ESPNcricinfo previews the ODI between India and Sri Lanka in Adelaide

The Preview by Siddarth Ravindran13-Feb-2012

Match facts

Lasith Malinga was expensive in Sri Lanka’s previous match against India•AFP

February 14, Adelaide
Start time 1350 (0320 GMT)

Big Picture

Nearly two months after landing in Australia, India finally enter a match as the more confident team. The monstrous last-over six from MS Dhoni which helped secure victory on Sunday made it two wins in two for India, and leaves Sri Lanka desperate for a win to stay in touch with the other two sides.Dhoni’s finishing skills and Gautam Gambhir’s return to form may have grabbed most of the attention after the win over Australia, but India will be happier that two of their usual weaknesses were overcome. Firstly, the fielding was sharp; Virender Sehwag’s diving catch to dismiss David Hussey snapped Australia’s momentum. Also, the fast bowlers combined to put in a solid death-bowling performance, giving away only 57 runs in the final 10 overs to limit Australia to 269, when 300 seemed possible at one stage.For Sri Lanka, the experienced batting has failed to click so far. The biggest worry for them is the form of their new captain, Mahela Jaywardene, who has not made a half-century in 11 international innings. The traditionally batting-friendly Adelaide surface should help Sri Lanka make more runs, but if they lose they are likely to be left needing to win four of their last five league matches to reach the final.

Form guide

India WWLWW (Most recent first)
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In the spotlight

Umesh Yadav got his first chance in the tri-series on Sunday, and made a big impact. He took two important wickets, kept the runs down, consistently bowled in the late 140kph range and hit a top speed of 151.3kph, prompting Gautam Gabmhir to call Yadav ‘the find of the tour’. The rotation policy at the top of the order has gathered loads of headlines but Umesh’s performance, and Vinay Kumar’s strong show, leaves the management pondering about the fast-bowling combination.For years, Dinesh Chandimal was touted as one of the most promising youngsters in Sri Lankan cricket. When he got his chance as a 20-year-old in 2010, he announced himself with a century against India. A year later there was a famous century in Lord’s, but his scores proved infuriatingly inconsistent. It wasn’t till the recent series against South Africa that he made it to 20 in consecutive innings, but he has now hit a more fruitful spell, and is becoming an important part of the Sri Lankan middle-order.

Team news

India, in keeping with their much-debated rotation policy, should rest Virender Sehwag and bring back Sachin Tendulkar. Yadav was impressive so he should play. India will have to decide whether to keep Praveen Kumar out or to give Zaheer Khan a rest.India (probable) 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Sachin Tendulkar, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Rohit Sharma, 5 Suresh Raina, 6 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Vinay Kumar, 10 Zaheer Khan/Praveen Kumar, 11 Umesh YadavThe lower-middle order has long been a problem for Sri Lanka . They will now have to decide whether to bring in Thisara Perera or give Lahiru Thirimanne another game. The bowling attack isn’t likely to have too many changes, as Sri Lanka aren’t likely to go in with two specialist spinners against India.Sri Lanka (probable) 1 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 2 Upul Tharanga, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene (capt), 5 Dinesh Chandimal, 6 Angelo Mathews, 7 Thisara Perera, 8 Nuwan Kulasekara, 9 Lasith Malinga, 10 Sachithra Senanayake, 11 Chanaka Welegedara/Dhammika Prasad

Pitch and conditions

Adelaide is usually a terrific track for batting, and it is expected to be the same on Tuesday. The forecast is for a mostly sunny day with a maximum temperature of 35 degrees.

Stats and trivia

• Sri Lanka and India have played each other 130 times so far with 115 of the games being played in Asia. India hold a 60-46 record in matches in the subcontinent and a 9-4 record in ODIs outside the subcontinent. India beat Sri Lanka in three of the four matches played in the tri-series in Australia in 2008.
• India definitely hold the edge when it comes to the record of the two teams in Adelaide. While India have won seven and lost five at the venue, Sri Lanka’s record is a poor 3-12, the worst among all teams except Zimbabwe.

