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One Day Friendly against Somerset

Tharanga and Tillakarante out. Maharoof and Kapugerdera in.

I lost the toss and was elected to bowl first

A good start of 5 an over until Sajeewa Weerakoon get Wood which slows down the run rate, soon after Francis goes so both the openers gone with 3,4,5 and 6 not stayinf in too long either, Muralitharan and mialinga then turn to take down the tail enders as half way through the innings Somerset aree 110-5 but quick wickets make the score an easy target of only 150 as Lasith Malinga and Muttiah Muralitharan both got 3 wickets wach as Sajeewa Weerakoon got 2, A good bowling performance as only 3 batsmen got over 20.

Leaving us to get 151 runs at just over 3 an over, but unfortunatly a slow start is not helped by Sanath Jayasuriya going early for just 17 runs as we reach 36-1 off 10 overs. Some real good consistent batting by Kumar Sangakkara and Chamara Kapugedera made us easily poised at 94-1 off 25 overs needing 2.3 an over. As both men move on to get their Half Centuries in the process we bypass 150 and end up winning the game very comfortably. Kumar not out on 65(129) and Chamara not out on 63(100) with one six between them scored by Chamara. A great 123 unbeaten Second Wicket Partnership wins us the game fair and square, Kumar Sangakkara very deservedly so gets his just deserve as man of the match again.

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International Twenty20 against England

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Won the toss and elected to Bowl first

Second ball in and they are already luck not to be qone down as Strauss is easily out but 3 balls later and he has gone anyway. Vaas then gets Pietersen as England crumble for 1 as England are at 11-2 off 2.1 overs. In comes the King of Spin, Muralitharan as he goes for 12 in his first over. As it reaches the halfway mark so does Trescothick as he reaches his 50 in style. As we slow down the run rate dramatically down to 7.6 an over England are 114-2 off 15 overs. Then Chaminda Vaas gets his Man in the last over as Marcus Trescothick goes for a great score of 64. Some great Death Bowling by Maharoof gets rid of Vaughan before loads of runs come. As England score 150-4 it leaves us needing 151 runs at a wierd runrate of 7.5 an over, shouldn't be to hard...

A bad start as after two overs, we are already 12-1 with Sanath Jayasuriya the man gone needing 7.7 an over there on in but then another wicket falls as Kumar Sangakkara is run out, as we reach 22-2 off 3 overs. But after 5 overs we are in the driving seat at 45-2 with Kapugedera on 21* and Mahela Jayawardene on 13*. As the match wears on at 10 overs we need 72 runs off the last 10 overs. As we increase the run rate after 15 overs we have already reached 120-2 with bother batsmen with their 50's so we need 6.2 an over. A great boundry by Kapugedera makes the win ours with 2 overs to go as Kapugedera scores 80*(60) and Jayawardene 60*(45) respectively.

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150 was a good total and the Srilankans chased it down..Great batting by kapugedera, he deserved the man of the match award..Great stuff lads and excellent pres Jaz!
 
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This is Super team!

Whichever team Jaz manages, that will be a super team ;) Whether its Zim or Lankans :p I am sure, you must be enjoying the wins as coach.. Keep going:cool:
 
Kapugedera is playing ace now, 80* and 63* this year:clap
 

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