Morris Odumbe out c Sachin b Srinath.
Kenya 206 for 6 after 48
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Now 214 for 6 after 49 overs
http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2003/MAR/153274_WC2003_07MAR2003.html
Jayasuriya facing possible World Cup knock-out
Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya has fractured his left thumb and badly bruised his forearm after being hit by a Brett Lee thunderbolt.
Jayasuriya was struck by a short delivery in Lee’s first over of the innings and forced to retire hurt as Sri Lanka chased a mammoth 320 runs for victory.
The left-hander - Sri Lanka’s highest run score in the tournament with 269 runs in the first six games - was rushed to hospital where x-rays confirmed that he had fractured his thumb.
“His forearm is badly bruised but his thumb has a slight fracture and we will have to wait and see if can play again in the tournament,” confirmed team manager Ajit Jayasekera.
A talismanic figure with the bat, as well as an important part of the bowling attack with his slow left-arm spin, his injury is a major blow for Sri Lanka.
Wouldn’t it be just fabulous if it rains in Newlands right about now. Then they will replay the match again tomorrow. Kenya wins the toss again and bat another 50 overs for 200+.
not very funny for India if that happens and they have to replay!
Anyway Kenya innings 50 overs score 225 for 6.
India needs and will score 226 to win
austrailia is just too good...i think they will go undefeated
i dont think india will walk over kenya..specially since they will be playing in the dark
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Hmmmmmmmm!!!! never heard of upsets. Kenya has beaten your team twice before. Good luck.
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specially since they will be playing in the dark
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I hope they turn at least one light tower ON. Pitch dark would be kinda unfair.
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austrailia is just too good...i think they will go undefeated
i dont think india will walk over kenya..specially since they will be playing in the dark
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Depends upon how good Kenyans can control the ball to swing either way. If they can, India will struggle, if they can't then India might be getting 30+ extras and an easy victory. Next few hours will tell.
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Hmmmmmmmm!!!! never heard of upsets. Kenya has beaten your team twice before. Good luck.
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You're right...anything is possible in a game. India is capable of making easy things look tough and tough things look easy. And hopefully they can handle any surprise the Kenyans may have in store. If they don't polish the Kenyans of, how will they deal with Australia?
One issue India will have to keep in mind is that the ball tends to keep low - the wicket is lifeless
Inida should win this one as the Kenyan attack is not very fearsome at all.
Unfortunately, the fearsome bowlers got their behind whooped too. SO, maybe the not so fearsome will deliver.
Sehwag c Tikolo b Odoyo 3
Sehwag gone for 3, India 5/1 in 2 overs
Tendulkar OUT c T Suji b M Suji 5
Tendulkar Gone
India 11/2 , 5 overs ..
If India loses this match which will be most likely if Ganguly goes too, then we will see how Indian visitors opinion will change so dramatically :D of day/night games.
Clouds are gathering. India is hoping for a rain-out so they can play again tomorrow.
http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/030307/80/duxkq.html
**Australia reach semis **
CENTURION, South Africa (Reuters) - Australia stormed into the World Cup semi-finals as Ricky Ponting and Brett Lee swept Sri Lanka regally aside.
Ponting’s run-a-ball 114 was the fulcrum of the world champions’ mammoth 319 for five, a target the Sri Lankans never looked like reaching after slumping to 48 for four.
They were finally dimissed for 223 in the 48th over to lose the Super Six encounter by 96 runs.
On a black day for Sri Lanka, captain Sanath Jayasuriya suffered a badly bruised left forearm and a chipped left thumb, courtesy of strike bowler Brett Lee, and is a major doubt for Monday’s clash with India.
Lee, despite some harsh treatment from Aravinda de Silva, closed with three wickets for 52.
Australia, unbeaten in seven games in the World Cup and in 13 matches in a row overall, now have 16 points and cannot be caught in the second round by either Sri Lanka or Zimbabwe.
Skipper Ricky Ponting said: “I thought we played their spinners pretty well. We tried to get among them and unsettle them.”
Jayasuriya, happy at least not to have broken his forearm, responded: “You have to do well in the first two hours to have a chance of beating Australia but we didn’t bowl well.”
Sri Lanka, the 1996 champions, were strangely subdued in the field as Australia dominated from the start after winning the toss.
Wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara was guilty of two glaring misses, Ponting the beneficiary on both occasions.
The Australian captain offered a stumping chance off Muttiah Muralitharan when he was on 16, Sangakkara wafting at the wicket but missing completely.
Sangakkara, extraordinarily, then repeated the same error to give Ponting another life on 35, this time Ponting fortunate to make his ground attempting a risky second run.
Ponting made the most of the reprieves, scoring his second 50 runs in just 30 balls as he raced to his hundred.
MURDEROUS STROKES
His innings was sprinkled with crisply timed drives and he was murderous on the bad ball, four times lifting the Sri Lankan bowlers for four emphatic sixes.
By the time he skied Dilhara Fernando to Sangakkara Australia were well on their way to 300, Ponting dismissed for 114 off 109 balls including eight further boundaries.
The early assault was led by Gilchrist who blazed his way to 99 before becoming the first batsman to be run out one short of a hundred in a World Cup.
A moment’s hesitation over a second run cost Gilchrist his century, Chaminda Vaas swooping from deep square leg and throwing down the stumps with a direct hit.
Gilchrist had to depart after a sparkling 88-ball innings during which he entertained a healthy crowd with 14 fours and two sixes.
A measure of the fireworks served up by Ponting and Gilchrist was that Damien Martyn’s fifty went almost unnoticed, Martyn bowled in the final over for 52 off 58 balls with one four.
Sri Lanka’s testing run chase got off to the worst possible start in the second over when main dangerman Jayasuriya was struck on the left forearm by a Lee delivery traveling at over 150 km/hour (93mph).
The blow forced Jayasuriya from the field and with their captain went Sri Lanka’s most realistic hope of an unlikely victory.
MISERABLE MAHELA
That was underlined in the tenth over when his in-form opening partner Marvan Atapattu crashed a catch straight back to Lee to depart for 16.
Lee then struck twice more, Mahela Jayawardene’s miserable tournament continuing with a three-ball duck and Russel Arnold making just one, either side of the departure of Hashan Tillakaratne who was bowled by Glenn McGrath.
That left Sri Lanka on 48 for four with Jayasuriya unable to return. De Silva and Sangakkara added 52 for the fifth wicket but their defiance ended when Sangakkara (20) was run out by a superb piece of fielding by Brad Hogg, who hit the one stump he had to aim at.
De Silva, dropped on nought by Matthew Hayden, thrilled the crowd with some cavalier strokeplay before chipping a catch back to Hogg. His 92 runs came off 94 balls with nine fours and four sixes, but his innings was always going to be in a losing cause.
One game in the super six and the Aussies are in the semi final. This is a ridiclous formatr to say the least.
India struggling against Kenya!!
Come on India!!
Surely you should have beaten the Kenyans by now. I think the Kenyans are playing with full heart.....
Nehra the superb bowler hasent even picked up a wicket,
the best bowling attack some people argue have let kenya post a decent score.
and the worlds best batting has started to crumble...
Kaif out too!!!
Wahooooo I just wish India lose this match!
If india lose this match I will but my whole street a box of mathai!!
Bye Bye Kaif !