When asked why Virender Sewhag, who has been rested for India’s Asia Cup campaign, was not withdrawn from the ongoing CB Series, Kris Srikkanth responded with two words: “shut up”

Nagraj Gollapudi29-Feb-2012When asked why Virender Sewhag, who has officially been rested for India’s Asia Cup campaign, was not withdrawn from the ongoing CB Series, the BCCI selection committee chairman Kris Srikkanth responded with two words: “shut up”. It was a rare moment of brevity and candour during Srikkanth’s impromptu press conference, which descended into chaos and farce as he offered an unprovoked and lengthy defence of the Indian team’s recent performances.Kris Srikkanth speaks to reporters after the selection meeting in Mumbai•Fotocorp

Indian selection meetings are rarely followed by press conferences, so the media was caught by surprise when Srikkanth emerged to a scrum of reporters wielding cameras and microphones at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai. By then the Asia Cup squad had been announced and the question on everyone’s mind was why Sehwag was missing from it.Srikkanth began by reading out the names in the squad, adding that Sehwag and Zaheer Khan were ruled out of the tournament because they had been declared unfit. “That is the team we’ve selected”, he said. “We are confident. Ok, we’ve done well.” He then spoke about Tuesday’s match, when India beat Sri Lanka in Hobart thanks to Virat Kohli’s century.”Yesterday’s match was an extraordinary game. Hats off to Virat Kohli, the way he played. Hats off to the entire Indian team for the way they approached the game because everybody knew it was a do-or-die game,” Srikkanth said. “When you have to chase 320 runs on any kind of wicket, at the rate of eight an over in 40 overs, and getting it at the end of the day in 37 overs, was something amazing. That goes to show the spirit of Indian cricket.”Next, a minor reality check. “Yes, you all might feel there have been ups and downs but this is a typical World Cup-winning team. It showed what winning a World Cup is because of fighting instincts.”Before this revelation: “Yes, we did badly in the Test series. It was totally unfortunate. No excuses, we got beaten thoroughly. But in the one-day matches, if you look at the overall analysis, I think we have done pretty well. It is just that one game was a tie (against Sri Lanka), because of an umpiring error. I think if the one ball extra had been bowled, probably we would have won the game and probably qualified for the final straightway.”In that match, Lasith Malinga bowled a five-ball over that cost nine runs – the second-best of the Indian innings. Dhoni, however, did not hold that umpiring error responsible for the tie.The questions about Sehwag, however, did not go away. Sehwag, Srikkanth repeated, was injured. “It is an honest truth. I am not trying to give any reasons. There is a medical report from the physiotherapist, which came to the board, and it says both Sehwag and Zaheer Khan needed proper rest because of their injury problems. So they have been rested only on injury grounds and nothing else. It is an absolute promise.”There was no point, Srikkanth said, in any further speculation. “Anybody can speculate [on] anything. You have been seeing them playing games. Nobody has pulled out. From time to time the physiotherapist takes fitness tests and we have gone by those reports and the recommendations given to the board. And we go by the board’s directive about who should be rested, if anybody has injury problems. Those things are in black and white paper. Those things need not be shown to you, they are all internal matters.”Then, to reiterate the point, he said: “I can assure you that nobody has been dropped.”The questions continued and Srikkanth, a bit ruffled by now, said he could not answer the same question “in different forms”. When a television reporter, standing to Srikkanth’s immediate left, asked why Sehwag was not called back to India if there were doubts about his fitness, Srikkanth retorted, “Boss, you just shut up now. You don’t talk like that now. We are talking about fitness. I know what you are implying. If you throw various googlies at me I will get angry, too. I know what to say. We are talking simple and straight, keep it that way. [In Hindi] If you try and finger me, do you expect me to stay quiet?”Recovering his poise and his typical ebullience, Srikkanth wrapped up the briefing by saying he was confident India would finish on a positive note. “Sometimes you get going, sometimes you don’t get going. Overall things have been quite okay and I don’t think we should really worry about it. You have to accept the fact the last three years was a golden period for Indian cricket: India became No.1 in Test cricket, almost became No.1 in the ODI cricket, won the World Cup after 28 years. Then, of course, we went to England and got battered a bit because of injury problems. In Australia, honestly speaking, I expected to win the Test series. Probably the batting did not click properly at all. But anyway, at least in the ODIs we are fighting, and I hope we enter the final and win the final by God’s grace.”Edited by Jayaditya Gupta

Kane Williamson will return to Gloucestershire for the first half of the 2012 season, the club have also signed Paul Muchall

