Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe (Pallekele) (10th March)

ICC World Cup 2011 – 10^th March

26^th Match – Group A     (50-over match)

Played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kendy,

Sri Lanka won by 139 runs;

Zimbabwe won the toss and opted to bowl first;

Scoreboard:

Sri Lanka        327/6    (50 over)

Sri Lanka Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
WU Tharanga	c Chigumbura b Mpofu	133	141	17	0	94.32
TM Dilshan	c Panyangara b Utseya	144	131	16	1	109.92
NLTC Perera	c Chigumbura b Price	3	5	0	0	60.00
DPMD Jayawardene	c Chakabva b Mpofu	9	7	1	0	128.57
KC Sangakkara*†	not out	11	7	1	0	157.14
AD Mathews	c Chigumbura b Mpofu	0	1	0	0	0.00
LPC Silva	c Panyangara b Mpofu	4	2	1	0	200.00
TT Samaraweera	not out	8	7	1	0	114.28
Extras	(b 2, lb 3, w 9, nb 1)	15

Total (6 wickets; 50 over) 327 (6.54 runs per over)

Did not bat:

KMDN Kulasekara, SL Malinga, M Muralitharan

Fall of wickets:

1-282 (Tharanga, 44.4 over), 2-289 (Dilshan, 45.4 over), 3-296 (Perera, 46.3 over), 4-300 (Jayawardene, 47.1 over), 5-302 (Mathews, 47.3 over), 6-308 (Silva, 47.6 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
CB Mpofu	7	0	62	4	8.85	(1nb, 2w)
T Panyangara	6	0	51	0	8.50	(2w)
RW Price	9	1	46	1	5.11	(2w)
E Chigumbura	3	0	20	0	6.66
P Utseya	10	0	50	1	5.00	(1w)
AG Cremer	7	0	42	0	6.00	(1w)
GA Lamb	8	0	51	0	6.37	(1w)

Zimbabwe        188/10    (39.0 over)    (lost by 139 runs)

Zimbabwe Innings	(target: 328 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
BRM Taylor	c Jayawardene b Mathews	80	72	9	1	111.11
RW Chakabva	b Muralitharan	35	61	3	0	57.37
T Taibu†	c †Sangakkara b Mathews	4	6	0	0	66.66
P Utseya	st †Sangakkara b Dilshan	4	11	0	0	36.36
CR Ervine	lbw b Dilshan	17	21	2	0	80.95
E Chigumbura*	c Perera b Muralitharan	6	11	0	0	54.54
GA Lamb	c Jayawardene b Dilshan	0	1	0	0	0.00
AG Cremer	not out	14	27	1	0	51.85
RW Price	c Samaraweera b Perera	11	15	2	0	73.33
T Panyangara	lbw b Dilshan	0	4	0	0	0.00
CB Mpofu	b Muralitharan	1	5	0	0	20.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 2, w 12)	16

Total (all out; 39 over) 188 (4.82 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-116 (Chakabva, 19.5 over), 2-125 (Taibu, 22.1 over), 3-132 (Taylor, 24.1 over), 4-150 (Utseya, 27.3 over), 5-156 (Ervine, 29.3 over), 6-156 (Lamb, 29.4 over), 7-165 (Chigumbura, 31.5 over), 8-185 (Price, 36.5 over), 9-185 (Panyangara, 37.4 over), 10-188 (Mpofu, 38.6 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
SL Malinga	8	0	51	0	6.37	(7w)
KMDN Kulasekara	8	0	33	0	4.12	(1w)
NLTC Perera	6	0	33	1	5.50
M Muralitharan	9	0	34	3	3.77
AD Mathews	5	0	29	2	5.80
TM Dilshan	3	1	4	4	1.33

Player of the match:    TM Dilshan (Sri Lanka)

Umpires:        M Erasmus (South Africa) and NJ Llong (England)

TV umpire:        AL Hill (New Zealand)

Both Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga elevated their side to quarter final before they shared a world-record opening stand of 282-runs in World Cup history. As Sri Lanka scored 327 runs against Zimbabwe, but Zimbabwe openers batted well against the high eminent target, their first wicket fell on 116 runs in 20^th over when Chakabava was bowled out by Muralitharan. Brendan Taylor was the only forefront who scored 80 runs before making prey of Mathews's delivery. Sri Lanka will play another important game with New Zealand on 18^th March at Mumbai.

The 282-run opening partnership between Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga is the highest opening stand in World Cups going past the 194-run stand between Saeed Anwar and Wajahatullah Wasti in the 1999 semi-final. Tharanga has been involved in five 200-plus stands in ODIs. The record opening stand is also the second-highest stand for the opening wicket in ODIs only behind the 286 stand between Sanath Jayasuriya and Tharanga against England. It is also the fourth-highest partnership for any wicket in ODIs and the second highest in World Cups. Sri Lanka's 327 is their third-highest total in a World Cup game and their tenth best in ODIs. It is also their highest total against Zimbabwe in ODIs. The 116-run stand between Brendan Taylor and Regis Chakabva is the highest opening stand for Zimbabwe against Sri Lanka in ODIs and their fifth-highest for any wicket in World Cups. Dilshan became only the second player after Feiko Kloppenburg of Netherlands to score a century and take four wickets in a World Cup game. Overall, in ODIs, Dilshan is the 11th player to achieve the feat. It is also Dilshan's first century in World Cups. The 139-run margin is Sri Lanka's fifth-largest victory margin in World Cups and the largest against Zimbabwe in World Cup games. The 398 runs aggregated by both opening pairs is the highest in an ODI surpassing the 368 runs aggregated in the match between Sri Lanka and England in 2006. Dilshan's figures of 4 for 4 is the best bowling by a Sri Lankan spinner in World Cups and the tenth-best overall for a spinner in World Cup games. This was the first time in World Cups and the 22nd time overall in ODIs that both openers scored centuries in an innings.