Australia And Srilanka Will Fight In ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 They Are in Group A Along With Pakistan,NewZealand,Zimbawbe,Canada And Kenya.Srilanka vs Australia clash on Saturday March 5 09:00 GMT 14:30 local 20th Match, Group A Venue R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo .
Ricky Ponting and his Team, preparing to take on the Sri Lankans, will be cautious that they have to face Lasith Malinga, who took six for 38 including a hat-trick against Kenya the other day and the wily spin of Muttiah Muralitharan.Australian middle-order batsman David Hussey revealed on Thursday about how his team was working overtime to nullify the 'twin danger' as it can.
"Murali is a great bowler. We have had some success against him in the past. We've had three very good days of preparation. We are practising the sweep shot hard at the nets, with the guys going a bit back and forth,'' Hussey said, before switching to the other danger man.
"Malinga's world-class at the death...similar to Shaun Tait. The ball is going to come straight most of the time and at times into you, so we need to be ready for that. You need to watch the ball as hard possibly as you can do and hopefully your instincts will take over,'' he says.
Hussey was happier to talk about the positives in his team. "I know Brett ( Lee) and Shaun both talked at length yesterday about bowling at the death and getting the ball going reverse. We've got two of the best death bowlers in the world who bowl at 150-plus kilometres and bowl decent reverse-swing,'' he said.
Players To WatchSrilanka
Lasith Malinga
Mahela Jayawardene
TM Dilshan
Muttiah Muralitharan
Thissara Perera
Australia
Brett Lee
Shaun Tait
Shane Watson
Cameron White
Michelle Johnson
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