Sri Lanka and New Zealand go head-to-head on Tuesday morning as they battle it out for a place in the World Cup final. The semi-final match is at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo and home advantage could be key as Sri Lanka are odds on favourites at 4/11 with William Hill. But New Zealand are no pushovers and they will have to overcome the odds once again as they are priced 12/5.
Kumar Sangakkara's Sri Lanka demolished England at the Premadasa Stadium on Saturday as they cantered home by ten wickets. Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga were the run getters that day but Sangakkara himself could well step up to the plate this week. The captain and wicketkeeper batsman has had a sensational tournament, scoring 363 runs so far, and he is 3/1 favourite to be Sri Lanka's top batsman this week.
Their win over England was plagued by drop catches but their spin bowlers turned the screw on the batsmen and could do the same on Tuesday. Part time spinner Dilshan was impressive opening the bowling and he is a tempting 10/1 to be top Sri Lanka bowler, while paceman Lasith Malinga excelled in bowling with the old ball and he looks good at 9/4 with Hills to be top bowler or he can be backed to take five wickets in the match at 10/1. Malinga has eight wickets in the tournament so far and has a good record against New Zealand, taking 18 wickets at 22.55 in ODIs.
Fitness doubts remain over Muttiah Muralitharan but the legendary spinner should play, while Nuwan Kulasakera could come in for Rangana Herath.
New Zealand have selection problems as Kyle Mills is out but captain Daniel Vettori looks to have gained full fitness as he took a full part in his side's sensational quarter-final win over South Africa in Dhaka. South Africa were accused of choking but New Zealand's fielding was exceptional and they supported their bowlers brilliantly.
Tim Southee has been the pick of the bowlers, taking 15 wickets so far, and he can be backed to be top New Zealand bowler at odds of 7/2 with WilliamHill.com. The batting was reliant on a fine effort from Jesse Ryder as he finally found some touch with an 83 to take his tournament tally to 165 at an average of 41.25 and we fancy the look of him at odds of 4/1 to be top batsman for the 'Black Caps' again.
Sri Lanka have played at the Premadasa Stadium three times in the tournament compared to New Zealand's none and take home advantage. Hills offer a market for Sri Lanka to follow up their beating of England with another ten wicket win or a win by over 100 runs at odds of 10/1, while we fancy the look of them to score more sixes than New Zealand at odds of 11/8 as they boast an array of players capable of clearing the ropes.
Sri Lanka hold the edge going into the match after beating New Zealand by 112 runs in the Group stages and we fancy it might be worth backing a century being scored in the match at odds of 11/8, and the Sri Lankan top order batsmen could be the difference between the sides.
Sri Lanka v New Zealand ODI Tips
Tip #1: Kumar Sangakkara to be top Sri Lanka batsman @ 3/1 with WilliamHill.com
Tip #2: Lasith Malinga to take five wickets in the match @ 10/1 with WilliamHill.com
Tip #3: Sri Lanka to score more sixes than New Zealand in the match @ 11/8 with WilliamHill.com
Match Odds
4/11 Sri Lanka
11/5 New Zealand
Top Sri Lanka Batsman Odds
3/1 Kumar Sangakkara
10/3 Tillakaratne Dilshan
4/1 Upul Tharanga
4/1 Mahela Jayawardene
7/1 Thilan Samaraweera
10/1 Angelo Matthews
Top New Zealand Batsman Odds
7/2 Martin Guptill
4/1 Brendon McCullum
4/1 Ross Taylor
4/1 Jesse Ryder
6/1 Jamie How
7/1 Scott Styris
Top Sri Lanka Bowler Odds
9/4 Lasith Malinga
7/2 Muttiah Muralitharan
4/1 Ajantha Mendis
5/1 Rangana Herath
5/1 Dilhara Fernando
6/1 Thisara Perera
Top New Zealand Bowler Odds
11/4 Daniel Vettori
7/2 Tim Southee
4/1 Jacob Oram
4/1 Nathan McCullum
6/1 Andrew McKay
6/1 Daryl Tuffey
Odds provided by WilliamHill.com, who will be operating a variety of betting markets, including in-play betting, throughout the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
Posted: Monday, 28th March 2011
Author: Chris James
Tags: cricket world cup, sri lanka, new zealand, kumar sangakkara, william hill,
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