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Jayawardene ton floors Zimbabwe

Jayawardene ton floors Zimbabwe

May 4, 2010   07:11 am

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Mahela Jayawardene struck a scintillating century as Sri Lanka thumped Zimbabwe by 14 runs via Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain-marred Group B match to brighten its Super Eight prospects in the Twenty20 World Cup here on Monday.

 

Beaten by New Zealandin its previous outing, a win was imperative for the Lankans who rode on Jayawardene’s masterly 64-ball 100 — fourth century in the history of Twenty20 Internationals — to post 173 for seven. Jayawardene hit 10 fours and four sixes before falling to Ray Price.

 

Revised target

 

Zimbabwe’s chase ran into a rain interruption after the first over from Ajantha Mendis.

 

Play did resume after 66 minutes with the minnows chasing a revised target of 104 runs from 11 overs, but another weather disruption greeted four overs later when it was 29 for one.

 

Consequently, the Duckworth-Lewis method was invoked and Zimbabwe was found 14 runs behind Sri Lanka.

 

Zimbabwe has little time to recover as it returns on Tuesday to face New Zealand. — PTI

 

Sri Lanka: M. Jayawardene c Cremer b Price 100 (64b, 10x4, 4x6), T. Dilshan c Mpofu b Chigumbura 2 (4b), T. Perera c Chigumbura b Lamb 23 (19b, 1x4, 2x6), K. Sangakkara c Price b Cremer 3 (7b), D. Chandimal c Mpofu b Utseya 9 (8b, 1x6), A. Mathews c Ervine b Lamb 4 (6b), C. Kapugedera c Masakadza b Price 13 (6b, 2x6), S. Jayasuriya (not out) 3 (3b), L. Malinga (not out) 2 (3b); Extras (lb-5, w-9) 14. Total (for seven wkts. in 20 overs) 173.

 

Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-80, 3-96, 4-113, 5-138, 6-166, 7-166.

 

Zimbabwebowling: Mpofu 3-0-27-0; Price 4-0-31-2; Chigumbura 2-0-21-1; Lamb 4-0-34-2; Utseya 4-0-32-1; Cremer 3-0-23-1.

 

Zimbabwe(revised D/L target 44 in five overs): H. Masakadza (run out) 4 (6b), T. Taibu (not out) 12 (13b), B. Taylor (not out) 11 (11b); Extras (w-2): 2; Total (for one wkt. in five overs): 29.

 

Fall of wicket: 1-10.

 

Sri Lankabowling: Mendis 2-0-9-0, Malinga 1-0-6-0, Jayasuriya 1-0-8-0, Randiv 1-0-6-0

 

The Hindu

 

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