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Pakistan vs New Zealand (1)

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PAK v WI [W] (1)

RESULT • 41st Match • IPL • T20 • Hyderabad

RCB

206/7

SRH

(20 ov, T:207) 171/8

RCB won by 35 runs

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RESULT • 4th T20I • Lahore

178/7

PAK

(20 ov, T:179) 174/8

New Zealand won by 4 runs

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Sri Lanka vs England, 4th Quarter-Final at Colombo, , Mar 26 2011 - Cricket Photos

RESULT

4th Quarter-Final (D/N), Colombo (RPS), March 26, 2011, ICC Cricket World Cup

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England

229/6

Sri Lanka

(39.3/50 ov, T:230) 231/0

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets (with 63 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match

Tillakaratne Dilshan

, SL

108* (115) & 1/25

Andrew Strauss looks on as the scoreboard signals a four•Mar 26, 2011•AFP

England were left with much to ponder after a thumping defeat•Mar 26, 2011•Getty Images

Tillakaratne Dilshan reached a brilliant hundred in the chase•Mar 26, 2011•Getty Images

Andrew Strauss was left frustrated and powerless to stop England's slide out the tournament•Mar 26, 2011•Getty Images

Graeme Swann couldn't force the breakthrough for England•Mar 26, 2011•Getty Images

Upul Tharanga played an ideal innings for Sri Lanka•Mar 26, 2011•Getty Images

Tillakaratne Dilshan got Sri Lanka's chase off to a flier•Mar 26, 2011•Getty Images

Jonathan Trott and Eoin Morgan added 91 for the fourth wicket•Mar 26, 2011•Getty Images

Muttiah Muralitharan needed treatment towards the end of the innings•Mar 26, 2011•Getty Images

Matt Prior made 22 from 19 balls as England posted a competitive total •Mar 26, 2011•Getty Images

Andrew Strauss congratulated Tillakaratne Dilshan after Sri Lanka's win•Mar 26, 2011•Getty Images

There she goes: Tillakaratne Dilshan lost the grip on his bat•Mar 26, 2011•AFP

Upul Tharanga reached his century with the winning boundary as he and Tillakaratne Dilshan powered the win•Mar 26, 2011•AFP

Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga shared a mammoth opening stand•Mar 26, 2011•Getty Images

Tillakaratne Dilshan continued to play his shots•Mar 26, 2011•Getty Images

Upul Tharanga was in total control as Sri Lanka made light work of England's total•Mar 26, 2011•Getty Images

Andrew Strauss was stumped for ideas as Sri Lanka's openers piled on the runs•Mar 26, 2011•Getty Images

Eoin Morgan led a charmed life during his 55-ball 50•Mar 26, 2011•AFP

Eoin Morgan gave England's innings an important boost•Mar 26, 2011•AFP

Graeme Swann was promoted to No. 6 to make use of the Powerplay but fell first ball•Mar 26, 2011•Getty Images

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Kumar Sangakkara has said that Sri Lanka have every chance of making it an all-subcontinental final in the 2011 World Cup

'Didn't have quality to win World Cup' - Strauss

On the big day, against a varied attack, England didn't have the quality to put up enough runs to defend. Andrew Strauss had no qualms in admitting that

Sri Lanka put Premadasa chasing fears to rest

The last time 230 was chased at the Premadasa was six-and-a-half years ago. It was fitting then that on the big day the home side lost the toss, and put in a supreme performance to comfortably chase and win

Of broken bats and the man with nine lives

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the fourth quarter-final between England and Sri Lanka in Colombo

Tharanga and Dilshan crush England

Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga put their team within touching distance of the World Cup semi-finals, as they overcame a tricky start to their innings to lay into England's bowlers with an unbeaten first-wicket stand of 132

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Andrew Strauss: Not enough quality to win the tournament

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A strange tournament for England

Sri Lanka Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
WU Tharanga	not out	102	122
TM Dilshan	not out	108	115
Extras	(b 9, lb 6, w 6)
Total	231(0 wkts; 39.3 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	Econ
TT Bresnan	8	1	40	5
GP Swann	9	0	61	6.77
CT Tremlett	7.3	0	38	5.06
RS Bopara	5	1	22	4.4
JC Tredwell	6	0	38	6.33
LJ Wright	4	0	17	4.25

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	231	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Upul Tharanga

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ICC Cricket World Cup

Group A

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
PAK	6	5	1	10	0.758
SL	6	4	1	9	2.582
AUS	6	4	1	9	1.123
NZ	6	4	2	8	1.135
ZIM	6	2	4	4	0.030
CAN	6	1	5	2	-1.987
KENYA	6	0	6	0	-3.042

Group B

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
SA	6	5	1	10	2.026
IND	6	4	1	9	0.900
ENG	6	3	2	7	0.072
WI	6	3	3	6	1.066
BAN	6	3	3	6	-1.361
IRE	6	2	4	4	-0.696
NED	6	0	6	0	-2.045

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