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Australia beat Sri Lanka in 2nd ODI of series,2011

Australia was scheduled to play a 7 Match ONE DAY International Series in Sri Lanka in 2011. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series and who will be crowned as the winner after the series. The 2ndONE DAY international match was to be played on Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka on 14th Aug 2011. Sri Lanka already won the T 20 Int. series 3-0.

Sri Lanka won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how Sri Lanka team and 11 was looking like in this 2ndONE DAY international match: Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Tillakaratne Dilshan (c),Rangana Herath, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dhammika Prasad, Dilruwan Perera,Angelo Mathews,  S Randiv, Dinesh Chandimal, Jeevan Mendis

And Australia team and 11 was looking like this in this 2ndONE DAY international Match: Brett Lee, Shane Watson, Brad Haddin (wk), Ricky Ponting (c), Mitchell Johnson, David Hussey, Shaun Marsh, John Hastings, David Warner, Steve O’Keefe, Steven Smith

Sri Lanka did not bat very well and was able to post total of only 208 runs in 49.3 over’s at the loss of 10 wickets and with top scores of Kumara S who made 52 runs in 85 balls with 1 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 61 runs in 100 balls and  A Mathews who made 35 runs in 62 balls with 1 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 56 runs in 100 balls.

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Australia was needed to score 209 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

Australia batted very well and  was able to chase the score of 209 in 38.2 over’s at the loss of 2 wickets and won the game by 8 wickets in hand and top scores by  Ricky P who made 90 runs in 106 balls with 8 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 85 runs in 100 balls.

Australia won the match by 8 wickets in hand and now this 7 Match ONE DAY international series stands at 2-0 in favor of Australia with 5 more games to play.

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