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Heros and Villains..31
Australia Wins the Match but Sri Lanka has a strategic victory
Sri Lanka surprised everybody by resting their three key players against Australia. Though Australia won the match, they could not get a look in at the Sri Lankan key bowlers. Though Sri Lanka lost, they hold back the bowlers from Australian view for the time being. This could be a strategic victory that can help them in the finals.
The top 18 players with NCR points of 300 and above are as follows.
New Rank Previous Rank Points Name Country 1 1 610 Scott Styris New Zealand 2 2 577 Sanath Jayasurya Sri Lanka 3 3 520 Mathew Hayden Australia 4 7 421 Brad Hogg Australia 4 19 421 Nathan Bracken Australia 5 4 406 Jacques Kallis South Africa 6 10 386 Glenn McGrath Australia 7 17 367 Ricky Ponting Australia 8 5 364 Chaminda Vaas Sri Lanka 8 6 364 Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka 9 26 351 Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka 10 8 345 Greame Smith South Africa 10 8 345 Jacob Oram New Zealand 11 9 340 Kevin Pieterson England 12 11 325 Herchelle Gibbs South Africa 13 12 320 A B de Villiers South Africa 14 13 318 Darren Powell West Indies 15 14 305 Kumara Sangakkara Sri Lanka 16 15 303 Shane Bond New Zealand 17 24 301 Adam Gilchrist Australia 18 21 300 Shaun Tait Australia April 17, 2007
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