Lanka ease past UAE

dubai — Day four action at the indoor Cricket World Cup in Dubai was a story of fluctuating fortunes, for some of the teams. Sri Lanka went down fighting against Australia, only to jump back into contention for the fourth semifinal spot after a convincing win over hosts UAE.

Sri Lanka used their strength in the bowling and fielding departments to contain the UAE to 23, which was always going to be a tough task.

Vikrant Shetty, who was leading the UAE against Sri Lanka, talked about the positives and negatives for his team from this result. “Right now it is about wishing other people don’t perform, which is not a great place to be in. We were hoping for a win against Sri Lanka but it didn’t happen. All we can do is win against Malaysia and hope the other teams don’t do so well.

“The positives for us is that we know we are a good side and we

Brief scores

> Sri Lanka Men 62 (salman Faris 16, aaqib malik 3 wickets) beat UAE Men 23 (Vikrant shetty 13, Kolitha Nayananda 4 wickets, minus 13 runs conceded). player-of-the-match: Kolitha Nayananda: sri Lanka (15 runs, 4 wickets). > Australia Men 151 (Justin perkins 29, Nadeem akram 1 wicket) beat England (M) 12 (Lee evans 11, Jay Otto 4 wickets, minus 11 runs conceded). playerof-the-match: Jay Otto australia (25 runs, 4 wickets) > Singapore Men 95 (Tony Chisholm 14, muhamad ramli 2 wickets, 11 runs conceded) beat Malaysia (M) 72 (muhamad ramli 20 runs, Tony Chisholm 4 wickets, minus 11 runs conceded). player-of-the-match: Tony are playing a World Cup for the first time. We are inexperienced perhaps and unable to handle the pressure. The fielding of Sri Lanka made a big difference, their bowling was also very good.”