A spot in the semi-finals of
the World T20 could well be heavily weighted on the toss of a coin when Sri
Lanka take on New Zealand have to fight it for one remaining spot in Group 1, South
Africa already in Semi. Brendon McCullum
calls correctly and puts Sri Lanka in.
Seppuku is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment. The ceremonial
disembowelment, which is usually part of a more elaborate ritual and performed
in front of spectators, consists of plunging a short blade, traditionally a tantō, into the abdomen and
moving the blade from left to right in a slicing motion. Seppuku is also known
as hara-kiri. Both the team were
trying their best to master the art of Harakiri.
Perera flicks the opening boundary off Kyle Mills and follows that with a casual
whip off the pads for six just over the fielder on the mid-wicket fence. The
stadium was with lot of excitement and sound to watch the right-hander turned
left-hander Perera. But on the eleventh ball of the innings the howler from Aleem Dhar send the crowd to dead
silent. Aleem Dhar fallen for one of
those professional appeal by wicket keeper to save the wide. Poor Perera victim of the umpire, second one
in this WCT-20. 10 balls later, Dilshan
gets into a pickle in what is never the most aesthetically pleasing of strokes,
and he resembles a left-handed tail ender trying to hook a bouncer. The remaining
18 overs the Sri Lankans were concerned about survival rather than smashing the
ball here, there and everywhere."
Malinga, the team's T20
vice-captain since October 2012, said that he was under no extra pressure
leading his country for the first time even though so much was at stake. He has
been forced into this position after Dinesh
Chandimal was suspended for one match for his team being penalised twice for slow
over rate within a 12-month period.
It's not going Sri Lanka's way,
the old Chinese cut bringing Williamson four off the inside edge past the
stumps. Sri Lanka are desperate for a breakthrough and Sangakkara is given a quiet word by avuncular umpire Dar regarding
over-ambitious appealing.
Fourth over from Herath an unnecessary run-out and over adventurous
advancement down the line by skipper McCallum
reduced New Zealand to 18/2. It's
game on now.
There is a short-leg in place for the slow left-arm of Herath
- and a slip, it's like a Test match in coloured clothing. A huge appeal for
lbw against new man Taylor looks out and the next one is. What a start! Taylor
departs for a fifth ball duck. Half-way down New Zealand is finished.
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NEUSON
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A great bowling effort from Rangana Herath (5/3) has taken Sri
Lanka into the semis of the ICC World Twenty20 tournament. The spinner rocked
New Zealand, chasing a modest 120-run total, in his 3.3 destructive overs to
bowl them for 60 in 15.3 overs in Chittagong -- the Black Caps' lowest total in
T20s.
Man of the Match Rangana Herath was humble in saying
that he just stuck to his basics and the captain didn't want anything special
from him. New Zealand skipper Brendon
McCullum said that all the credit went to Sri Lanka for the way they bowled
and the fact that Corey Anderson could not bat due to a dislocated finger, did
not add any pressure to them whatsoever. He also said Sri Lanka were deservedly
the winners. Sri Lanka now face the winners of Tuesday's game between the West
Indies and Pakistan in the first semi-final
on April 3.
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ONLINECLASSES
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Pakistan to take on West Indies in the do or Die match.
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