Sri Lanka will hope to take on Kenya in a Group A match here at the R Premadasa Stadium on Tuesday. Sri Lanka sits in third place in the group with a win and loss while Kenya is in seventh and last place with two losses. R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, host Sri Lanka will take on Kenya in a group 'A' match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.
Sri Lanka beat Canada by 210 runs and lost a close match to Pakistan by 11 runs. Kenya lost by 10 wickets to New Zealand and by 205 runs to Pakistan.Kenya, on the other hand, have been dismal in their batting in the two games, managing just 69 against New Zealand and 112 against Pakistan. Sri Lanka’s bowling too will be under the spotlight as the hosts have kept strike bowlers Lasith Malinga and Ajantha Mendis out till now.Kenyans will be looking for Steve Tikolo to lead the way at bat. He had a century earlier in the month during a warm-up match and scored 96 runs against Sri Lanka back in the World Cup in 1996.
Team news
Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Chamara Silva, Thilan Samaraweera, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan.
Kenya: Maurice Ouma, Seren Waters, Colins Obuya, Steve Tikolo, Tanmay Mishra, Rakep Patel, Jimmy Kamande, Thomas Odoyo, Nehemiah Odhiambo, Shem Ngoche, Elijah Otieno.
