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Match Details

Date : 26 Feb 2011

PLay ti me : 09 : 15


With Pakistan having stashed a clean victory into their kitty against a boneless Kenya, the team bus moves along to Colombo, where, on Saturday, they will run into one of the hot favourites to reach the semi-finals and further, Sri Lanka. Both have just seen off a minnow of their own with resounding 200-run thrashings, and being both of the same neighbourhood, pose a threat each would like to see off as early as possible.

The R. Premadasa Stadium, the largest ground in the country, stands built upon a former swampland and bears a marshy wicket which grips and pulls at the ball. Muttiah Muralitharan (surprise, surprise) is the highest wicket-taker on this slow-bowler’s paradise, with 69 victims and would be keen to add a few more to his kitty when the two teams clash this weekend.

Pakistan:

On Wednesday, even as Mohammad Hafeez was thwarted by a freak of a catch, Ahmed Shehzad appeared uneasy at the crease against the Kenyan new ball. While Hafeez’s watchful approach was an effort to climb back up from having been in scratchy form, Shehzad’s betrayed more discomfort than caution, something which is not his wont. The Pakistanis will have figured that they had better be more proactive upfront so as to ensure that bowlers are not allowed to get settled in their lines. Umar Akmal may have given much credit for his sparkling innings at Hambantota to the patronage of Captain Shahid Afridi, but he will know that his form at no. 6, with Afridi and Abdul Razzaq to follow, is invaluable.


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Though Shoaib Akhtar’s niggardly economy rate of 2.00 per over on Wednesday was wrought bowling to the sub-international side that Kenya brought along to this tournament, his genuinely probing lines and variation in the short five-over spell bode danger for the Sri Lankan openers come Saturday. On the slow, dull track at the Premadasa, Shahid Afridi’s rapid leggies may not rattle the Lankans as much as they did the Kenyans, but with his mixed bag and smart bowling, trust him to come up with lines, lengths and speeds tailor-made to the surface.

Pakistan have highly probable wins over Canada, New Zealand and Zimbabwe – before they have to meet Australia – to look forward to if they take the momentum from the Kenya victory into this match. Suddenly, it seems, the dark-horse has started to shine through.

Sri Lanka:

For the way Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara thrive in each other’s partnership, most opposition teams would consider it a bargain to give the pulverizing Tillakaratne Dilshan an extended stay at the crease just so Sangakkara may not be allowed to pair up with the next batsman in Jayawardene. Once these guys are done thrashing the ball to their fill, out will walk Angelo Mathews, with his enhanced figures versus Pakistan, and average of 80 and strike rate of 107 this year. Chamara Kapugedera and Thillan Samaraweera are both a good mix of attack and solidity and, flanked by the two, Mathews can work up some frenetic shot-making at the death.

Lasith Malinga will rejoin the side after he sat the team’s opening match out with a back strain. Ajantha Mendis and Muralitharan should find this track a treat to bowl on, though there is a slight chance that Sri Lanka might opt for the more economical Rangana Herath in place of Mendis against sub-continental opposition, for whom the mystery spinner isn't that much of a mystery!

With a tight performance against Canada, Nuwan Kulasekara has ensured that Dilhara Fernando will not be spared much of a thought in the minds of the think tank. As such, on this drowsy wicket, Fernando will have had to toil redundantly, breaking his back to eke out the least ounce of bounce, his favoured currency.

The thumb rule for sub-continental teams, when deciding on their team make-up for home matches, seems to be to play a 7-batsmen-4-bowler combination. Having a batting all-rounder at no. 7 and a bowling all-rounder at no. 8 makes the think tank breathe easy (In Pakistan’s case, Razzaq’s form with the bat deems him a batting all-rounder, while Afridi has proclaimed himself a bowling all-rounder). While Thisara Perera, who hits a long ball and picked up wickets during the Asia Cup in 2010, is a prime man to have in an ODI line-up, he has been off-colour with the bat and may not find place in the first-choice Sri Lankan eleven as a pure bowler. He got a game against Canada and chipped in with 3 wickets, but expect him to make way for Malinga.

Form guide:

Pakistan: WLWLW

Feb 23, 2011 - Defeated Kenya by 205 runs
Feb 18, 2011 - Lost to England by 67 runs
Feb 15, 2011 - Defeated Bangladesh by 89 runs
Feb 5, 2011 - Lost to New Zealand by 57 runs
Feb 3, 2011 - Defeated New Zealand by 41 runs


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