Sri Lanka thrashes India by eight wickets
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August 23, 2010, Monday
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SRI Lanka crushed India by eight wickets in Dambulla yesterday to secure its place in the final of the tri-series tournament.
Sri Lanka dismissed India for 103 runs, with Thisara Perera claiming five for 28. The hosts easily reached 104-2 with 35 overs to spare.
India and New Zealand play on Wednesday to decide the other finalist.
Tillakartne Dilshan and Mahela Jayawardene shared 79 runs for Sri Lanka's opening wicket before seamer Ishant Sharma struck twice in consecutive balls. Dilshan made 35 and Jayawardene scored 33.
Captain Kumar Sangakkara (13) and Upul Tharanga (12) took Sri Lanka to victory. Sharma finished with 2-15.
India earlier won the toss and chose to bat. Seam bowler Nuwan Kulasekara quickly claimed both openers - Virender Sehwag was leg before wicket for 12 and Dinesh Karthik was caught behind by Kumar Sangakkara for nine.
Allrounder Perera justified his recall with the important wickets of Suresh Raina (8) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (10). He also dismissed Ravindra Jadeja, Praveen Kumar and Sharma to complete his first five-wicket haul in international cricket.
Yuvraj Singh, who returned to the side after recovering from dengue fever, top scored for India with 38. He appeared unlucky to be given out leg before wicket to a ball from Lasith Malinga that looked to be heading past off stump.
Meanwhile, New Zealand has offered to play matches in Pakistan to raise funds for those affected by floods that have devastated the country, a Pakistan Cricket Board official said yesterday.
"We have received an e-mail from New Zealand Cricket in which they have said they are even willing to play in Pakistan to raise funds," PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar said. "It's (the tour) in a very early stage, but we think it's a very good gesture on the part of NZC."
Cricket tours of Pakistan were abandoned after the Sri Lanka team's convoy was attacked by gunmen last year.
Sri Lanka dismissed India for 103 runs, with Thisara Perera claiming five for 28. The hosts easily reached 104-2 with 35 overs to spare.
India and New Zealand play on Wednesday to decide the other finalist.
Tillakartne Dilshan and Mahela Jayawardene shared 79 runs for Sri Lanka's opening wicket before seamer Ishant Sharma struck twice in consecutive balls. Dilshan made 35 and Jayawardene scored 33.
Captain Kumar Sangakkara (13) and Upul Tharanga (12) took Sri Lanka to victory. Sharma finished with 2-15.
India earlier won the toss and chose to bat. Seam bowler Nuwan Kulasekara quickly claimed both openers - Virender Sehwag was leg before wicket for 12 and Dinesh Karthik was caught behind by Kumar Sangakkara for nine.
Allrounder Perera justified his recall with the important wickets of Suresh Raina (8) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (10). He also dismissed Ravindra Jadeja, Praveen Kumar and Sharma to complete his first five-wicket haul in international cricket.
Yuvraj Singh, who returned to the side after recovering from dengue fever, top scored for India with 38. He appeared unlucky to be given out leg before wicket to a ball from Lasith Malinga that looked to be heading past off stump.
Meanwhile, New Zealand has offered to play matches in Pakistan to raise funds for those affected by floods that have devastated the country, a Pakistan Cricket Board official said yesterday.
"We have received an e-mail from New Zealand Cricket in which they have said they are even willing to play in Pakistan to raise funds," PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar said. "It's (the tour) in a very early stage, but we think it's a very good gesture on the part of NZC."
Cricket tours of Pakistan were abandoned after the Sri Lanka team's convoy was attacked by gunmen last year.
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