Sri Lanka v New Zealand, tri-series, 4th ODI, Dambulla
August 20, 2010
And then there were two. Until yesterday, not a single game had been washed out in Dambulla. In two days, heavy rains forced the abandonment of the fourth ODI of the tri-series and the subsequent reserve day. It was an interesting tussle between the teams before the rains arrived in the 44th over.
Even as Scott Styris and Jacob Oram provided glimpses of that noble New Zealand tradition, dibbly-dobbly bowling, Mahela Jayawardene and Chamara Silva batted sensibly to make sure Sri Lanka didn't lose their way after a fiery-but-short-lived start from Tillakaratne Dilshan. It was an innings of three distinct parts: Dilshan led them to 61 for 1 in the first 10, only 70 runs came in the next 20 for the loss of Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara and then Jayawardene and Silva added 72 off 84 in a partnership both urgent and stable. Read mre...
Match abandoned after 43.4 overs Sri Lanka 203 for 3 (Jayawardene 59*, Silva 41*, Styris 2-36) v New Zealand
Courtesy: cricinfo.com
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