Elegance all around as Sri Lanka face Windies
West Indies are confident of chasing nearly any total in this event; Sri Lanka believe there is no score they can't defend. Clearly, something will have to give in their T20 World Cup 2009 semi-final.
Friday's match at the Oval sees two exciting sides up against one another and, while Sri Lanka will start favorites, the West Indies have shown that they are not to under-estimated. Sri Lanka, who has an admirably well balanced side for cricket's shortest format, has yet to lose a match at this tournament.
But it was at the Oval, a happy hunting ground for West Indies down the decades, that the men from the Caribbean beat Australia by seven wickets in their tournament opener. That victory owed much to a quite brilliant 88 from West Indies captain Chris Gayle, the left-handed opener striking some of the biggest sixes ever seen at the south London venue. Get all the individual performance in batting, top bowling performance, best fielding performance, most sixes in ICC 20-20, etc on Indyalive.
West Indies are confident of chasing nearly any total in this event; Sri Lanka believe there is no score they can't defend. Clearly, something will have to give in their T20 World Cup 2009 semi-final.
Friday's match at the Oval sees two exciting sides up against one another and, while Sri Lanka will start favorites, the West Indies have shown that they are not to under-estimated. Sri Lanka, who has an admirably well balanced side for cricket's shortest format, has yet to lose a match at this tournament.
But it was at the Oval, a happy hunting ground for West Indies down the decades, that the men from the Caribbean beat Australia by seven wickets in their tournament opener. That victory owed much to a quite brilliant 88 from West Indies captain Chris Gayle, the left-handed opener striking some of the biggest sixes ever seen at the south London venue. Get all the individual performance in batting, top bowling performance, best fielding performance, most sixes in ICC 20-20, etc on Indyalive.