Sri Lanka vs England, 4th Quarter-Final at Colombo, Mar 26 2011 - Match Highlights

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: Not enough quality to win the tournament

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Kumar Sangakkara: Dilshan was absolutely brilliant

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A strange tournament for England

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Kumar Sangakkara: Spin will come to fore

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Andrew Strauss: Pressure will be on Sri Lanka

Match Coverage

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Sangakkara eyeing all-Asian final

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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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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