Saturday 22 March 2014

T20 World Cup: Sri Lanka vs. South Africa

Sri Lanka
They are firm favorites to land their first T20 World Cup trophy in Bangladesh. The rainbow nation has played exceptional cricket in the last few years and is looking set for their first match. Kumar Sangakkara, Kusal Perera, Mahela Jayawardene and Lahiru Thirimanne are Lanka’s inform batsmen while the likes of Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perera can destroy any team with their batting as well as bowling. Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis and Sachithra Senanayake are quality bowlers. The only problem area for this team is Dilshan’s form with the bat.

South Africa
This team is struggling with injuries. Star bowler Dale Steyn and Faf du Plessis are doubtful for the opening match because of their hamstring. South Africa has always struggled against the spin bowling and Lanka has enough bowlers to trouble them. JP Duminy and AB de Villiers are the only two batsmen who can bat easily against all sorts of bowlers otherwise rest of the lot could find life difficult. Moreover, their bowling is not suitable for the slow and turning tracks of Bangladesh.

Verdict
Sri Lanka has a better chance of winning this one because of their well balanced squad.
Teams

South Africa Squad
F du Plessis*, HM Amla, F Behardien, Q de Kock†, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, BE Hendricks, Imran Tahir, DA Miller, JA Morkel, M Morkel, WD Parnell, AM Phangiso, DW Steyn, LL Tsotsobe

Sri Lanka Squad
LD Chandimal*, SL Malinga, TM Dilshan, HMRKB Herath, DPMD Jayawardene, KMDN Kulasekara, RAS Lakmal, AD Mathews, BAW Mendis, MDKJ Perera, NLTC Perera, S Prasanna, KC Sangakkara†, SMSM Senanayake, HDRL Thirimanne

T20 World Cup: New Zealand vs. England (7pm)
New Zealand
The Black Caps are in form at the moment. The batsmen are making runs while the bowlers have found success in restricting opposite numbers. Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Ross Taylor and Luke Ronchi are tailor made for the shortest format while the likes of Corey Anderson, Jimmy Neesham and Nathan McCullum are talented all-rounders. Tim Southee and Kyle Mills have taken lot of wickets in the slam bang version of the game. They should bat sensibly against the spinners
England
This European nation is not finding their feat in the T20 format. The batsmen are not scoring runs while bowlers are leaking boundaries in every over. Michael Lumb and Eoin Morgan have shown some class in the last few matches while others have not given consistent performance. Bowlers are unable to contain the rivals. Stuart Broad, Jade Dernbach and Chris Jordan are bowling expensive bowlers.
Verdict
New Zealand has a chance of upsetting England easily.
Teams
England Squad
SCJ Broad*, EJG Morgan, MM Ali, IR Bell, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, JC Buttler†, JW Dernbach, AD Hales, CJ Jordan, MJ Lumb, SD Parry, JC Tredwell, CR Woakes, LJ Wright

New Zealand Squad
BB McCullum*, CJ Anderson, TA Boult, AP Devcich, MJ Guptill, RM Hira, MJ McClenaghan, NL McCullum, KD Mills, C Munro, JDS Neesham, L Ronchi†, TG Southee, LRPL Taylor, KS Williamson



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