in the international arena with their performance. Martin Guptill is the one player against whom Sri Lankans will have to adopt some solid plan to get rid of him as early as possible. Otherwise Martin Guptill is a kind of capable player who can decide the result of any match against any time at any sort of pitch anywhere in the world. He has dome it several time in past. Although he is not in a good form these days but he is a good player. So you can not expect a good player to remain out of form for a long time. So Sri Lanka needs to watch out for him because he is a danger man for them.

Pitch conditions:

In the 2nd ODI at Dambulla it is likely to be a treat for fast bowlers if they can bowl with accuracy and pace. So both the Captains are hopeful about winning in this 2nd ODI at Dambulla.

Expected Teams:

New Zealand:
1 M. Guptill, 2 P Ingram/BJ Watling, 3 R. Taylor (captain)
4 K. Williamson, 5 S. Styris, 6 G. Elliott, 7 G. Hopkins (wicket-Keeper)
8 J. Oram/N. McCullum, 9 D. Tuffey, 10 K. Mills, 11 A.McKay

Sri Lanka:
1 U. Tharanga, 2 T. Dilshan, 3 K. Sangakkara (captain & wk),
4 M. Jayawardene, 5 A. Mathews, 6 C. Kapugedera,
7 C. Silva/T. Perera, 8 S. Randiv, 9 L .Malinga,
10 A. Mendis/R. Herath, 11 N. Kulasekara

So fans hold your hearts in your hands and get ready to watch a real biter between these two super talented and super exciting teams of New Zealand and Sri Lanka in the 2nd ODI at Dambulla

Do Check out the SL vs NZ Live Score of the game in the right hand side panel.

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