New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, Nottingham, Live Streaming Free, Live Scores
A semi final place is up for grabs as New Zealand take on unbeaten Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge on Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka were made to work hard for a 9 run win over Ireland on Sunday and although it was their least impressive display, they remain unbeaten in the tournament. They posted 144/9 which will have disappointed but still looked enough thanks to Jayawardene 78 of 53 which rescued Sri Lanka from a poor start. Mendis, Murali and Malinga then kept the lid on the run rate in the Irish reply. Malinga is joint leading wicket taker with 10 and Dilshan is 1 run behind Kallis in the race to be leading run scorer in the tournament.
At the time of writing, a semi final place is not assured just yet for Sri Lanka and if they do lose here and Pakistan beat Ireland, it will all come down to net run rate.
New Zealand have been inconsistent, wins over Scotland and Ireland, defeats against Pakistan and South Africa. Their batting will be of particular concern, they have had no problem in scoring heavily against the Associate members but have battled against the better attacks. The Black caps could only manage 127 against the Proteas and they were humbled against Pakistan when they posted only 99 when they failed to see out the 20 overs.
Though the Kiwis have been unlucky with injuries to key batsmen, they need their senior men such as McCullum, Styris and Oram to click if they are to have any chance of making the semi finals. They do not have a single batsmen in the leading 15 of run getters in the tournament whilst Butler is leading wicket taker with just 5 victims.
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