Preview: Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe

Sri Lanka have been winning customarily opposite a minnows do distant in a World Cup as great as it looks similar to a direction is set to go upon when they take upon Zimbabwe during Kandy. Zimbabwe have come out upon tip customarily opposite Canada though have been distant from considerable opposite a some-more determined teams.

Sri Lanka

Considered to be amongst a favourites to lift a trophy, a Islanders had to bear a teenager blip in a story when they mislaid to Pakistan. Their position as frontrunners to lift a World Cup was rught away underneath subject as great as it took a clinical opening opposite Kenya to overpower a little of their critics.

Sri Lanka have continually been illusory during home as great as a Zimbabweans will have to come up with an unusual bid if they have been to dirt which reputation, during slightest somewhat. Their batting has a great brew of batsmen who have been means to opposite or consolidate. T. Dilshan will fool around a approach customarily he can meaningful which a likes of Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene as great as Thilan Samaraweera will connect if need be for a team.

How Sri Lanka continually come up with bowlers who perplex a batsmen with accumulation as great as singular character has continually vacant me. M. Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis as great as Lasith Malinga need no key as great as they will go upon to bemuse a batsmen with their bowling. The contingent can be really difficult to come to conditions with, as great as Zimbabwe would do great to keep them utterly as great as conflict a alternative bowlers.

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe need no revelation which a contingency have been opposite them when they face Sri Lanka, though they could operate it to their value as they know they have zero to lose. They have a single win underneath their leather belt after cantering to a win opposite Canada, though this will certainly be a many sterner test.

Tatenda Taibu stays Zimbabwe’s many appropriate gamble with a bat as great as their fans will be praying for a petite wicket screw to click with a bat. They do have alternative batsmen who can fire, though a likes of Brendon Taylor as great as Craig Ervine have been really unsuitable as great as up opposite a peculiarity bowling line up a pursuit is customarily expected to get harder.

Their bowling dialect is heavily reliant upon Ray Price to broach a goods, as great as upon occasions which a left hander has unsuccessful to do so, Zimbabwe have struggled. He is Zimbabwe’s categorical wicket receiving bowler as great as customarily operates during a start, though opposite Sri Lanka – who have been filled to a margin with peculiarity players of turn – Zimbabwe competence have to demeanour for someone else to come great with a ball.

Head to Head:

Sri Lanka have won 38 matches out of a 46 times they’ve played Zimbabwe.

Quotes:

Mahela Jayawardene: we consider we can still urge upon a batting, try to bat for longer durations as great as have certain we set up partnerships. Even upon a margin there is continually room to improve. We have been a really industrious side when it comes to fielding. We only have to keep mending as great as have certain we have a many of half-chances.

Elton Chigumbura: They (Ireland) continually believed in themselves. We patently hold in ourselves though there competence be room to improve. My group has been upon which path. If we hold we can kick a bigger team, we can do that. It’s up to each particular to have which same idea as great as which gives me motivation.