Thursday, February 17, 2011

Cricket World Cup 2011:SRI LANKA team guide


A major threat on home soil and will be keen to send Muttiah Muralitharan into international retirement with a trophy. Muralitharan played in the side that won the World Cup in 1996.

A batting line up that features Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan has to be respected.




Best XI:
Kumar Sangakkara (captain), Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan.


Key Man:
Muttiah Muralitharan. The leading wicket-taker in Test history will retire from international cricket at the end of this tournament and he would like to go out with a second World Cup.