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England vs Sri Lanka, Match 22, Pool A - ICC WORLD CUP 2015

ICC Cricket World Cup, 22nd Match, Pool A: England v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Mar 1, 2015

Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)

ICC WORLD CUP 2015: Sri Lanka have won their match by 9 wickets and have more or less confirmed their place in the quarter final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. Chasing of 310 for a win, Sri Lanka made it look very easy and as Tillakaratne Dilshan scored (44), Lahiru Thirimanne (139*) and Kumar Sangakkara (117*)guided their team to get easy win.

First England captain Eoin Morgan had earlier won the toss and decided to bat first for their innings. His openers Ian Bell and Moeen Ali got his team off to a brisk start in the earlier. Moeen Ali was the first man to go for the 15 with 62 runs on the score board. Gary Ballance did not last long life and Sri Lanka suddenly found themselves right back in the game as trouble. But Ian Bell was dismissed on 49 runs when England had just gone past their 100 run mark in the 21st overs.

England vs Sri Lanka, Match 22, Pool A - ICC WORLD CUP 2015

After this situation it was the James Taylor and Root, who played aggressive cricket and put on 98 in 66 deliveries for the 5th wicket and got England in a position from where they can get a score close to nearly 300. After Root was dismissed for 121 runs, wicket keeper Jos Buttler’s unbeaten 19 ball 39 runs England managed to reach 309 for six in their 50 overs.

Srilankan batsman Sangakkara has now remained unbeaten in two back-to-back matches hitten and considering the fact that this could be his last World Cup, he will want to carry on his form right till at the end of the match.

England Innings - 309/6 (50 overs)

Ian Bell

b Lakmal

Joe Root

lbw b Herath

121

108

Eoin Morgan (c)

c Dilshan b T Perera

James Taylor

c Dilshan b Malinga

Jos Buttler (wk)

not out

Sri Lanka Innings - 312/1 (47.2 overs)

Lahiru Thirimanne

not out

139

143

Tillakaratne Dilshan

c E Morgan b M Ali

Kumar Sangakkara (wk)

not out

117

Deccan Chargers IPL 2012 Team Squads

Deccan Chargers Team Squads IPL 2012

Captain: Kumar Sangakkara

Indian Players: Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Ahmed Quadri, Akash Bhandari, Akshath Reddy, Amit Mishra, Anand Rajan, Ankit Sharma, Arjun Yadav, Ashish Reddy, Atchuta Rao, Bharat Chipli, Biplab Samantray, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Ishank Jaggi, Ishant Sharma, Manpreet Gony, Parthiv Patel, Shikhar Dhawan, Sneha Kishore, Sunny Sohal, Tanmay Mishra, Tanmay Srivastava, TP Sudhindra, Veer Pratap Singh

International Players: Cameron White, Chris Lynn, Dale Steyn, Daniel Christian, JP Duminy, Juan Theron, Daniel Harris

Coach: Darren Lehmann

Pressure on England and Sri Lanka says, Sangakkara

Colombo, March 25 (AFP): Kumar Sangakkara refuses to believe Sri Lanka will be the only side under pressure before a packed home crowd in their quarter-final on Saturday, saying England will also feel the intensity.

The 1996 winners go into the last of four quarter-finals with huge expectations, but Sangakkara was confident his players were capable of handling the situation.

"What you lose is a semi-final berth, so I don't think any side is going to want to lose that. So wherever you play that incentive is going to be there and all sides feel that pressure equally," said Sangakkara.

"I think it will be there (pressure), but that kind of thinking goes out of the window when you cross the boundary rope. I am sure players will feel the crowd, they'll lift themselves and do well."

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Galle 2nd Test: Sangakkara & Paranavitana take SL as control

Captain Kumar Sangakkara and Tharanga Paranavitana struck their second successive centuries as Sri Lanka took firm control of the second cricket Test against India in Colombo on Monday. Sangakkara (130 not out) notched up his 23rd Test century while Paranavitana (100) scored his second ton as the Lankan batsmen piled up the agony on a listless India by reaching a commanding 312 for two at close on the opening day.

The Indians, who desperately need to win the match to level the three-match series and retain their number one position, put up a rather pathetic bowling display to allow the hosts to get off to a flying start. Mahela Jayawardene (13) was giving Sangakkara company at stumps as the hosts dominated on a very good batting track at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground.

Electing to bat, the two Lankan openers Tillakaratne Dilshan (54) and Paranavitana provided a rollicking start to the innings, capitalising on some wayward and insipid bowling by the Indians.The depleted Indian bowling attack, badly missing the services of pace spearhead Zaheer Khan, just did not ball in the right areas to pose much problems for the hosts who scored at a brisk pace right through the day.

Overnight rains delays second day's start at Galle

An overnight rain delayed to start of the second day first cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka here today. Heavy rains lashed Galle last night and made the entire ground outfield wet, which was more than enough for a delayed start for the second day.Even though there were no rains in the morning, wet outfield forced the covers to stay on at the Galle Stadium and according to the curator Jayananda Warnaweera, play can begin only after lunch. The opening day's play on Sunday was also delayed by 30 minutes due to wet ground.

The opening day's play in which only 68 overs were bowled, Sri Lanka were in a comfortable position at 256/2 with Tharanga Paranavitana unbeaten on 110 and Captain Kumar Sangakkara (103. In India bowlers anle to taken Abhimanyu Mithun (1/41) and Virender Sehwag (1/23) managing wickets.