Alex Winter03-Apr-2012Kane Williamson, the New Zealand batsman, will return to Gloucestershire for the first half of the season. Williamson will arrive in Bristol for Gloucestershire’s first home County Championship match on April 26 against Glamorgan.Williamson played in New Zealand’s Test series defeat to South Africa in March, scoring a century to save the third Test in Wellington, and will take an enforced break before returning to Nevil Road.”He proved a very good fit in our dressing room last season,” Gloucestershire director of cricket, John Bracewell, said. “Since then he has developed in all three formats of the game for New Zealand and that reflects great credit on him, as well as showing the benefit of his time with us.”Williamson, 21, scored 831 first-class runs at 36.13 for Gloucestershire last season before returning to New Zealand and making his highest first-class score of 284 not out for Northern Districts against Wellington. He was a regular in the New Zealand side in their tours to Zimbabwe and Australia and the home series against Zimbabwe and South Africa.Gloucestershire also hope to gain the services of another New Zealand cricketer in a unique deal with New Zealand Cricket. Once Williamson departs for his country’s tour of the West Indies in July another centrally-contracted player, not involved in the West Indies tour, will be sent to Gloucestershire.A spokesman for New Zealand Cricket said: “We are pleased to have the opportunity to work with Gloucestershire to develop our next generation of international cricketers. This partnership provides New Zealanders with the opportunity to play in and experience the pressures of a world class competition on a day to day basis.”Gloucestershire also signed allrounder Paul Muchall from Durham. Muchall was on trial in Bristol during the club’s pre-season matches and, having impressed, has signed a two-year contract.Muchall, the 25-year-old brother of Durham’s Gordon Muchall, spent time both at MCC Young Cricketers and in Durham’s 2nd XI with Will Gidman, who signed for Gloucestershire for the 2011 season.”John Bracewell was very specific in what he wanted from me and obviously I have impressed in the right ways,” Muchall said. “I like to hit the pitch hard and nip the ball around off the seam, with the occasional bouncer here and there when needed. I would hope to bat around six, seven or eight in the order, but it looks a strong batting line-up and I’ll happily slot in where required.”

Somerset’s Nick Compton scored 99 against his former county but Middlesex fought hard to stay in the game on day three

David Lloyd at Taunton07-Apr-2012
ScorecardIf winning the County Championship was easy then Somerset, presumably, would have managed it at least once in their long history. And if promotion from Division Two was followed, automatically, by relegation there would not have been much point in Middlesex turning up.Happily, nothing is automatic, especially in early season. But three days of this absorbing contest have produced enough evidence to suggest Somerset are prepared to graft their way into positions of strength when necessary and to indicate that Middlesex will be no one’s easy touch as they seek to re-establish themselves at the top table after five seasons of second-tier cricket.Somerset have enough stroke-players to dazzle any attack. In this match, though, it was the patience of Nick Compton (six-and a-half -hours and 312 balls for 99) that proved crucial in establishing what could still be a potentially decisive first-innings lead of 104. Dejected though Compton was at missing out on a century against his former county, he has played a vital role.True, if Marcus Trescothick, James Hildreth or Jos Buttler had hit their straps then the hosts would have roared ahead much earlier. But they did not and, thanks in no small part to the disciplined lines and lengths bowled by the visitors, even Craig Kieswetter had to be more circumspect than usual.England’s one-day wicketkeeper, who should have been run out cheaply on the second day, did threaten to break loose with some crunching straight drives. But the second new ball ended his innings on 83 when Corey Collymore found an outside edge that just carried to slip.Even before Kieswetter’s dismissal Somerset seemed to have shelved any thoughts of chasing a fourth, never mind fifth, batting bonus point. And following his exit, stretching the lead was the only thought in Compton’s mind.The fourth-wicket stand with Kieswetter was worth 152 – 144 more than would have been the case had Joe Denly’s run-out attempt on the second evening succeeded. But if that miss nagged away at Middlesex (and it must have done) they did not let it show. And nor did their heads drop when Compton was reprieved, first on 76 and then again at 81.Dawid Malan’s spill at slip, off Tim Murtagh, might be excused by the fact he had taken a blow on the fingers just a few balls earlier. And Neil Dexter’s inability to hit the stumps from mid-off when Compton went for a silly single was perhaps down to early season rust.Middlesex will need to take chances like the three spurned here more often than not if they are to prosper. The spirit is certainly willing, though. Compton, who left Lord’s in 2010, denied himself a century against his ex-employers by pulling a short ball from Toby Roland-Jones to midwicket but the visitors were quick to charge through the gap created by his exit – and 333 for 6 soon became 350 all out.The day still just about belonged to Somerset. But if home supporters thought the match would be in their pockets by close of play then more Middlesex resilience, plus early evening rain, scuppered that plan.Vernon Philander and Steve Kirby quickened pulses with wonderfully challenging new-ball spells that saw plenty of playing and missing. But only Denly succumbed during the 18 overs possible, pinned lbw by Kirby who also had Sam Robson dropped by Marcus Trescothick at second slip.Middlesex are still 66 behind but they have earned the right to fight another day.

