1st Semi-Final: Sri Lanka vs New Zealand at Colombo, Tues March 29

[aaliyahkhan1]

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@Decent_6Chora

heeen ? 1st Semi final bhi hai? for days I was under impression that we only have 2nd Semi final

@La_Parisienne

wow! cannot believe how many runs the top order Sri Lankans have scored in the WC so far! I hope Sri Lanka lose to New Zealand so the India doesn’t have such a big challenge in the finals, especially given our bowling weakness.

Chicken

@Southie

Good luck Sri Lanka! The favorites to win it all.

Thank you

This is cricket…u never know what will happen…just hoping for the best..if not better luck next time!!

But I hope at least one of my favourites will be in the final..or I will not be happy :hinna:

[waleedhbk]

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Srilanka

[ehsan]

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utho jagao, aaj match yahan hai doosray thread mein nahin.

[_Sh3rY]

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@Antumul_alona

No body posting any news of this match…so I will do the honors…

ICC making match so unimportant that it is getting a “hand me down” pitch…

(I think they want a spinners paradise actually)

http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/current/story/508414.html

Vettori surprised at used pitch

ESPNcricinfo staff
March 28, 2011

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Daniel Vettori inspects the pitch at Premadasa © Getty Images

Daniel Vettori, the New Zealand captain, is not impressed with the use of the same pitch for Tuesday’s semi-final as the one that was used for the quarter-final against England on Saturday. “They’ve told us we’re playing on the same one as England, which is very surprising for us,” Vettori said on the eve of the first semi-final against Sri Lanka. “Playing a World Cup semi-final on a used wicket; we would have thought it would be mandatory to prepare a fresh wicket, but obviously not.” Sri Lanka won their quarter-final easily, strangulating England’s scoring through clever use of slow bowlers and Lasith Malinga at the death, and went on to win comfortably by 10 wickets.

Vettori is spot on with his observation that it is not mandatory to play a semi-final on a fresh pitch. However, the pitch to be used for the semi-final is relatively fresh; it was used for the first time in the tournament during the quarter-final. The call on which pitch is to be used is the groundsman’s, and Anuruddha Polonowita, Sri Lanka’s chief groundsman, said that he has chosen the most-fair strip.

An ICC source said the choice of the exact pitch remains with the venue, as long as it complies with the ICC’s guidelines for fair pitches. The choice, the source said, was between the pitch used for the Australia-Pakistan game and the one used for the quarter-final. The first one had more inconsistent bounce, hence this pitch was chosen.

Losers! This must be Mahela’s idea

I hope it backfires but …

[_Sh3rY]

Re: 1st Semi-Final: Sri Lanka vs New Zealand at Colombo, Tues March 29

**Daniel Vettori calls heads, heads it is, and New Zealand win the toss and will bat

300 Please!
**

[ehsan]

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Sri Lanka team

WU Tharanga, TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara*†, DPMD Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera, LPC Silva, AD Mathews, SL Malinga, HMRKB Herath, BAW Mendis, M Muralitharan

New Zealand team

BB McCullum†, MJ Guptill, JD Ryder, LRPL Taylor, SB Styris, KS Williamson, NL McCullum, DL Vettori*, JDP Oram, TG Southee, AJ McKay

[pinkyy]

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It would be interesting if New Zealand wins it today

[ehsan]

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@pinkyy

It would be interesting if New Zealand wins it today

[aleepervaiz]

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supporting Sri Lanka

[pinkyy]

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@ehsan

Oh i see, we have supporters of Sri Lanka here

[ehsan]

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@pinkyy

Oh i see, we have supporters of Sri Lanka here

[hanibal]

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NZ - 4/0 - 1 Over

[ehsan]

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10/0 off 2

[ehsan]

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A steady opening by NZ

16/0 off 3

[hanibal]

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So far so good for NZ

16/0 - 3 Overs

[hanibal]

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NZ - After six overs - 29/0

[Zabardast]

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New Zealand...

[hanibal]

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what happened to the "Cricket Lovers" how come this semi-final is not important.. or maybe the so-called supporters are taken away with the hype created by the Media about the 2nd semi-final....

[hanibal]

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So far the pitch doesn't seem to have any monsters in it!!!

[kaka_in_usa]

Re: 1st Semi-Final: Sri Lanka vs New Zealand at Colombo, Tues March 29

jai lankesh. tor nz ki nali.

wickets please.