Sri Lanka joined New Zealand on the giant beaters list on Sunday as they trounced Canada in a heavy margin of defeat at the Hambantota with the Sri Lankan captain and former captain joining forces.
Mahela Jayawardene scored a fine ICC Cricket World Cup century while Kumar Sangakkara missed his by eight runs as Sri Lanka put winning out of the Canada cricket team’s mind by notching up 332 batting first by deliberate design.
The strong 179 run partnership after the sixty-three run opening partnership virtually packed Canada out of the Group A match even before half the match was over. Canada’s bowlers were no match for the richly talented and experienced batsmen who displayed the repertoire of their shots to the visitors.
In stark contrast, Canada made a disastrous attempts to salvage from pride. Three quick wickets went down with only twelve runs on board as Thisara Perera struck for Sri Lanka. It was only the Canadian captain, Ashish Bagai, and Rizwan Cheema that helped Canada add a few runs. But that success and joy were shortlived as Sri Lanka never allowed the visitors to settle in.
Nuwan Kulasekara and Muttiah Muralitharan shared five wickets between them as Cheema ended up being the top scorer with only thirty-seven runs as Canada collapsed to 122 in thirty-seven overs, losing embarrassingly by 210 runs.596038
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