Sri Lanka have won by 9 wickets with 16 balls remaining while chasing England’s 309 runs in the 22nd match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Wellington.
The Lankans scored 312/1 in 47.2 overs.
Lahiru Thirimanne hit a marvellous ton off 117 balls.
Sangakkara has also been playing his characteristic classy knock. He hit a quick hundred off 70 balls and also crossed 13k runs.
Earlier, Joe Root’s ton helped England set a challenging target of 310-runs for Sri Lanka.
Lasith Malinga, Suranga Lakmal, Angelo Mathews, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Rangana Herath, and Thisara Perera took one wicket each.
England won the toss and decided to bat first.
England: Ian Bell, Moeen Ali, Gary Ballance, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (capt), James Taylor, Jos Buttler (wk), Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, James Anderson
Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lahiru Thirimanne, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Dimuth Karunaratne, Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews (capt), Dinesh Chandimal, Thisara Perera, Rangana Herath, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Malinga
Source: Dhaka Tribune