Colin Graves, whose uncompromising approach to leadership was made abundantly clear this week when he told Ajmal Shahzad that his Yorkshire career was over, is strengthening his day-to-day involvement with Yorkshire.

David Hopps04-May-2012Colin Graves, whose uncompromising approach to leadership was made abundantly clear this week when he told Ajmal Shahzad that his Yorkshire career was over, is strengthening his day-to-day involvement with Yorkshire.Graves will take up the role of executive chairman, an amalgamation of his existing role as chairman and the vacant chief executive post which will now not be advertised as planned. A county that takes pride in its preference for straight talking will now get a lot more of it.Yorkshire’s financial survival has been largely dependent upon the generosity of Graves, who sold the last of his shares in Costcutter in November last year, a business he grew from scratch in 1986 into a national chain of supermarkets.He was offered the role of non-executive chairman at Costcutter, but has opted instead to become more hands on at Headingley. A more driven and demanding management style is now inevitable and Yorkshire, mired in debt and short off on-field success, needs as much energy and focus as it can get.Graves has been a board director at Yorkshire since 2002 when, as a member of the so-called Gang of Four, he assumed control of the club’s finances, which were in a dire position. Since then the ground has been upgraded, although in the case of the new pavilion controversially, and international cricket has been secured in a long-term deal.He will now work in a full-time capacity at Headingley in a salaried position and also retains his position on the ECB management board..Graves said: “I’m excited about taking on the joint role of chief executive and chairman at the Club. I’ve resigned as chairman of Costcutter and sold my shares and it was time to leave that business and look for pastures new. I’ve been more involved over the last few months and really enjoyed it.”There are ups and downs, as in any business, but we’ve now got a solid base and platform with international cricket at Headingley under our staging agreement with the ECB until 2019. Consequently we’ve got a robust business model to take forward, but there are some areas we can improve in and I’m looking forward to working hard to steer the club forward.”Under Graves, Yorkshire are unlikely to indulge in too much soft focus and his uncompromising management style will be depicted in some quarters as a throwback. But strong, day-to-day leadership in Yorkshire cricket has often been lacking as the county has repeatedly failed to punch its worth and will benefit from a clear sense of where the real authority lies.

With England leaving out three frontline bowlers for the final one-day international against West Indies the issue the issue of rotation has again been brought to the fore

Andrew McGlashan20-Jun-2012With England leaving out three frontline bowlers for the final one-day international against West Indies the issue of rotation has again been brought to the fore. It has ignited the debate about whether the game is being cheapened, especially for those who have paid considerable amounts for tickets to the match at Headingley.Stuart Broad, Tim Bresnan and Graeme Swann – the three players missing Friday’s ODI – are the only first-choice picks across all three formats for England following Kevin Pietersen’s limited-overs retirement and Ian Bell, who is now back in the 50-over side as Pietersen’s replacement, understands that some of the public will be disappointed at not seeing a number of the star names.”Of course, I have some sympathy,” said Bell. “It has slightly weakened our attack, but I still think it is a team that can go out and beat West Indies. There’s no doubt people want to come to see the Broads, Andersons and Bresnans. But they will be seeing young, exciting guys who will be big players for England over the next few years.”Andy Flower, the England coach, has been firm in his explanations of why he is taking such an approach which included resting Broad and James Anderson from the final Test against West Indies. With England facing another five ODIs against Australia, followed by a full series in all formats against South Africa, then another hectic away season he believes that key players cannot play every match.Bell agreed there was a balance to strike. “There’s a heavy schedule coming up,” he said. “We need to look after these guys. The key to our success in one-day cricket is having five out-and-out world-class bowlers. So if we want to beat the Australians, we want these guys fit and fresh and ready to go. For the three guys who play in all three forms of the game … it’s going to be crucial.”So far this season it has only been the bowlers or allrounders who have been rested although Andrew Strauss was among the first players given time off by Flower when he missed the Bangladesh tour in early 2010.Although Bell sees the merits of rotation for the bowlers he has no desire for any downtime himself, especially after hitting a rich run of form which has seen him return to ODI colours with scores of 126 and 53. One of the major reasons behind England’s defeat against Pakistan earlier this year was the rustiness of the batsmen after a two-month break, with Bell suffering particularly badly in the UAE, and he does not want to risk a repeat.”Going into the UAE series, we’d had two or three months off – and I felt I’d lost my rhythm completely,” he said. “So batting-wise, for me if I’m batting the better I play. It’s out of my control if Andy was to give me a game off. But personally, from a batting point of view, if I’m out in the middle scoring runs, I want to stay scoring runs – definitely.”

