3rd ODI: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka at Christchurch
Both teams go into the game with one win each and will be keen to get an advantage in the 5-game series. New Zealand had a last gasp win in the previous game and won off the very last ball thanks to Michael Mason hitting a four to win the match by just one wicket. Both teams played great games and both teams deserved to win the game but alas the kiwis came on top.
Kumar Sangakkara continues his good form with the bat and James Franklin is moulding himself into all-rounder status. I can't see Vettori batting at number five for too much longer, I think he is seriously over-rating his batting ability.
Anyway, another great contest coming up and it will interesting to see who will be victorious and gain a nice advantage with two games remaining after this match. Should be a cracker.
New Zealand XIII: DL Vettori, AR Adams, NJ Astle, SE Bond, JEC Franklin, PG Fulton, MR Gillespie, BB McCullum, HJH Marshall, JAH Marshall, MJ Mason, JS Patel, RL Taylor
Sri Lanka squad XV: DPMD Jayawardene, MS Atapattu, CM Bandara, TM Dilshan, CRD Fernando, ST Jayasuriya, CK Kapugedera, MF Maharoof, SL Malinga, M Muralitharan, PDRL Perera, KC Sangakkara, LPC Silva, WU Tharanga, WPUJC Vaas
Umpires: SJ Davis and AL Hill
3rd Umpire: GA Baxter
Weather:
(All Temperatures in Degrees Celcius)
Cloudy, 14.
Game starts at 7am AWDT (11am local time, 10pm (Monday January 1, 2007) GMT).
Both teams go into the game with one win each and will be keen to get an advantage in the 5-game series. New Zealand had a last gasp win in the previous game and won off the very last ball thanks to Michael Mason hitting a four to win the match by just one wicket. Both teams played great games and both teams deserved to win the game but alas the kiwis came on top.
Kumar Sangakkara continues his good form with the bat and James Franklin is moulding himself into all-rounder status. I can't see Vettori batting at number five for too much longer, I think he is seriously over-rating his batting ability.
Anyway, another great contest coming up and it will interesting to see who will be victorious and gain a nice advantage with two games remaining after this match. Should be a cracker.
New Zealand XIII: DL Vettori, AR Adams, NJ Astle, SE Bond, JEC Franklin, PG Fulton, MR Gillespie, BB McCullum, HJH Marshall, JAH Marshall, MJ Mason, JS Patel, RL Taylor
Sri Lanka squad XV: DPMD Jayawardene, MS Atapattu, CM Bandara, TM Dilshan, CRD Fernando, ST Jayasuriya, CK Kapugedera, MF Maharoof, SL Malinga, M Muralitharan, PDRL Perera, KC Sangakkara, LPC Silva, WU Tharanga, WPUJC Vaas
Umpires: SJ Davis and AL Hill
3rd Umpire: GA Baxter
Weather:
(All Temperatures in Degrees Celcius)
Cloudy, 14.
Game starts at 7am AWDT (11am local time, 10pm (Monday January 1, 2007) GMT).