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New Zealand have already exceeded expectations given their current status in international cricket. They have kept their World Cup history in tact in qualifying for the semi final six times. But now New Zealand will be up against Sri Lanka in the first ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi final in a bid to create history.
The task before New Zealand will not be easy because Sri Lanka will be on home advantage, playing at the Premadasa Stadium with a vociferous crowd behind them. New Zealand will also be up against quality bowling in the form of Lasith Malinga and Muttiah Muralitharan who could test New Zealand’s batting line up, whose frailty has often caused their downfall.
New Zealand will rely heavily on their bowling to restrict the strong batting line up of Sri Lanka that decimated England in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 quarterfinals. With Sri Lanka familiar with spin, Daniel Vettori and Nathan McCullum have their work cut out though. But it will be the joint efforts of bowling and batting that are going to help New Zealand cross the line against Sri Lanka, who will be considered favourites going into the match.
The New Zealand coach, John Wright, has called for calm heads with aggressive intent, unlike the last time these two teams met in the league stage where Sri Lanka comprehensively defeated New Zealand. New Zealand would like nothing more than to extract revenge by winning the semi finals to make it to the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai for an encounter against either India or Pakistan next Sunday.
The task before New Zealand will not be easy because Sri Lanka will be on home advantage, playing at the Premadasa Stadium with a vociferous crowd behind them. New Zealand will also be up against quality bowling in the form of Lasith Malinga and Muttiah Muralitharan who could test New Zealand’s batting line up, whose frailty has often caused their downfall.
New Zealand will rely heavily on their bowling to restrict the strong batting line up of Sri Lanka that decimated England in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 quarterfinals. With Sri Lanka familiar with spin, Daniel Vettori and Nathan McCullum have their work cut out though. But it will be the joint efforts of bowling and batting that are going to help New Zealand cross the line against Sri Lanka, who will be considered favourites going into the match.
The New Zealand coach, John Wright, has called for calm heads with aggressive intent, unlike the last time these two teams met in the league stage where Sri Lanka comprehensively defeated New Zealand. New Zealand would like nothing more than to extract revenge by winning the semi finals to make it to the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai for an encounter against either India or Pakistan next Sunday.
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