It's a pity most interesting match of the tournament can't go on.
By msdivkar
@msdivkar (23359)
India
March 5, 2011 7:53am CST
It's a pity weather god does not want to permit the most interesting match of the tournament to go on. It is raining cats and dogs at Premdasa stadium, Colombo and the ground is flooded with the water. It will take a miracle for the game to go on again as per one of the commentators. The game had reached the interesting stage when halted the play. Sri lanka were 146 for 3 after 32.5 overs. After winning the toss and electing to bat Sri Lanka started badly loosing Dilshan in very 2nd over after having a minor brawl with Australian players. Sri Lanka lost their second opener Tharanga on 31. The matter got worse when Jayawardene got run out on 75. Skipper Sangakkara however was solid as ever and was at th crease on 73 made of 102 balls he put on 71 runs unbroken with Samaraweera who was playing on 34 of 48 when rain halted the play. The match would have been real interesting had rain god permitted it. Let us hope for a miracle.
4 responses
@vbpujara (646)
• Rajkot, India
5 Mar 11
the best match for it, we all were waiting.
Srilanka has always been house of rain that we saw in past and recently in series played before some weeks between Srilanka-West indies.
Reserve day is best option and must be in matches like worldcup, we can watch it for results and more entertainment
@krajibg (11922)
• Guwahati, India
5 Mar 11
Hi msdivkar,
The saying 'man proposes and god disposes' proved true here. Sri Lanka, after losing one already were desperate to win this game against the Aussies but came in between the rain and I do not know what they would do if play is impossible. Might be they would get one point each.
You rightly said that an exciting game people would miss.
@beachdune (907)
• India
5 Mar 11
The way the ball turned and bounced suggested that anything over 250 would be defendable, and it appeared as if Sangakkara was batting with that knowledge in his mind. He had two good partnerships with Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera before the rain came . The run-rate wasn't too high but Sri Lanka looked to be in control as the track was increasingly showing signs of aiding turn and bounce. It was a typical tough scramble of a contest that is expected on a turning track in Sri Lanka. Sangakkara led from the front with a responsible, and skillful, knock to push Sri Lanka towards a competitive total when rain intervened to kill the contest.
