SK_IH Posted June 4, 2019 Posted June 4, 2019 Quote Team news Lasith Malinga has said he is fully fit and Nuwan Pradeep, who was surprisingly left out against New Zealand, bowled quite a bit in the nets on the eve of the match. Sri Lanka might consider bringing in Pradeep for Isuru Udana, whose style of bowling is more suited to drier surfaces than the one expected in Cardiff, particularly with rain around. Sri Lanka (probable): 1 Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), 2 Lahiru Thirimanne, 3 Kusal Perera (wk), 4 Kusal Mendis, 5 Angelo Mathews, 6 Dhananjaya de Silva, 7 Thisara Perera, 8 Jeevan Mendis, 9 Isuru Udana/Nuwan Pradeep, 10 Suranga Lakmal, 11 Lasith Malinga Gulbadin Naib defended Mohammad Shahzad despite a duck in the tournament opener, so he should keep his place. But given the conditions at the venue, Afghanistan could consider playing an extra seamer in Aftab Alam instead of Mujeeb ur Rahman, who was taken apart by Australia. Asghar Afghan missed the Australia game with a calf strain, and it is unclear if he is fit to play. Afghanistan (probable): 1 Mohammad Shahzad (wk), 2 Hazratullah Zazai, 3 Rahmat Shah, 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi, 5 Najibullah Zadran, 6 Mohammad Nabi, 7 Gulbadin Naib (capt), 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Mujeeb-ur-Rahman/Aftab Alam , 10 Hamid Hassan, 11 Dawlat Zadran Pitch and conditions Cardiff has been a good chasing ground over the years with teams batting second winning 15 of the 22 completed ODIs here. The average first-innings winning score here is 322 for 8, exemplifying the difficulty in setting totals. There's a possibility of thunderstorms on Tuesday, which should make it even easier for captains to decide whether to bat or bowl if the statistics alone weren't enough. Source: http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8039/preview/1144489/afghanistan-vs-sri-lanka-7th-match-icc-cricket-world-cup-2019
SK_IH Posted June 4, 2019 Author Posted June 4, 2019 Mods please make this as match thread @rkt.india @beetle
SK_IH Posted June 4, 2019 Author Posted June 4, 2019 Both teams are treading different paths, Afghanistan has 3 spinners while Lanka has 4 seamers
Franco Vazquez Posted June 4, 2019 Posted June 4, 2019 Why should people care about this match? JourneyMan, Norman and philcric 1 1 1
Ankit_sharma03 Posted June 4, 2019 Posted June 4, 2019 kusal perera is one guy who can make u switch on the TV
Franco Vazquez Posted June 4, 2019 Posted June 4, 2019 Afghanistan by far the most overconfident team in this WC. They batted first when they should have bowled first and vice versa in this match
JourneyMan Posted June 4, 2019 Posted June 4, 2019 I actually had Afg as favorites for this match, but SL seem to be handling them easily so far.
puneet28 Posted June 4, 2019 Posted June 4, 2019 Nabi changed the game in one over. Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk
Franco Vazquez Posted June 4, 2019 Posted June 4, 2019 Nabi bowling the spell of the life time. 3 wickets in one over and two of them were almost ditto
puneet28 Posted June 4, 2019 Posted June 4, 2019 Another one goneSent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk Brettcat 1
Franco Vazquez Posted June 4, 2019 Posted June 4, 2019 Remember when Mathews was overrated to the moon few years ago? JourneyMan and Brettcat 1 1
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