Sri Lanka in sight of fifth title
SRI LANKA face India in the Asia Cup final in Colombo today and are confident of winning their fifth one-day title in the last six tournaments
26-Jul-1997
Saturday 26 July 1997
Sri Lanka in sight of fifth title
By William Gray
SRI LANKA face India in the Asia Cup final in Colombo today and
are confident of winning their fifth one-day title in the last
six tournaments.
Arjuna Ranatunga`s World Cup champions have beaten India five
times with only one defeat over the last two seasons and are
expected to avenge their defeat in the last Asia Cup final at
Sharjah in 1995.
Ranatunga was wary of taking victory for granted. "Past records
may favour us but that does not count," he said.
Sri Lanka won all three matches in the preliminary league,
which also featured Pakistan and ICC champions
Bangladesh. India saw their match against Pakistan washed out
after reducing them to 30 for five but withstood the weather and
a tough target to beat Bangladesh and reach the final.
Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/)