Sunday, April 01, 2007

Malinga and the lads in action

Sri Lanka versus the West Indies. Cricket on the radio. It doesn't get much better.
Well, it does, but not today.
Dubuque's weather is grey and oh-so-dreary.
The weather in Guyana is apparently not much better, but at least it is good enough to play a Cricket World Cup match. I am listening to Indian radio commentary of the match live online.
Sanath Jayasuriya (the Albert Pujols of Sri Lankan cricket) scored 115 runs and Mahela Jayawardene (the Carlos Beltran of Sri Lankan cricket) added 82 as the Sri Lankans raced to 303-5 in their innings.
Now, the West Indies are attempting to erase earlier disappointments in this World Cup in their innings.
Things are not going too well for the hosts. They have 32-1 after seven overs (every six balls bowled is an over, and one-day cricket such as this match features 50 overs per team).
The "Windies" have some work to do. It's fun listening to them try to accomplish it against Lasith "Slinger" Malinga (pictured), who is one of the revelations of the tournament after taking four wickets on four consecutive balls against South Africa.
POSTSCRIPT:
Well, that was rather pathetic from the West Indies. They could only reach 190 all out for a comprehensive, 113-run loss. Stupid errors did in celebrated batsmen such as Brian Lara and Ramnaresh Sarwan.
Sarwan's fellow Guyanese Shivnarine Chanderpaul was the only leading light for the "Windies," as he scored 76.

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