Perhaps no team in world cricket puts weaker sides away so emphatically
as Sri Lanka. Since becoming full-fledged graduates from the easy-beats
category in the mid-90s, they have spared no thought to their former
peers, and on Monday they added two more world records to the small pile
they have accumulated against easy-beats over the past 20 years.
Netherlands' 39 all out is the lowest ever Twenty20 score. Sri Lanka
chased the target in a record five overs.
Their domination of Netherlands was, strangely, almost as casual as it
was unyielding. Nuwan Kulasekara's opening over was full of the kind of
swing away from left-handers he generates almost every time he has early
use of the white ball. Yet, this time, it would set in motion the most
dramatic collapse the format has seen, as Stephan Myburgh outside-edged
him to third man. Next over, Angelo Mathews
delivered two unremarkable half-trackers back-to-back, and found
himself on-a-hat-trick, as Michael Swart and Wesley Barresi fell
attempting to attack. The floodlight malfunction that caused a
nine-minute break in play seemed a greater obstacle to a Sri Lanka
victory than their opponents did, with the bat. The number of runs did
not exceed the number of wickets until the 20th ball of the innings.
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Mathews would trap Peter Borren in front with an indipper in his next
over - bringing about one of four ducks in Netherlands' innings - and
that was all before Dinesh Chandimal sent his heavy cavalry in. Lasith
Malinga struck the base of the middle stump twice, both times with the
slower yorker. Ajantha Mendis
had an expensive first over, but the Netherlands lower order played
exactly like batsmen who have never faced his brand of mystery spin
before. The googly accounted for two of his three wickets. Netherlands
were all out in the 11th over.
Sri Lanka were given a harder time with the bat, as Kusal Perera was
rapped painfully on the thumb by Timm van der Gugten before he fell for
14, but the chase was always going to be a formality. Tillakaratne
Dilshan would have hoped to bat himself into form against a weaker
attack but he only faced 11 balls. Sri Lanka will take the two points
and the massive boost in net run rate, but even they may be disappointed
at how quickly it all ended.
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