A 6-wicket win! Weeee!
I'm hoping most folks got to watch SL's match against New Zealand yesterday. Muttiah and Vaas held the kiwis at bay and restricted their total to a modest 219 for 7. Pretty awesome given that SL was playing without Malinga! Styris was the lone fighter for NZ who scored 111*. And it just took some steady batting from the Lankans (Jayasuriya - 64, Sangakkara - 69*) to finish with 222-4.
Seriously, SL is the most entertaining team in the World Cup so far. They have high-energy fans, incredibly talented players, a WC title in their pocket, almost retired players who are still so incredibly passionate about the sport and they come from a beautiful, but highly troubled country that has had limited resources to spare for developing the sport. Mukul Kesavan says it all in his blog here.
Go Lankans!
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