Bangladesh need a miracle to beat in-form SriLanka

Karachi: Bangladesh may not concede an inch without a fight but going by form and depth, Sri Lanka should not break a sweat to tame the tigers in the Asia Cup Super Four stage match here on Monday.

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Sri Lanka thumped Bangladesh by 131 runs in their previous meeting in the group stage at Lahore and Mohammad Ashraful's teammates would have to pull off a huge upset if they are to stop the Sri Lankans.

As they learnt from their previous match experience, Sri Lanka's hard-hitting opening pair of Kumar Sangakkara and Sanath Jayasuirya is enough to snatch the momentum, and effectively the game, and they need to come up with something special to curb the left-handed duo on Monday.
Newcomer Mahela Udawatte, who opened with Sangakkara against UAE, has got into the groove early and is a tough customer, and Sri Lanka also has a middle order mainstay in skipper Mahela Jayawardene.

Styris helps Kiwis post a competitive 266

London: England captain Kevin Pietersen won the toss and elected to field against New Zealand in the fifth and final One-Day International at Lord's here on Saturday.

Pietersen was leading England for the first time as regular One-Day captain Paul Collingwood began a four-match ban following his side's slow over-rate during their defeat at The Oval on Wednesday.

England recalled opener Alastair Cook in place of all-rounder Collingwood with Luke Wright, normally a One-Day opener, now listed to come in at No 6. This

was 22-year-old Essex left-hander Cook's first appearance of the series.

The last of his previous 21 ODIs came during a 34-run defeat against New Zealand in Christchurch in February. New Zealand were unchanged from the team that won by one wicket off the last ball at The Oval.

All-rounder Grant Elliott was passed fit after sustaining a thigh injury during a collision with Ryan Sidebottom which led to his controversial run-out on Wednesday.

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And fast bowler Kyle Mills, who took two wickets and made a vital 25 not out in that match, was also given the all-clear after suffering a back spasm during batting practice on Friday.

New Zealand have an unbeatable 2-1 lead in this series, with one no result.

England: Alastair Cook, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen (capt), Ravi Bopara, Owais Shah, Luke Wright, Tim Ambrose (wkt), Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad, Ryan Sidebottom, James Anderson.

New Zealand: Jamie How, Brendon McCullum (wkt), Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Jacob Oram, Daniel Flynn, Grant Elliott, Daniel Vettori (capt), Kyle Mills, Tim Southee, Mark Gillespie.

Umpires: Steve Davis (AUS) and Nigel Llong (ENG); TV umpire: Richard Kettleborough (ENG); Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND).

Srilanka Won by 64 runs

Karachi: Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik won the toss in their Super Four match with Sri Lanka and surprisingly decided to field first.

With the National Stadium track promising to host another run-fest, it cam as quite a surprise when Malik opted to send the Sri Lankans in, much to the rather unconcealed delight of Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene.

Umar Gul is out of the Pakistan XI, as is Fawad Alam, while Wahab Riaz and Mansoor Amjad come into the side.

Sri Lanka have, needless to say, brought back the big guns, with Sanath Jayasuriya, Chaminda Vaas and Murali Muralitharan cominig back into the side.

Coach Geoff Lawson and skipper Shoaib Malik must be scratching their heads to come up with the best bowling combination which will now be spearheaded by Sohail Tanvir.

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Teams:

Pakistan: Shoaib Malik (capt), Salman Butt, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Mansoor Amjad, Wahab Riaz, Rao Iftikhar Anjum.

Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Chamara Kapugedera, Chamara Silva, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chaminda Vaas, Nuwan Kulasekera, Ajantha Mendis, Muthiah Muralitharan, Thilan Thushara.