DISASTER!!!
16.3 Harbhajan Singh to Jayawardene, no run, tragedy! Jayawardene turns the ball just wide of mid-on and Sangakkara starts off as the
batsman calls "Yes." But sent back mid-way, Sangakkara cannot
regain his crease as Mongia rifles in the throw for Harbhajan to
collect and break the stumps.
Batting sensibly Sri Lankans are trudging their way along..
ICC Champions Trophy, 2002-03, Final
Sri Lanka 112/4 (30.0 ov)
Runs
DPMD Jayawardene * 22 (47)
RP Arnold 22 (46)
Bowling
V Sehwag * 4.0 - 0 - 10 - 0
SR Tendulkar 3 - 0 - 11 - 0
Current Run Rate: 3.73
Sri Lanka 112/4
Zaheer provides the critical breakthrough.
Jayawardene is gone after a fine knock of 77 and Harbhajan further puts the break on the Lankans.
S Jayasuriya b Zaheer 0 1 0 0 0.00
K Sangakkara run out (Mongia) 26 46 3 0 56.52
M Atapattu c Mongia b Agarkar 10 17 1 0 58.82
A de Silva c Kaif b Kumble 27 24 6 0 112.50
M Jayawardene c Ganguly b Zaheer 77 99 6 0 77.78
R Arnold batting 45 93 2 0 48.39
U Chandana c Kaif b Harbhajan 1 3 0 0 33.33
C Vaas batting 2 2 0 0 100.00
K Dharmasena
D Fernando
M Muralitharan
Extras (w-7, nb-1, b-0, lb-0): 8 Run Rate: 4.14
Total: 196/6 Overs: 47.2
** SL 222/7 off 50 overs**
It should be a walkover for India from hereon.
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Originally posted by ehsan: *
* SL 222/7 off 50 overs**
It should be a walkover for India from hereon.
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i doubt whether it would be a walkover.....Murali , Jayasuriya and Dharmasena excel on crumbling wickets..
Mongia gone :(..why the heck did Ganguly change the batting order..
Mongia should'nt be playing in the first place as Laxman was O.K. and had adjusted to the Srilankan conditions.
But, let us wait and see. I hope the two guys, Tendulkar and Sehwag will be able to take the team to a safe place from hereon.
if shewag is there for another 10 overs, india should win this one quite easily.
phir match rukh gaya . Rain ke wajah say… 
Everything seems to be favoring the Lankans. Poor Indians had to toil for 2 successive days and we never got to bat.
We could have repeated the 99 WC hammering of the Lankan's. Lucky guys, they escaped.
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*Originally posted by Victory: *
Everything seems to be favoring the Lankans. Poor Indians had to toil for 2 successive days and we never got to bat.
We could have repeated the 99 WC hammering of the Lankan's. Lucky guys, they escaped.
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match over
trophy shared
play abandoned due to rain
A highly unsatisfactory end to the tournament.
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*Originally posted by jinesh102: *
match over
trophy shared
play abandoned due to rain
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Is it really true or just a guess?
I expected Indians to "massacre" the Lankans, finish perhaps with 5-8 wickets to spare with 8-12 overs remaining.
I would have loved to see Tendy, sehwag and Gangs, whacking Murli & Co., Unfortunately the tournament got washed away. I think India did perform satisfactorily in this tournament.
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*Originally posted by Victory: *
I would have loved to see Tendy, sehwag and Gangs, whacking Murli & Co., Unfortunately the tournament got washed away. I think India did perform satisfactorily in this tournament.
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Satisfactory!!!!, their performance was second to none, performed very well.
another tournment went undecided after three nation cup due to rain :(
anyway well played both teams its supposed to be the match to watch a clash b/w 10dulkar, Sehwag and Murli & Co.
khair next time may be ....till then ..lets get ready for Pak Vs Aus test series oh but that only if Aussi Chickens dont "pukh pukh" :)
PS : they has already started doing "pukh pukh" by "concerning" about the safty in Shajrah !
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*Originally posted by Changez_like: *
Is it really true or just a guess?
I expected Indians to "massacre" the Lankans, finish perhaps with 5-8 wickets to spare with 8-12 overs remaining.
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It's true - Match abandoned and trophy shared.
I guess the tournament sponsors are going to Sue the Sri Lankan Bhagwaan for the Rains or may be ICC is going to demand damages from the Indian Bhagwaan .
Changez ji - aap hamesha 'massacre' ki baat kyon karte hain :)
Anyways - Congratulations to Indian & Sri Lankan players for playing well.
well unfortunate it is,,,
i would like to see how Sehwag, yuvraj and kaif play against murali etc....
true test of theri potential ..
khair well played insia and sri lanka
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*Originally posted by Asif_k: *
...
Changez ji - aap hamesha 'massacre' ki baat kyon karte hain :)
Anyways - Congratulations to Indian & Sri Lankan players for playing well.
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it might be coincidental (with my nick) but the way Lankans batted and Indian bowled and looking at the recent performance of Indian batting line up, I was expecting a whacking or a massacre of Lankan bowling. :)
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*Originally posted by Changez_like: *
it might be coincidental (with my nick) but the way Lankans batted and Indian bowled and looking at the recent performance of Indian batting line up, I was expecting a whacking or a massacre of Lankan bowling. :)
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It could have been the other way too ;) remember what happen to the Aussies in 2nd semifinal they were crusing and whacking the Lankans but the end result was that Lankans won :)