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Now, with Game 6 set for Fenway Park and an 8:07 p.m. ET first pitch, the Detroit Tigers face the unenviable task of having to beat the Boston Red Sox twice, on the road, to advance to the World Series. Custom Dolphins Jerseys .Y. - Rob Manfred was promoted Monday to Major League Baseballs chief operating officer, which may make him a candidate to succeed Bud Selig as commissioner. When Upul Tharanga first toured England a decade ago, he opened the batting with such devastating élan that he amassed 347 runs at 69.40 in Sri Lankas 5-0 whitewash. Five years later, he scored an unbeaten century against the same opponents to complete a ruthless 10-wicket victory in the World Cup quarter-final.This time around, however, rather than furrowing his brow to face down the new ball, Tharanga has been asked to do a job down the order, coming in at No. 7 against England after brief appearances at No. 8 and No. 9 in Ireland. It seems an odd job for a 31-year-old who has played as an opener in 156 of his 185 ODIs to date but it is one that Tharanga says he is happy to do.Ive done it before, for 10-15 games, in Australia and Sri Lanka. So it is not something new to me, he said before the fourth match of the series, at The Kia Oval. Most of my career I have batted as a top-order batsman but it is good, I am enjoying it. It is up to the management, what they need from me. At the moment, they need me to bat in the middle order, so Im happy to help the team. Lots of players are new players, so we have to give them experience and advice also.With Sri Lanka still looking to rebuild their one-day side after the retirements of Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene last year, it seems that Tharanga has been identified as the man to provide some nous in the latter part of the innings. A flowing, if inconsistent, strokeplayer, he has had to try and learn a few new tricks in order to fill the brief, and innings of 53 not out off 49 balls and 40 off 33 at Edgbaston and Bristol respectively have hinted at promise without quite banishing the suspicion he might be better utilised.The half-century was his first significant score for Sri Lanka since making 174 not out (opening the batting) against India in Kingston almost three years ago. The selectors lost patience with him again soon after, with nine more appearances accruing haphazardly across 2014 and 2015, and Tharanga now appears willing to fulfil whatever rolee is required of him in order to continue a career that has reaped 13 ODI hundreds - more than any Englishman.ddddddddddddIf I bat from the 30th over, I think I can play my normal game. If I go in for the last few overs, obviously I have to change my game. In the nets Im trying different things, he said.As a cricketer, I always want to play for my country. In the last few years, I am in and out of the team. So I am happy to be here. The last domestic season, I did well, so thats why I got the opportunity - even batting six-seven. So Im happy to do something for my country.Tharangas success in the first-class Premier League tournament, in which he scored 803 runs at 61.76, came while batting in the top order, as did his impressive performances more recently in the Dhaka Premier League. But with Tillakaratne Dilshan absent from the tour of England, Sri Lanka have preferred Kusal Perera and Danushka Gunathilaka as openers, followed by another international greenhorn in Kusal Mendis at No. 3.Tharangas advice for how Sri Lanka could put England under greater pressure in the final two ODIs was for someone higher up to go on to a match-defining score - though it was delivered sincerely, without any sense of implied criticism. Sri Lanka have yet to beat England across three Tests and three ODIs but could still turn around and win the series. As a batting unit, we need to concentrate, put on big partnerships and big scores, he said.I came for the one-day tournament and, as a team, I think we are in really good shape. Even though we lost the game, I think our batsmen are doing really well - we only need a big score. The last few games, everyone got 40, 50. Thats why we are getting 250-260. As a batting unit we need someone in the top four to get a big score. If we can get that we can get 300. The bowlers are going a good job, the wickets are good for batting. We someone to get a big score. ' ' '