Story (08)The Lankan battle,Bladescape vs. AOTF

Who will win

  • Bladescape

    Votes: 3 42.9%
  • Age of the Fall

    Votes: 4 57.1%

  • Total voters
    7
2nd ODI:
Sl:
Sangakkara
Vandort
M.Jayawardene
Paranavitana
C.Silva
Sameraweera
Dilshan
Maharoof
Vaas
Mendis
Muralidaran

Zim:
Matsikenyeri
Coventry
Williams
Taibu
Strydom
Marumisa
Chigumbura
Rinke
Mupariwa
Manyumwa
Rainsford

Only change from either team being Zimbabwean Pacemen Mupariwa coming in for Cremer.

Match:
Zim innings:258/7,50 overs
Strydom 64
Marumisa 62no

Vaas 3/54
Muralidaran 2/36
SL innings:259/5,42.4 overs.
Sameraweera 72no(53 balls.)
Sangakkara 69

Chigumbura 2/64
Rainsford 1/41
MOTM:T.Sameraweera
Result:SL win by 5 wickets.
Reaction:
No early wickets this time and only Mendis(2/39) and Murali (2/36) made headway with Sameraweera unable to pick up a wicket.
Vaas picked up three late wickets to stem the run flow for the final overs.

Vandort and Sangakkara started well but the removal of Vandort for 20 saw Jayawardene go too.
Parana looked like batting well until he was run out by a loose call from Sanga and the lower order sped up the then slow run rate and easily cleared the win which I was beginning to think that I couldn't reach!!
 
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Sri Lanka Vs Zimbabwe 2nd ODI

Sri Lanka

Sangakkara
Vandort
Silva
Samaraweera
Paranavitana
Dilshan
Ariyasinghe
Fernando
Murali
Malinga
de Silva

Zimbabwe


Matsikenyeri
Coventry
Williams
Taibu
Strydom
Masakadza
Rinke
Mupariwa
Maruma
Manyumwa
Rainsford

Zimbabwe 189/10

Taibu 52
Strydom 38
Lakshitha 3/47
Murali 2/33

Sri Lanka 190/3

Silva 64
Samaraweera 49*
Mupariwa 2/56
Muruma 1/28

Result Sri Lanka Win by 7 Wickets
MOTM Silva.

Reaction: Easy stuff, Easy stuff. Good match this one. Pretty Routine win here. One more match in the series then we are off to Bangla. Hurray for Mirrows!
 
3rd ODI:
Sl:
Sangakkara
Vandort
M.Jayawardene
Paranavitana
C.Silva
Sameraweera
Dilshan
Maharoof
Vaas
Mendis
Muralidaran

Zim:
Matsikenyeri
Coventry
Williams
Taibu
Strydom
Marumisa
Rinke
Mahwire
Mupariwa
Manyumwa
Rainsford

Only change from either team being Zimbabwean Pacemen Mahwire coming in for Chigumbura.

Match:
SL innings:272/7,50 overs
Sangakkara 90
C.Silva 54

Manyumwa 4/49
Rainsford 1/46
Zim innings:138,28.3 overs.
Williams 54
Taibu 27

Mendis 3/30
Maharoof 2/33
MOTM:K.Sangakkara
Result:SL win by 134 runs.
Reaction:
Consecutive 28's for Vandort!!!!
Sanga led the way on a brilliant charge and Silva supported him well.
Vaas(23(15 balls)) and Maharoof(31(27 balls)) did some big hitting at the end to put us in a really good position.

Maharoof followed that up with a dismissal first ball!
Mendis and co. were almost impossible to stop except for when Taibu and Williams put on a good stand.
Sameraweera's successful lbw appeal against Williams was the finish of Zimbabwe's chances.
Three run outs(2 by Silva and 1 by Paranavitana) didn't help the Zimbabwean cause.
One down 2 to go,here I come minnow's!
 
Minnows, AOTF, not mirrows. :p

ODI series is going as planned so far and should end up with both of you whitewashing Zimbabwe. Easy victories.
 
