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Lanka to meet Kiwis
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 27 - 03 - 2011

COLOMBO: Openers Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga made merry against a listless England attack and powered Sri Lanka to a 10-wicket victory in the World Cup quarterfinals Saturday.
Dishan (108 not out) and Tharanga (102 not out) both notched up their second centuries in the tournament and with it their second double hundred stand in the showpiece event.
The duo made the 230-run target look ridiculously easy and hardly broke a sweat as they took Sri Lanka home with all their wickets intact and 63 balls to spare.
While England was left to digest its first ever 10-wicket defeat in the tournament, Sri Lanka set up a semifinal date with New Zealand.
Tharanga, who needed a runner towards the end of his innings after suffering from cramps, hit the winning boundary which also brought up his 11th ODI hundred.
The England bowlers looked utterly toothless on a slow pitch at the R Premadasa Stadium, which was supposed to help the spin bowlers.
But to his horror, captain Andrew Strauss found his two spinners – Graeme Swann and James Tredwell – to be the most expensive under an assault from the two batsmen.
“We couldn't get that breakthrough. We tried a lot of things. It was a very flat wicket and we were thoroughly beaten by a much better team today,” Strauss said during the presentation ceremony. “But over the course of the tournament our cricket hasn't been good enough.”
Earlier, Jonathan Trott rescued England from a poor start to help it post 229 for six as Sri Lanka missed a slew of easy catches to let them off the hook.
Trott (86) added 64 runs for the third wicket with Ravi Bopara (31) and 91 runs for the fourth with Eoin Morgan (50) to anchor England's batting. Sri Lanka went into the match with three frontline spinners – Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis and Rangana Herath – who made it tough for the batsmen to score with their tight line and length.
Morgan was dropped three times – on 16, 33 and 34 – while television replays showed he was also lbw to Lasith Malinga, a decision Sri Lanka did not appeal.
Mendis was the unfortunate bowler on the first occasion while an infuriated Muralitharan watched on as the left-handed batsman was spilled twice in the space off three deliveries.
England got off to a terrible start and was reduced to 31 for two inside nine overs, after Strauss won the toss and decided to bat first.


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