Surrey’s captain, Rory Hamilton-Brown has taken indefinite compassionate leave and stepped down temporarily as Surrey captain following the death of his team mate Tom Maynard last month in an accident on the London underground.

David Hopps03-Jul-2012Surrey’s captain, Rory Hamilton-Brown has taken indefinite compassionate leave and stepped down temporarily as Surrey captain following the death of his team mate Tom Maynard last month in an accident on the London underground.Hamilton-Brown has been deeply affected by the death of Maynard, who he shared a house with and who had been a close friend since their days at Millfield School. He tried to return for Surrey’s Friends Life t20 match against Hampshire at West End on Sunday but found the experience too much to bear.He said: “I have decided to take a break from cricket. I am grateful to the club for their support and understanding of my decision and I look forward to returning to the game where I will hope to contribute and take forward my form of recent seasons.”The death of Maynard, whose funeral is on Wednesday, has caused considerable grief as well as some reflection among the Surrey squad. He had been with some Surrey team mates shortly before he was stopped by police shortly before dawn in Wimbledon for “driving erratically” whereupon he fled the scene. He died from electrocution on he District Line less than an hour later.Richard Gould, Surrey’s chief executive, stated: “Tom’s death has affected many people, and he and Rory were great friends. Rory now needs some time out, and the club is keen to provide whatever support we can.”Rory has performed very well both as captain and as one of our leading players over the last three years, and we look forward to him returning when the time is right. The club would also like to express its appreciation for the support provided by the PCA over the last two weeks.”Hamilton-Brown will be replaced as captain by Gareth Batty, who has led the side in recent Friends Life t20 matches. Batty faces a challenging task in holding together the season for a young Surrey squad which, particularly in the case of Hamilton-Brown, has found a return to cricket hard to bear.

Sam Billings hit the highest ever one-day total by a Kent player at Canterbury and Darren Stevens snared five wickets

12-Aug-2012
ScorecardSam Billings hit the highest ever one-day total by a Kent player at Canterbury and Darren Stevens snared five wickets in 19 balls to ease the Spitfires to an emphatic 111-run win over Derbyshire.In front of their second best crowd of the summer, Kent wrapped up their 161st Canterbury Week with their fourth win of the Group C campaign secured with 56 balls to spare. Billings’ innings of 143 helped the hosts on their way to a score of 248 for 6, before Stevens took centre stage with the ball to help bowl out Derbyshire for 137.Batting first after losing the toss, Kent suffered two early blows on possibly the hottest day of the season at the St Lawrence ground. Home skipper Rob Key fell for a five-ball duck when he pushed tentatively at a Tim Groenewald leg-cutter to snick one low to Wes Durston at slip.Then, having faced only three balls, Sam Northeast also went without scoring when he departed leg before after playing across a full-length ball from Mark Turner that made it 16 for two.The situation might have worsened had keeper Tom Poynton held on to a diving, one-glove chance to his left from Steven’s first-ball glance, but Poynton could only parry the chance for four to allow the Kent right-hander to get off the mark.Stevens helped steady the Kentish ship with Billings in a third-wicket stand of 85 in 15.3 overs that ended when Stevens dragged one on to leg stump against Chesney Hughes to go for 40 and spark a secondary mini-collapse.Azhar Mahmood hit 8 before he holed out against Peter Burgoyne then Alex Blake, with three to his name, nicked a drive to the keeper off the same bowler to leave Kent in trouble at 123 for 5.That was the cue for 21-year-old Billings to move into top gear. He eased to his 50 from 46 balls then cut loose with an array of shots, the majority of which were orthodox, yet some were impish and improvised in the fashion of another wiry Kent gloveman, the legendary Alan Knott.Sweeping wristily, driving on the up and chipping the ball to all parts, Billings reached his first century for Kent, off a misfield to backward point, from 97 balls and with 11 fours.He really cut loose when in tandem with Geraint Jones as the two wicketkeepers added 117 in 14.1 overs. Billings was so dominant that his senior partner Jones contributed only 38 to their hundred stand.With 143 to his name come the final over of the innings, Billings went all guns blazing for his 150 but missed out with an attempted Dilscoop over fine leg to be bowled. He left to a standing ovation after 113 balls and with 17 fours and a six.Needing 6.22 an over for an unlikely win, Derbyshire were already up against it after a tight opening spell from Mark Davies of 3 for 25.Any lingering hopes were completely blown away when Darren Stevens replaced Davies at the Nackington Road End to bag 5 for 36 – including a 19-ball purple patch of 5 for 7 that eased Kent to victory.

