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

[age of the fall]

1st ODI

Sri Lanka

Sangakarra
Vandort
Silva
Samaraweera
Paranavitana
Dilshan
Fernando
Murali
Malinga
Mendis
de Silva

Bangladesh

Hossian
Nafees
Iqbal
Saleh
Reza
Al Hasan
Mashud
Razzaq
Islam
Haque
Rasel

Sri Lanka 258/9

Sangakarra 63
Paravitana 44
Islam 5/58
Rasel 1/44

Bangladesh 145/10

Nafees 46
Al Hasan 22
Mends 4/25
Murali 2/34

Result: Sri Lanka Win by 113 Runs
MOTM Mendis

Reaction: Too easy. Just like most of the others, Batters where average while bowlers excelled on a spinning pitch. Batting was really going without any issues until Islam took a Hat trick to dismiss Malinga(29) Mendis and Murali. Then with 9 Wickets down Fernando and de Silva slogged out a few overs to end on 34 and 11 respectfully. Not a Lot different happening on the bowling end, de Silva(2/50) and Malinga(1/35) chipping in with a few early wickets then Murli and Mendis destroying the rest of the order.

 

[Jaztheman]

Very easy win once again and a good start to the ODI series. Mendis was awesome and Murali was rather good. Your batting was quite good despite Islam getting a hat-trick, as I could never see a Bangladesh team chasing that.

Keep this going you two.

 

[Slowcoach]

I found this story hard to read due to Bladescape's higgledy piggledy presentation, if he adds a little bit of bold font and some spaceing like Age of the Fall it will make things much easier to read and I will be more inclined to follow it's progress.

 

[bladescape]

2nd ODI:
Sl:
Sangakkara
Vandort
M.Jayawardene
C.Silva
Sameraweera
Paranavitana
Dilshan
Vaas
Malinga
Mendis
Muralidaran

Ban:
M.Hossain
Nafees
T.Iqbal
Saleh
Reza
S.Al-Hasan
Kapali
Mashud
Razzak
S.Islam
Rasel

Match:
Ban innings:163,47.1 overs
Reza 52
Nafees 38

Vaas 3/35
Sameraweera 3/36

SL innings:166/3,34.4 overs
Sangakkara 94no
Sameraweera 53no

S.Islam 3/47

MOTM:T.Sameraweera

Result:SL win by 5 wickets.

Reaction:
A slight improvement in the Bangla batting() was brought on by the inefficiancy of the pacemen with the new ball!(again)
The spinners bowled from over 10 to over 40 and Mendis was a lot more economical then the others,taking 1/26 from 10.
Sameraweera was largely ineffective until he took a hattrick!(see bottom)
The old ball allowed Vaas and Malinga to yet again bowl very well at the death!(I might just have to get 2 new opening bowlers.)

Sangakkara was completely let down by Vandort this time with Vandort almost completely blowing his chances of staying in the team with a golden duck!
A miny collapse with Jayawardene and Silva following Vandort(though not for ducks!),until Sameraweera and Sangakkara saw SL through to the end.
I'm certainly happy with the result.


Is that better Slowcoach?

 

[age of the fall]

Haha, A hattrick in each match. I'll update tomorrow.

 

[age of the fall]

2nd ODI

Sri Lanka

Sangakarra
Vandort
Silva
Samaraweera
Paranavitana
Dilshan
Fernando
Murali
Malinga
Mendis
de Silva

Bangladesh

Hossian
Nafees
Iqbal
Saleh
Reza
Al Hasan
Kapali
Mashud
Razzaq
Islam
Rasel

Haque dropped for Kapali

Bangladesh 187/10

Al Hasan 56
Iqbal 42
Samaraweera 4/21
Mendis 3/21

Sri Lanka 188/2

Silva 57*
Samaraweera 51*
Kapali 1/27
Rasel 1/41

Result: Sri Lanka Win by 8 Wickets
MOTM: Samaraweera

Reaction: Samaraweera is a gun!! 4 Wickets and an Unbeaten 50
Other then that, not much different to right about in this match. Typical Match facing Bangla. This is getting Dull. Read the other reactions

 

[Jaztheman]

Hattricks in successive matches for you two? Awesome.

Very simple win for your players, AOTF. Samaraweera was amazing with the bat and ball, being your best player by far in that match.

 

[bladescape]

3rd ODI:
Sl:
Sangakkara
Vandort
M.Jayawardene
C.Silva
Sameraweera
Paranavitana
Dilshan
Vaas
Malinga
Mendis
Muralidaran

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

Changes are Bashar in for Al-Hasan and Kapali out for Sharif.

Match:
SL innings:249/9,50 overs
M.Jayawardene 59
Vaas 48no

S.Islam 4/46
Reza 3/44

Ban innings:125,35.1 overs
M.Hossain 33
T.Iqbal 18

Mendis 4/36
Muralidaran 2/22

MOTM:A.Mendis

Result:SL win by 124 runs.

Reaction:
The top order(apart from Jaya) just collapsed!!!
At one point I was 3/18!
Jaya(59),Samera(40),Vaas(48no) and Mendis(39) not only rescued me but with small contributions from all around I managed to post a very good score.

For once the opening bowlers weren't expensive.
M & M & S did their trick and wiped through the order.
This is getting boring and the next tour is Zimbabwe!!!!
I can't wait to get through this!

