World Cup 2011 - Sri Lanka vs Pakistan Live Streaming

Sri Lanka vs Pakistan World Cup match live streaming on Feb 26 2011. This match is telecast by Star Cricket. Sri Lanka is hosting this match at Colombo(RPS) at 9.30 GMT. Sri Lanka captain Sangakara is very confident about his team performance with the century and missed one from Jayawardene and self. On the other hand Afridi keeping himself cool and try to set the victory path in the cricket side and come out of the past bitter experience of the team fixing. ESPNSTAR.com is Streaming the world Cup 2011 for free. Those who have a good quality line can Watch Cricket Live Streaming on the net.

Misbah's return has fitted in seamlessly with a gradual upswing in Pakistan's batting results over the last year or so, an under-scrutinised aspect of their performances. In 20 ODIs in Sri Lanka, England, the UAE and New Zealand, Pakistan have made 250 or more 13 times. Each member of the top six has made contributions at various stages, so that the problem has been one of plenty, of pacing an innings, of arranging the order so that momentum is not squandered and stability always present.

Kamran Akmal comes in at three and he has opened, Younis at four who has mostly played at three, the openers did well scoring hundreds in New Zealand, so we're not really feeling that our batting is missing something. We've got guys scoring runs and performing. Our batting order is fine and it is a good combination at the moment. Whatever the team needs, will happen. None of the players have any issues with where they are batting and what number. Few attacks can match Sri Lanka's for potency or variety so Saturday, in what is likely to be an electric atmosphere, will be a comprehensive test of Pakistan. Sri Lanka always, but especially in the last 2-3 years they have been very consistent, playing good cricket and in home conditions they are a very tough side.

Sri Lanka vs Pakistan Warm-Up Match

The favourites include the world's top three ODI sides - South Africa, India and defending champions Australia.

However, Sangakkara said form would not be an issue when the teams took to the field. "Everyone in our team is confident, but our recent wins are not going to count for anything," he said. "Everyone here is a professional unit and whether they have played recently or not won't matter because you are always in training and up to the challenge of playing. It is nice to have had a bit of cricket, but the only advantage of that is that we have been competing under pressure."

Sri Lanka, who finished runners-up at the World Twenty20 in June this year, are currently ranked fifth in ODIs, and with the good mix of fast bowlers and spinners in the squad, Sangakkara was optimistic about their chances in the tournament. "Fast bowling is now one of our main strengths," he said. "We now have bowlers who can bowl at more than 140 km/h and they have the accuracy and firepower. Coupled with our spinners, Ajantha Mendis and Muttiah Muralitharan, it's an exciting time for Sri Lankan cricket."

Sri Lanka will face hosts South Africa, England and New Zealand in Group B of the tournament. Their first match, also the tournament opener, will be against South Africa in Centurion on September 22.

Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 1st odi live streaming

Watch live streaming of Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka, 1st ODI: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Dambulla, Jul 30, 2009

Not much of a crowd in yet, there's a bit of cloud cover but no threat of rain as of now. Dambulla hasn't been very kind to batsmen in the past, the average score by a team batting first in a day game is 175. Add to that the strong bowling possessed by both sides, this match may not be the run-fest most ODIs are these days.

Pakistan in Sri Lanka ODI Series - 1st ODI

Sri Lanka v Pakistan

* ODI no. 2864 | 2009 season
* Played at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
* 30 July 2009 (50-over match)


Sri Lanka team
WU Tharanga, ST Jayasuriya, KC Sangakkara*†, DPMD Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera, CK Kapugedera, AD Mathews, T Thushara, KMDN Kulasekara, SL Malinga, M Muralitharan

Pakistan team
Kamran Akmal†, Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan*, Mohammad Yousuf, Fawad Alam, Shahid Afridi, Misbah-ul-Haq, Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Aamer, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal
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