Sri Lanka easy victory over Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka cruised to victory over Zimbabwe in last night's ICC champions match.Zimbabwe batted first and lost wickets regularly up to the 27th over, with the 6th wicket falling with just 85 runs on the board. Luckily all-rounder Chigumbura managed to keep the Sri-Lankan bowlers at bay to bring up the only half-centuryt of the match as the Zimbaweans limped to 191, just falling short of surviving the full 50 overs.
Sri Lanka started the chase shakily, with both openers gone as the team reached double figures. Atapattu steadied the innings with a well worked 43, while the other Sri Lankans got middling scores that allowed the team to cruise to victory without showing any stand-out performers.
The Kenya v Pakistan match was won by the weather, with play abandoned. Thankfully, each match was scheduled with a rest day in case of a wash out. Although Pakistan is expected to win, I'm sure both teams are praying for sunshine. Kenya is proving to be on par or better than Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, and many (me included) want to see them get as many chances to prove themselves as they can.
The other match tonight is West Indies v Bangladesh. Another ho-hum easy win against Bangladesh coming up. The real action starts Thursday when New Zealand and Australia are the first strong teams to meet head to head.
posted by Kevin Paine @ 11:43 am
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