England storms into Twenty20 final
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May 15, 2010, Saturday
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IMPRESSIVE England reached the final of the Twenty20 World Cup after outclassing Sri Lanka to win by seven wickets with four overs to spare on Thursday.
Paul Collingwood's side will face the winner of the other semifinal between Pakistan and Australia in tomorrow's showpiece at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.
It was another accomplished performance from England in all departments as it put itself in a position to win its first ICC tournament.
England bowled superbly to restrict Sri Lanka to 128 for six after dominating the six overs 'power play' when it kept the Asian side to just 36 for three with some intelligent bowling.
Those three wickets contained the cream of Sri Lanka's batting with openers Sanath Jayasuriya and Mahela Jayawardene back in the hut cheaply along with Twenty20 specialist Tillakaratne Dilshan.
When skipper Kumar Sangakkara went with the score at 47 for four in the ninth over, Sri Lanka was in big trouble.
The seamers, in particular Stuart Broad (2-21) varied their pace well, making plenty of use of slower, short pitched deliveries and the spinners kept the pressure on.
"Full credit goes to the bowlers, who went out there and adapted to the conditions on a slow wicket. I'm delighted with how they performed today. The guys have really been preparing well, analyzing the opposition, and seeing where we can take wickets," said Collingwood.
A 46-run partnership from Chamara Kapugedera (16) and Angelo Mathews (58) ensured that Sri Lanka had something to bowl at, although afterwards Sangakkara said they had been around 30 runs short of a truly defendable total.
England though made short work of its reply - the South African born opening pair of Craig Kieswetter (39) and Michael Lumb (33) put on 68 for the opening wicket in 8.1 overs of selective but positive batting.
Paul Collingwood's side will face the winner of the other semifinal between Pakistan and Australia in tomorrow's showpiece at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.
It was another accomplished performance from England in all departments as it put itself in a position to win its first ICC tournament.
England bowled superbly to restrict Sri Lanka to 128 for six after dominating the six overs 'power play' when it kept the Asian side to just 36 for three with some intelligent bowling.
Those three wickets contained the cream of Sri Lanka's batting with openers Sanath Jayasuriya and Mahela Jayawardene back in the hut cheaply along with Twenty20 specialist Tillakaratne Dilshan.
When skipper Kumar Sangakkara went with the score at 47 for four in the ninth over, Sri Lanka was in big trouble.
The seamers, in particular Stuart Broad (2-21) varied their pace well, making plenty of use of slower, short pitched deliveries and the spinners kept the pressure on.
"Full credit goes to the bowlers, who went out there and adapted to the conditions on a slow wicket. I'm delighted with how they performed today. The guys have really been preparing well, analyzing the opposition, and seeing where we can take wickets," said Collingwood.
A 46-run partnership from Chamara Kapugedera (16) and Angelo Mathews (58) ensured that Sri Lanka had something to bowl at, although afterwards Sangakkara said they had been around 30 runs short of a truly defendable total.
England though made short work of its reply - the South African born opening pair of Craig Kieswetter (39) and Michael Lumb (33) put on 68 for the opening wicket in 8.1 overs of selective but positive batting.
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