Tim Southee, the New Zealand fast bowler, has said his team cannot be counted out of the Jamaica Test just yet

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Aug-2012Tim Southee, the New Zealand fast bowler, has said his team cannot be counted out of the Jamaica Test just yet. Following a dramatic collapse on day three, in which New Zealand slipped from 56 for 2 to 154 all out, West Indies were left chasing a target of 206. New Zealand did nip out four wickets by stumps but, by then, the hosts needed only 71 more with six wickets in hand to sweep the series 2-0.”Look at the last couple of mornings, [there have been] been wickets early; if we can grab [Shivnarine] Chanderpaul early, and a couple of others, we’ll be right back into it,” Southee said. “If we do manage to pull it off, it’ll be a very memorable win.”After two early losses in the chase, West Indies consolidated through a partnership of 74 between Assad Fudadin and Marlon Samuels. First-innings centurion Samuels had followed up with another half-century, but the pair was dismissed in the final session. Getting Samuels gave New Zealand a boost, Southee said. “Samuels is one of the best batsmen in the series, especially in this game anyway. To get Marlon, when he’s batting well and [after he] got a decent start, it was a great time to pick one up.”New Zealand’s meek collapse, Southee admitted, was a letdown. “Obviously, there [aren’t as] many runs as we’d like to play with. The batsmen knew that they’d sort of let that one slip.”West Indies, giving them credit, they came out and bowled extremely well in the morning and a few shots there, that our batters played, weren’t ideal.”New Zealand had looked to be ahead in the match, after bowling West Indies out for 209 in their first innings to secure a 51-run lead, that too without two of their most experience bowlers, Daniel Vettori and Chris Martin. Their four-pronged pace attack – Southee, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult and Doug Bracewell – clicked, sharing all ten wickets among them and again, on the third day, each of the four picked up a wicket apiece.Southee said it felt good working in tandem with the other bowlers. “You’d always like to get more wickets [but] if you’re not getting the wickets, somebody else’s going to get them. With the four bowlers there, I think we’ve all bowled pretty well at times and chipped in.”It’s just [about] doing your job and if it gets you a wicket at the other end, then you are just as happy as you are if you get a wicket.”

Tim Southee and Rob Nicol have been hit by gastro and will not be able to travel with the New Zealand team to Kandy for their opening match

ESPNcricinfo staff18-Sep-2012New Zealand’s World Twenty20 squad have been hit by some serious bouts of gastro, with the fast bowler Tim Southee and the batsman Rob Nicol too ill to travel with the team from Colombo to Kandy ahead of their opening match against Bangladesh, New Zealand Cricket has confirmed.Southee felt unwell on Monday morning, and was unable to take part in New Zealand’s warm-up loss to South Africa. Nicol was ill overnight and it was decided that neither he nor Southee should accompany the team on the journey to Kandy.Instead, both have remained in Colombo under the observation of the New Zealand team doctor. Southee has been taken to hospital to be treated for signs of dehydration.”Southee reported to medical staff that he felt unwell yesterday morning,” New Zealand cricket said in a statement. “He was not able to attend the warm-up match against South Africa and subsequently displayed symptoms associated with gastro-enteritis.”Nicol was sick over-night and could not travel comfortably this morning so also remain in Kandy under observation of the team doctor. Because Southee showed signs of dehydration it has been decided that he will receive re-hydration treatment at the local hospital.”If sufficient improvements are made today the pair will travel to Kandy this afternoon.””We’re pretty diligent in how we go about things but we can’t contain everything,” New Zealand coach Mike Hesson said. “I think they’ll be up either tonight or first thing in the morning, it’s just precautionary.”The spin bowler Daniel Vettori, meanwhile, has also suffered from stomach trouble but has recovered sufficiently to travel with the rest of the squad. “Dan’s still pretty low in terms of energy levels but getting back up,” Hesson added.Their match against Bangladesh will take place on Friday.