Aus vs SL: Sri Lanka Aims For 300 Run Score
posted on Mar 2, 2012 @ 10:58AM
Aus vs SL: 2 March, 2012 - The last league match of the tri-series between Australia and Sri Lanka is in progress at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne. Though Sri Lanka started on a shaky ground, soon regained composure and is steadily moving towards giving Aussies a 300 runs to chase.
Sri Lanka got off to a bad start as David Hussey ran out captain Mahela Jayawardene with a direct hit. Jayawardene played a Ben Hilfenhaus delivery towards slip and Tillakaratne Dilshan called him for a quick single and Jayawardene took a moment to respond. Hussey from second slip pounced on the ball with one hand and threw it at the bowler's end where his direct hit found Jayawardene so short of the crease that the third umpire wasn't needed.
James Pattinson took his second wicket when he had Kumar Sangakkara caught by Peter Forrest at deep square leg. Sangakkara hit three fours in his 64-run knock and put up a 123-run stand with Dinesh Chandimal for the third wicket to lead the Sri Lankan fightback. Chandimal reached his 7th fifty off 47 balls while Sangakkara reached his 68th half-century off 79 deliveries. At the end of 38th over Sri Lanka score is 183/3. Indian cricketers and millions of their fans would be unified in praying for an Australian victory because if the Aussies beat the Sri Lankans, India will be through to the best-of-three finals.