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  WORLD CUP OF CRICKET 2007
11Mar - 28Apr
 
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ICC World Cup - 32nd Match, Super Eights
 

England v Sri Lanka

4 April 2007- England v Sri Lanka , North Sound, Antigua
 

Lankan Tiger Clinch the Thriller
The super eight match on Wednesday was being anticipated as a thriller because of the participation of two of the strong contenders of the world cup. Sri Lanka was adamant on making a come back into he tournament after their loss New Zealand. England on the other hand wanted to strengthen their position in the world cup. The weather was showing no signs of disrupting the match a thus audience were pouring in with full swing to enjoy a great day of cricket.

Coin rolled in favor of England
Michael Vaughn won the toss for England and elected to field first. He decision was taken citing the conditions of the pitch, which had shown signs to support seam bowling in the early hours of the match. They wanted to capitalize with their strong bowling attack.

Steady Start
Sri Lanka headed for a steady start with both the openers clicking with the willow. They accumulated 37 runs in 7 overs. But in the last ball of he eight over Jayasuriya was clean bowled by Mahmood. He moved to the pavilion with a score of 25 runs from 26 balls. The solid start however could not be of much help to the batsman to follow. Sangakkara spent another ten overs at the crease but only contribute 17 runs to the scoreboard, which he made from 33 balls.

Captain’s knock
After the fall of two wickets the reins in the middle were taken over by the Lanka skipper. The other opener Tharanga continued to hold his position at the middle. They both got involved in a partnership of 91 runs that was instrumental in resurrecting the Sri Lankan team from the slump. Tharanga made a cautious 62 runs from 103 balls and stayed at the crease till the 35th over. The Lankan skipper Jayawardene scored a breezy 56 runs from 61 balls to enhance the scoring rate. The other batsmen chipping in with valuable contribution were LPC Silva scoring 24 runs from 37 balls and Russell Arnold who made a breezy 20 runs from 22 balls.

Mahmood on fire
The pace battery of England responded well to the need of the hour and stuck to a good line and length throughout the innings. Mahmood was the best among the lot by picking up 4 wickets giving away 50 runs in 9 overs. The other successful bowler of the side was the disgraced vice captain Andrew Flintoff who incised through the Lankan batting line up to make a bowling statistics of 3 wickets for 35 runs in 10 overs.

Dismal start of the English innings
The English openers cold not respond to the need of the hour and fell cheaply. The skipper Michael Vaughn fell cheaply for a golden duck consuming just 3 balls of the innings. He other opener Joyce could contribute only 10 runs to the innings by playing 21 balls during his stay at the wicket. England was stranded at 11 runs in 5.6 overs.

Middle Order held on…
The middle order batsmen Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell held together the English innings in the time of crisis. Bell scored a steady 47 runs from 71 balls to give stability to the side. Pietersen chipped n with a knock of 58 runs from 80 balls taking past England the 100 run mark. The innings once more collapsed with England loosing two wickets in quick succession.

Twist in the tale…
As England was on the verge of a loss inexperienced guns came to the rescue of the team. Rahul Bopara and Paul Nixon (he is inexperienced at the International level although he is a seasoned veteran in the county cricket) being a part of a 87 runs partnership to raise hopes of English victory. Bopara played an impeccable knock of 52 runs from 53 balls under immene pressure. Paul Nixon ably supported him by knocking 42 runs from just 44 balls.

Sri Lankan rise in the climax……
The match is being touted as one of the most thrilling encounter of this world cup. None of the sides were ready to leave an inch of ground to the other. The most successful bowler of the side was Dilhara Fernando who picked up 3 wickets giving away 41 runs in 9 overs. The last over was an edge of the seat thriller. It was bowled by Fernando against Rahul Bopara. From the last ball 3 runs were required to win. But eventually the leather won over the willow as Fernando uprooted the stumps of Bopara.

Two runs victory for Lanka…
This was one of the closest finishes seen by the World Cup 2007. Sri Lanka clinched the match on the last ball of the match by a margin of 2 runs.

