SL-NZ promises to be a thriller

Sri Lanka will face New Zealand on thursday in what is expected to be a thrilling competition that essentially decides which team deserves to be in the finals with Australia. Sri Lanka has long been the second favorites to win this year's world cup but New Zealand is known to have the best balanced team in the competition, not to mention are undefeated so far - not counting the shocking defeat at the hands of Bangladesh in a practice match. Sri Lankan are also featuring a highly talented team but has one loss to their name so far which they collected when they went down at the hands of South Africa in a heartbreaking fashion. Sri Lanka also struggled against England, who has yet failed to win a match against a test nation in the tournement, before pulling off a spectacular 2 run victory at Antigua.