Sorry bout lack of Updates on my half, my internet doesn't seem to like me at the moment, keeps disconnecting itself:mad:

Sri Lanka Vs Zimbabwe 3rd ODI

Sri Lanka


Sangakkara
Vandort
Silva
Samaraweera
Paranavitana
Dilshan
Ariyasinghe
Fernando
Murali
Lakshitha
de Silva

Lakshitha comes in for Malinga


Zimbabwe


Matsikenyeri
Coventry
Williams
Taibu
Strydom
Masakadza
Rinke
Mupariwa
Maruma
Manyumwa
Rainsford


Sri Lanka 249/7

Silva 87
Fernado 39
Maruma 3/40
Manyumwa 2/45

Zimbabwe 242/8

Williams 82
Taibu 33
Samaraweera 3/37
Murali 1/36

Result: Sri Lakna win by 7 runs
MOTM Silva

Reaction: Pretty disappointed at this result here, If this had been any other team and my bowlers bowled how they did(Bar Samaraweera) they would have chased the target down easily. Batting was also Sub-Par with only really Silva getting a start. Oh well, a win is a win and a whitewash is a whitewash(:p) Lets go (hopefully) beat bangla now
 
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Gee you were close, they nearly chased you down in the end. Defiently not a convincing result against Zimbabwe :p

Nice story mate kiu
 
That was a bit closer than you would of liked, i'm sure. :p

Like you said a win is a win and it is always good to whitewash teams, no matter who. Good story going here guys.
 
Squad for the tour to Bang:

M.Vandort
M.Jayawardene(c)
T.Paranavitana
C.Silva
S.Jayasuriya
K.Sangakkara
T.Dilshan
P.Jayawardene
T.Sameraweera
M.Warnapura
U.Chandana
F.Maharoof
C.Vaas
A.Mendis
M.Muralidaran
S.De Silva
L.Malinga
U.Indrasiri
 
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Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh 1st test.

Sri Lanka


Snagakarra
Vandort
Silva
Samaraweera
Paranavitana
Dilshan
Gangoda
Fernando
Murali
Lakshitha
de Silva

Bangladesh

Hossian
Nafees
Iqbal
Saleh
Bashar
Reza
Mashud
Sharif
Islam
Rasel
Hossian

Sri Lanka 367/10

Sangakarra 135
Dilshan 88
Sharif 4/91
Rasel 2/51

Bangladesh

Saleh 137
Mashud 49
Mural 4/86
Samaraweera 2/24

Sri Lanka 403/6Dec

Sangakarra 164
Silva 146
Sharif 2/103
Hossin 2/107

Bangladesh 173/10

Iqbal 47
Reza 46
Fernando 5/15 (:eek:)
de Silva 4/67

Result: Sri Lanka Win by 318 Runs
MOTM: Sangakarra

Reaction: What a game for Sanga! Not only scoring a double in the tests but also bringing up his 20th Test century!:D Beautiful game to watch unfold here was this one, we were on top the whole match, Saleh only proving resistance really. Second innings of Banglas was incredible. de Silva taking out the top order as only he can, then Fernando taking out the rest with 5/15 off 5 Overs!
 
Awesome batting and awesome bowling. Sangakkara was brilliant with the bat and Fernando was simply sensational with the ball in the second innings.

Could be an easy Test series for you.
 
1st Test:
Sl:
Warnapura
Vandort
M.Jayawardene
Sangakkara
Sameraweera
Paranavitana
P.Jayawardene
Vaas
Malinga
Mendis
Muralidaran

Ban:
M.Hossain
Nafees
T.Iqbal
Saleh
Bashar
Reza
Mashud
Razzak
S.Islam
Rafique
Rasel

Match:
Ban 1st innings:239
Nafees 49
Rafique 42

Muralidaran 5/75
Vaas 2/34
SL 1st innings:427
Warnapura 122
Sameraweera 101

Razzak 5/81
S.Islam 2/75
Ban 2nd innings:144
Nafees 65
M.Hossain 36

Muralidaran 6/37
Mendis 3/53
MOTM:M.Muralidaran
Result:SL win by an innings and 44 runs.
Reaction:
Vaas was the only successful paceman on a spinning pitch that Murali loved on first sight.
Mendis had two dropped catches off his bowling so you could say that he was liking it too.
Only Nafees and Rafique managed to make comfortable innings while the rest fell around them for 20 odd scores.

Vandort failing for once but Warnapura had been putting up with speculation that he had to be dropped.
He decided he was going to show me why he shouldn't.
Paranavitana did well on debut too with 63.
Razzak was in the same mind as Murali about the pitch,he just couldn't exploit it quite as well.

Murali loved the late on day three turning track and literally ripped into the Bangladeshi's!
Mendis proved good having figures of 3/29 at one stage and then losing it which started with him dropping a catch of his own bowling.
A easy win for in the end.
 

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