ODI rankings,batting:
4.K.Sangakkara
9.M.Jayawardene

ODI rankings,bowling:
1.A.Mendis
4.L.Malinga

Averages so far this year:

 

[age of the fall]

3rd ODI( Better Fix that, Bladescape)

Sri Lanka

Sangakarra
Vandort
Silva
Samaraweera
Paranavitana
Dilshan
Fernando
Murali
Malinga
Mendis
de Silva

Bangladesh

Hossian
Nafees
Iqbal
Saleh
Reza
Bashar
Mashud
Razzaq
Islam
Rasel

Bashar in for Al Hasan

Bangladesh 206/10

Reza 33
Hossain 32
Mendis 4/58
Samaraweera 3/31

Sri Lanka 207/9

Sangakarra 77
Dilshan 36
Razzak 5/36
Islam 3/44

Result:Sri Lanka Win by 1 wicket.
MOTM: Razzak

Reaction:...Ok. That was close. Razzak ripped through my fairly fragile batting order. Lucky to get the win there. Considering my Last Batsmen was Dropped off his second ball I'm just lucky de Silva and Mendis managed to knock off the last few runs. Disappointing effort by the batsmen there. Not sure how I'm going to beat other teams when I can hardly beat Bangla. Hopefully it's just a one off.

In regards to my bowling, it should be illegal to have my 3 spinners on a spinning pitch against A team like Bangla. I also blame Razzaks illegal action for the amount of wickets he got.

ODI Top Tens.

Batsmen
6. Sangakarra
8. Silva

Bowlers
1. Mendis
6. de Silva
7. Samaraweera

 

[Jaztheman]

Mendis was vital for you, Bladescape, with the bat and the ball. Jayawardene and Sangakkara have been Gods with the bat whilst Mendis seems to be your best baller overall. Mendis, Malinga and Murali all seem to have their places secured with those average.

AOTF, you lucky git. Razzaq was incredible for them but you shold still win that game easily. At least you both whitewashed the series.

Good stuff, guys.

 

[mattfb]

Mendis was great for both of you guys, he's a legend! You got a good total Bladescape, thanks to Mendis and AOTF you probably should have bowled Bangladesh out for 10 or 20 runs less, as no one really made a big total for them.

Great work guys, kiu!

 

[bladescape]

Sorry about the delay,I just got a bit tangled up with 08 when I was trying to install the patch.
It kept on stalling at 83% done!!

1st Test:
Sl:
Warnapura
Vandort
M.Jayawardene
Sangakkara
Sameraweera
Paranavitana
P.Jayawardene
Malinga
Mendis
Muralidaran
W.De Silva

Zim:
Matsikenyeri
Coventry
Williams
Strydom
Taibu
Marumisa
Chigambura
Cremer
Maruma
Manyumwa
Rainsford

Match:
Zim 1st innings:244
Chigumbura 49
Williams 47

Mendis 6/69
De Silva 2/70

SL 1st innings:331
M.Jayawardene 108
Sangakkara 103

Manyumwa 4/80
Cremer 3/87

Zim 2nd innings:335
Williams 130
Matsikenyeri 60

Mendis 4/76
Muralidaran 4/76

SL 2nd innings:249/6
Warnapura 81
Sangakkara 59

Cremer 3/65
Maruma 1/36

MOTM:S.Williams

Result:SL win by 4 wickets.

Reaction:
To be honest,I thought I could do better then this.
Mendis was good again,Murali wasn't as flash as usual,Malinga was rather pathetic and De Silva had some flashes of brilliance.
On the batting front Warnapura made up for a rather weak first innings performance with an excellent 80 to steady the innings,Vandort was steadier but the highest score he got was 46,Jayawardene was brilliant,as was Sangakkara,Sameraweera's only redeeming factor of his batting was the speed with which he amased his runs.
Paranavitana and Pressana weren't playing perticularly well either.

Overall a pretty bad performance appart from Mehala,Sanga and Mendis.
Williams is the main target for the bowlers next match.

 

[Jaztheman]

Williams was awesome for Zimbabwe and got them closer to a win than you would of thought. Mendis was your star bowler once again but it was a very poor bowling performance. You need your pace bowlers to take more wickets.

A win's a win though.

 

[age of the fall]

1st Test:

Sri Lanka

Sangakarra
Vandort
Sameraweera
Silva
Paranavitana
Dilshan
Gangoda
Fernando
Malinga
Murali
de Silva

Zimbabwe

Matsikenyeri
Coventry
Williams
Strydom
Taibu
Marumisa
Chigambura
Rinke
Cremer
Manyumwa
Rainsford

Sri Lanka 433/10

Silva 131
Fernando 82*
Cremer 3/102
Manyumwa 3/103

Zimbabwe 308/10

Coventry 66
Marumisa 48
Murali 5/86
Samaraweera 2/41

Sri Lanka 370/8dec

Samaraweera 157
Sangakarra 87
Chigumbura 2/26
Rinke 2/89

Zimbabwe 205/10

Chigumbura 61
Strydom 34
de Silva 3/42
Murali 3/42

Result: Sri Lanka win by 290
MOTM: Samaraweera

Reaction: Well, Pretty easy match, I'm happy with it. Murali being his legendary self and de Silva and Samaraweera helping to take out the rest. While the batting figures do look pretty awesome, I was pretty disappointed at batsmen getting starts then getting out.
Vandort(52), Paranavitana (54), Sangakarra( 48, 87). but hey, they're scoring 400+ for fun, who cares if it's against Zimbabwe

Bowling was solid as usual, although I was disappointed at my inability to get the tail out easily with the 8-11 batsmen scoring 182 runs out of 512. Nearing the end of the Minnow tours:happy

 

[Jaztheman]

Comfortable victory for you, not much to write about when it's against Zimbabwe.