New Zealand-Sri Lanka match abandoned due to heavy rain
August 19th, 2010 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
Dambulla , Aug 19 (IANS) The New Zealand-Sri Lanka match of the tri-nation One-Day International (ODI) series was abandoned because of heavy rain Thursday.
The match will now be played on the reserve day, Friday.
Incessant rain lashed the gorund soon after the toss, which New Zealand won and decided to bat.
Sri Lanka’s Suraj Randiv, serving a one-match ban for deliberately bowling a no-ball to Indian batsman Virender Sehwag to deny him a century, was replaced by Rangana Herath.
Ajantha Mendis was picked in place of Dilhara Fernando while Chamara Silva replaced Thilan Samaraweera.
New Zealand also made three changes to their playing XI. Injured Martin Guptill made way for Peter Ingram while Jacob Oram replaced Tim Southee. Grant Elliott came in place of Andy McKay.
Teams:
Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (captain and wicketkeeper), Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Nuwan Kulasekera, Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath.
New Zealand: Ross Taylor (captain), Peter Ingram, Bradley-John Watling, Kane Williamson, Scott Styris, Gareth Hopkins (wicketkeeper), Grant Eliott, Nathan McCullum, Jacob Oram, Kyle Mills, Daryl Tuffey.
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