New Zealand fought hard but in the end, were no match for the firepower of Sri Lanka. The batting was much better but in the end, it was the Sri Lankan bowling that made all the difference.
The problem that the Kiwis faced from the word go on a sticky Colombo track was that they could not score quickly enough. Not for a moment did it look like they would get to 260 an even towards the end of the innings when the acceleration could have come in, Sri Lanka bowled really well.
So, now it is two games in a row that Lankan have bowled much better than any other side in the competition. They will be facing India or Pakistan in the cricket world cup final and the sense that one gets is that they will prefer the batting of Pakistan – which has struggled in the competition so far.
However, for that, Pakistan will first need to beat India in the semi-final of the tournament and that could be the difficult part.
I’m glad that Sri Lanka being in the finals as an India fan. It sure will be an explosive finals. You guys remember the Wills cup 1996? Sachin was the only Indian batsman to perform in the infamous semi-final against Sri Lanka. Tendulkar fell amid a batting collapse and the match referee awarded Sri Lanka.
I’m glad that Sri Lanka being in the finals as an India fan. It sure will be an explosive finals. You guys remember the Wills cup 1996? Sachin was the only Indian batsman to perform in the infamous semi-final against Sri Lanka. Tendulkar fell amid a batting collapse and at the end of the day the referee awarded the match to Sri Lanka.