Man of the match
Rahul Bopara was awarded the man of the match title for his crucial knock in such a crunch situation.

Result Sri Lanka won by 2 runs


Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)
R
B
4's
6's
SR
WU Tharanga
c Pietersen b Flintoff
62
103
2
0
60.19
ST Jayasuriya
b Mahmood
25
26
4
1
96.15
KC Sangakkara
c Collingwood b Mahmood
17
33
2
0
51.51
DPMD Jayawardene
c Joyce b Collingwood
56
61
4
0
91.80
LPC Silva
b Flintoff
24
37
2
0
64.86
TM Dilshan
run out (Bell)
5
6
0
0
83.33
RP Arnold
c Joyce b Mahmood
20
22
1
0
90.90
WPUJC Vaas
c Collingwood b Flintoff
4
5
0
0
80.00
SL Malinga
c Nixon b Mahmood
2
7
0
0
28.57
M Muralitharan
not out
2
2
0
0
100.00
CRD Fernando
run out ( Nixon/Pietersen)
2
2
0
0
100.00
EXTRAS
(b 3, lb 5, w 4, nb 4)
16
 
 
 
 
TOTAL
(all out; 50 overs)
235

Fall of wickets 1-37 (Jayasuriya, 7.6 ov) , 2-69 (Sangakkara, 18.1 ov) , 3-160 (Tharanga, 34.5 ov) , 4-175 (Jayawardene, 38.4 ov) , 5-193 (Dilshan, 42.1 ov) , 6-215 (Silva, 46.1 ov) , 7-219 (Vaas, 46.6 ov) , 8-226 (Malinga, 49.1 ov) , 9-231 (Arnold, 49.4 ov) , 10-235 (Fernando, 49.6 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
JM Anderson
10
1
39
0
3.90
SI Mahmood
9
0
50
4
5.55 (3nb, 1w)
A Flintoff
10
0
35
3
3.50 (1nb)
PD Collingwood
10
0
44
1
4.40 (1w)
MS Panesar
8
0
45
0
5.62
MP Vaughan
3
0
14
0
4.66


England innings (target: 236 runs from 50 overs)
R B 4's 6's SR
EC Joyce
lbw b Malinga
10
21
1
0
47.61
MP Vaughan
c Sangakkara b Vaas
0
3
0
0
0.00
IR Bell
run out (Jayasuriya)
47
71
4
0
66.19
KP Pietersen
c & b Muralitharan
58
80
5
1
72.50
PD Collingwood
lbw b Fernando
14
20
2
0
70.00
A Flintoff
c Malinga b Fernando
2
7
0
0
28.57
RS Bopara
b Fernando
52
53
4
0
98.11
PA Nixon
c Jayawardene b Malinga
42
44
2
1
95.45
SI Mahmood
not out
2
2
0
0
100.00
EXTRAS
(b 1, lb 1, w 2, nb 2)
6
 
 
 
 
TOTAL
(8 wickets; 50 overs)
233

Did not bat JM Anderson, MS Panesar

Fall of wickets 1-1 (Vaughan, 2.2 ov) , 2-11 (Joyce, 5.2 ov) , 3-101 (Bell, 25.2 ov) , 4-126 (Pietersen, 30.5 ov) , 5-133 (Flintoff, 33.1 ov) , 6-133 (Collingwood, 33.3 ov) , 7-220 (Nixon, 48.5 ov) , 8-233 (Bopara, 49.6 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
WPUJC Vaas
8
1
45
1
5.62
SL Malinga
10
1
50
2
5.00 (2nb)
CRD Fernando
9
0
41
3
4.55
ST Jayasuriya
8
0
31
0
3.87
TM Dilshan
5
1
16
0
3.20 (1w)
M Muralitharan
10
1
48
1
4.80 (1w)

Toss England, who chose to field first
Points Sri Lanka 2, England 0

Player of the match RS Bopara (England)

Umpires Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and BF Bowden (New Zealand)
TV umpire RE Koertzen (South Africa)
Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire Aleem Dar (Pakistan)

 




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