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Fernando could play - Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene has revealed Sri Lanka have not decided on their combination for Thursday's match against Zimbabwe, but several options are proving to be a 'healthy headache'

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

TM Dilshan
TM Dilshan
144(131) 16x4 - 1x6
Control %88%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 44 runs
  • 6x4 - 0x6
12 6 33 17 35 13 13 15
WU Tharanga
WU Tharanga
133(141) 17x4 - 0x6
Control %87%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 47 runs
  • 7x4 - 0x6
1 14 20 16 17 19 22 24

Best performances - Bowlers

TM Dilshan
TM Dilshan
O3
M1
R4
W4
Eco1.33
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
CB Mpofu
CB Mpofu
O7
M0
R62
W4
Eco8.85
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Zimbabwe , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15

Match days

10 March 2011 - day/night match (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Sri Lanka 2, Zimbabwe 0

Scorer: Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Nitin Sundar

END OF OVER:
39 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | ZIM: 188/10 (140 runs required from 11 overs, RR: 4.82, RRR: 12.72)

  • Graeme Cremer14 (27b)
  • Muthiah Muralidaran9-0-34-3
  • Tillakaratne Dilshan3-1-4-4

Right, congrats to everyone who had Dilshan as their Fantasy captain - they must have shot to the top of their respective Fantasy leagues. What a stirring show from the guy, after the needless controversy sparked off recently. Top performance. Two games coming up tomorrow, join us for both - they could have a huge bearing on Group B's fate. On behalf of Abhishek and the rest of the crew, this is Nitin Sundar signing off. So long, and thanks for all the Kamran jokes!

Dilshan is MoM "This is my career's best match. Very good wicket to bat, ball came on well. The hat-trick unfortunately went away, but before that, Mahela took a brilliant catch, so the second wicket really went to him. I think everyone's performing very well, so we are in a good position."

Sanga: "This is where I am from, and it is a magnificent ground. We adjusted our line-up for the dew, but things were ok today. The opening stand just took it away. Dilshan has that magic touch with bat, ball and on the field. Murali is a champion, and that's why he is rated the best in the world. When the tough times come, he stands up."

Chigumbura: "We have to beat Kenya and do well against Pakistan. Disappointed with the show today. Good atmosphere in this stadium."

Dilshan becomes just the second luminary to hit a 100 and take 4 wickets in a World Cup ODI. The first was Feiko Kloppenburg. Here's the full list.

Murali: "Taylor played well and we did not bowl well initially, but we came back strongly. I've taken almost 100 wickets in Kandy (Asgiriya) .. sad moment for me, but a happy moment for the team. This is the best ground in the country."

Murali ends with a flourish, but this was completely' Tillakaratne's Thursday. And don't forget Tharanga, he played a fine innings. Full marks to Taylor for trying, but it wasn't enough.

38.6
W
Muralidaran to Mpofu, OUT, aha, so what if the replays don't vindicate you. Murali decides to do it all by himself, lands the doosra outside leg stump and turns it around to hit the timber as Mopfu sweeps and misses. The wizard has finished his final game at home with a wicket. Sri Lanka are the first team to enter the quarters of World Cup 2011.

CB Mpofu b Muralidaran 1 (4m 5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 20

38.5
0
Muralidaran to Mpofu, no run, I can't believe Nigel Llong hasn't given it out lbw. Sanga reviews an lbw appeal. The bounce has saved him. Or so says Hawkeye. Lands on a length around middle and off and then turns away. The perfect doosra, Mpofu had no cluse what it was doing. According to Hawk-Eye it is missing by half a foot.
38.4
1
Muralidaran to Cremer, 1 run, turning down the leg side, worked with the spin through square leg for another single
38.3
0
Muralidaran to Cremer, no run, flighted outside off, defended to the off side against the spin
38.2
1
Muralidaran to Mpofu, 1 run, Mpofu gets a single, swiping through midwicket and he's away
38.1
1b
Muralidaran to Cremer, 1 bye, Not many people will play the reverse sweep in this setting to a ball churned out on leg stump. Cremer misses and gets a bye as the ball slips down the leg side

Murali. Round the wicket. With slip and leg slip.

Zimbabwe 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st116BRM TaylorRW Chakabva
2nd9T TaibuBRM Taylor
3rd7BRM TaylorP Utseya
4th18P UtseyaCR Ervine
5th6E ChigumburaCR Ervine
6th0GA LambE Chigumbura
7th9E ChigumburaAG Cremer
8th20RW PriceAG Cremer
9th0T PanyangaraAG Cremer
10th3CB MpofuAG Cremer