CT 09: Match 4: Eng v. SL: England start the CT with a Win!

In their opening match, England beat Sri Lanka convincingly. The favorites were Sri Lanka, especially after a 1-6 defeat against Australia in the recently concluded Ashes series.

Put into Bat, SL were all out in less than 50 overs for 212. England picked the top order easily but could not get through the tail-enders. From 17 for 4, Samaraweera and Kandamby took the score to 81.

Kandamby and Mathews scored half-centuries and brought the Lankans back in the game. They both added 82 for the 6th wicket. The last wicket added 15 to the total and ended the innings at 212.

Anderson and Broad picked 3 wickets each, and Onion picked 2 wickets. But, it was Anderson's spell that changed the complexion of the game. He ended with 9.3-2-20-3

Though England started shakily, losing both the openers with just 19 on the board, Shah and Collingwood played sensibly realizing that they should not lose their wicket. They added 63 runs for the 3rd wicket before Collingwood was bowled by Malinga for 46.

Morgan utilized the opportunity to prove his worth and contributed with an unbeaten 62 in 83 balls which had 7 boundaries. Shah and Morgan handled Mendis very well and was not in hurry at all to play out his overs.

When Shah was out for 44, England were 158, needing just 55 in 91 balls. Morgan and Prior reached the final target without losing their wicket and gave England the crucial winning points.

Scoreboard:

Match # 4, Group B
Date: Friday Sep 25, 2009
Teams: England v. Sri Lanka
Captains: Strauss and Sangakkara
Toss: England, decided to field
Venue: New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Result: England won by 6 wickets with 30 balls remaining
Points: England 2; Sri Lanka 0
Man of the Match: P Collingwood off England

Sri Lanka Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
T Dilshan	c Morgan b Anderson	2	12	0	0
Jayasuriya	c Prior b Onions	0	2	0	0
Sangakkara	c Strauss b Onions	1	6	0	0
DPMD Jayawardene	lbw b Anderson	9	12	1	0
T Samaraweera	c Collingwood b Broad	30	48	4	0
S Kandamby	run out (Prior/Wright)	53	82	5	0
A Mathews	c Prior b Wright	52	73	6	0
K Kulasekara	not out	17	24	1	1
Muralitharan	b Broad	18	10	2	1
S Malinga	b Broad	0	1	0	0
Mendis	c Strauss b Anderson	5	15	0	0
Extras	(lb 4, w 21)	25	-	-	-
Total	all out in 47.3 overs	212	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-7 (Jayasuriya, 1.5 ov), 2-7 (Dilshan, 2.3 ov), 3-17 (Jayawardene, 4.6 ov), 4-17 (Sangakkara, 5.2 ov), 5-81 (Samaraweera, 19.5 ov), 6-163 (Kandamby, 37.4 ov), 7-176 (Mathews, 40.5 ov), 8-197 (Muralitharan, 43.2 ov), 9-197 (Malinga, 43.3 ov), 10-212 (Mendis, 47.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Anderson	9.3	2	20	3
Onions	10	0	58	2
S Broad	10	0	49	3
Wright	6	0	34	1
Collingwood	8	0	24	0
Swann	4	0	23	0

England Innings: (213 to win in 50 overs)

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Strauss	c Kandamby b Kulasekara	9	25	1	0
Denly	lbw b Kulasekara	5	11	1	0
OA Shah	c Sangakkara b Muralitharan	44	74	3	1
Collingwood	b Malinga	46	51	5	3
Morgan	not out	62	83	7	0
Prior	not out	28	27	3	0
Extras	(lb 7, w 11, nb 1)	19	-	-	-
Total	for 4 wkts in 45 overs	213	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-9 (Denly, 3.5 ov), 2-19 (Strauss, 7.3 ov), 3-82 (Collingwood, 19.5 ov), 4-158 (Shah, 34.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Malinga	9	0	43	1
Kulasekara	9	1	42	2
Mathews	8	2	26	0
Mendis	9	0	35	0
Muralitharan	10	0	60	1