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Qualifying Pool A - Ruhuna v Trinidad & Tobago Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
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Match facts
Ruhuna v Trinidad & Tobago, September 19
Start time 16.00 (10.30 GMT)
Each
team plays only two matches in the qualifying round, and needs to win
both to be guaranteed of a place in the main draw. Ruhuna and Trinidad
& Tobago are pooled with Leicestershire and run-rate could come into
play if all teams are level on a win each. A big loss for either side
will effectively knock them out.
T&T will start favourites,
given their squad is similar to the one that reached the final of the
first Champions League Twenty20 in 2009. Adrian Barath, Lendl Simmons,
Ravi Rampaul and Darren Bravo have all chosen to play the Champions
League rather than the Twenty20 internationals in England. T&T
relied heavily on their top three of Barath, Simmons and Bravo for runs
during their victorious campaign in the Caribbean T20 in January. It was
their bowling, however, that was the crux of their unbeaten run; the
highest score they allowed any team was 136.
Ruhuna's win in the
Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Tournament was also built on
strong bowling performances - they twice bowled out the opposition -
but they will be missing their best bowler, Suraj Randiv, who has chosen
to play for Chennai Super Kings in the Champions League, as well as
Chanaka Welegedara, who is playing for Sri Lanka in the SSC Test.
Team news
Sanath
Jayasuriya is the biggest name in the Ruhuna squad but has off late
been found more often in the commentary box than on the field. Apart
from him and Dinesh Chandimal, the rest of the squad consists of players
unknown on the international stage. We may get a glimpse of
Tillakaratne Dilshan's brother, allrounder TN Sampath.
Ruhuna
(probable): 1 Sanath Jayasuriya, 2 Mahela Udawatte (capt) , 3 TN
Sampath, 4 Dinesh Chandimal (wk), 5 Janaka Gunaratne, 6 Milinda
Siriwardana, 7 Chinthaka Perera, 8 Omesh Wijesiriwardene, 9 Arosh
Janoda, 10 Yashodha Lanka, 11 Alankara Asanka Silva
T&T had a settled line-up through their Caribbean T20 campaign and should feature the same side against Ruhuna.
T&T
(probable): 1 Adrian Barath, 2 Lendl Simmons, 3 Darren Bravo, 4 Jason
Mohammed, 5 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 6 Daren Ganga (capt), 7 Sherwin Ganga, 8
Kevon Cooper, 9 Samuel Badree, 10 Ravi Rampaul, 11 Sunil Narine
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Darren Bravo averaged 48 in the Caribbean T20
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Watch out for …
In
recent times Caribbean players have earned as much recognition for
their exploits in foreign Twenty20 competitions as for the West Indies
team. For
Darren Bravo, this is an opportunity not only to impress the West Indies selectors, but also the owners of IPL franchises.
Dinesh Chandimal
has had a stop-start beginning to his international career: after a
century during the ODI series in England, he was dropped for the final
two home ODIs against Australia. The Twenty20 format may not be the best
place to show he has overcome some technical deficiencies but he will
be looking to impress the Sri Lankan selectors.
Key contest
Ruhuna's batsmen v T&T spinners:
Offspinning allrounder Sherwin Ganga, offspinner Sunil Narine and
legspinner Samuel Badree had plenty of success in the Caribbean T20 but
will now be bowling against batsmen well-versed in playing spin.
Stats & trivia
During
the Caribbean T20, four of T&T's bowlers had economy-rates of less
than six an over, with Badree going at just 3.90 an over in his 20
overs.
Quotes
"Who knows, in the future cricket could be an Olympic sport and we could even play as a nation."
Daren Ganga has big aspirations for his T&T side.
"We
are missing out on Chanaka Welegedara, Suraj Randiv and Shaminda
Eranga, who are all doing national duty against Australia. The bowling
department is a bit weak."
Ruhuna coach Sumithra Warnakulasuriya on his side's shortcomings.
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