AUSSIES LOSE OUT

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The Australian Cricket team has been defeated by Sri Lanka in the first T20 match played at Sydney. Sri Lanka won the match by 5 wickets. With this victory, Sri Lanka has taken a lead of 1-0 in the 2-match T20 series.

The match was pretty much one-sided. Sri Lanka looked a better team in the match and after stopping Australia to a modest total, the Sri Lankan batsmen chased down the target quite comfortably with 7 balls still to be bowled.

It was the Australian skipper, George Bailey, who won the toss and decided that his team would bat first. Australia wasn’t off to a flyer. Sri Lanka got the first breakthrough in the second over. Aaron Finch was the first man to be dismissed. He tried to play the ball towards leg side, but, he closed the face of the bat early and ended up giving it a leading edge. The ball popped up in the air and Kushal Perera took a brilliant diving catch in the covers.

Shaun Marsh ran himself out when the score of Australia was 31. George Bailey came to bat at no. 4 and he was hitting the ball well, but, he was deceived by a slower delivery from Thisara Perera. Australia was not in a good position at 53 for 3, but, after that, David Warner and Adam Voges put up a fine partnership. At first, they put their heads down and knocked the ball around for some time. But, when the score got past 100, they opened their shoulders and played some powerful shots.

At the end of 20 overs, the score of Australia was 137 runs for the loss of 3 wickets.

In reply, Sri Lanka started well and the opening pair put up a partnership of 46 runs. Although, the Sri Lankan team lost a few quick wickets in the middle, but, that didn’t matter much. The skipper Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perera played sensibly towards the end and saw their team home. Mathews and Perera remained not out on 35 and 19 respectively.

David Warner was declared man of the match for his great knock.

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GILCHRIST PREDICTS END OF ODI

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Adam Gilchrist has said that the ODIs are not going to survive for too long and probably will become history after the next world cup which will be played in 2015 in Australia and New Zealand.

Gilchrist is considered as one of the all time greats in ODIs. His record in this format of the game is absolutely incredible. Gilchrist played 287 ODIs in which he scored 9619 runs with an average of 35.89. He announced his retirement from the ODIs four years back. He played his last ODI against India in 2008.

When asked about the gradually decreasing popularity of One Day Internationals, Gilchrist said, “The popularity of the ODIs has certainly decreased in the last few years. The evolution of T20 cricket is the main reason for it. T20s consume less time and have a lot more entertainment in them. So, people are more attracted towards them and that’s why, you see jam packed stadiums during T20 matches.”

“I think the ODIs are not going to be continued for too long now. Probably, the 2015 world cup will be the last big ODI event.”

When asked if he likes ODIs, Gilchrist said, “Yes, I like one dayers and I believe that people should watch more and more one day cricket. T20s provide entertainment, but, T20s don’t show the quality of a player. It’s a very short format and you don’t need to be super talented to be successful in T20s. Even the bits and pieces cricketers can do well in T20s. But, that’s not the case with ODIs. You need to be much more talented if you have to be a successful ODI player.”

“I will feel a bit disappointed if the ODIs become history, but, I am afraid that’s going to be the case.”