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Sangakkara, Dilshan plenty set up big win

Holding: Sri Lanka need to up their activity in the quarter-final

Kumar Sangakkara is going from one-day internationals at the end of these competitors. You have to wonder why. But regardless of how far Sri Lanka enhancement, Sangakkara will at least go out in personal wonder. At Belle rive Rectangle, he became the first man in ODI history to position hundreds of years in four following innings, and the first to make four countless numbers in one World Cup, and together with Tillakaratne Dilshan he confident a comfortable win over Scotland.

The 148-run achievements should mean Sri Lanka finish third in Discuss A, assuming Modern australia beat Scotland and New Zealand beat Bangladesh. Scotland exposed some fight with the bat, but the 195-run cooperation gathered by Sangakkara and Dilshan was the difference. To cap off his remaining day, Sangakkara also moved past Adam Gilchrist to top the all-time World Cup wicket maintaining cancellations depend.

Sangakkara and Dilshan have become one of cricket's most efficient double-acts and this was their Last century take a place in ODIs; only Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar have combined for more. Sangakkara finished 124 and Dilshan designed 104; Angelo Mathews later involved the second-fastest 50 of this World Cup, off 20 paintballs, but a series of late wickets designed Sri Lanka missed the possibility of a 400-plus finish.

Scotland's concentrate on was 364 and perhaps on 364 periods of the year it would be an incorrect aim against a Complete Individual. This was one of those periods, although Freddie Coleman and Preston Mommsen confident respectability. Throughout the competitors Scotland have confirmed company and deal with, pleased professionals while arriving up brief. It was the scenario once again.

When Kyle Coetzer sent a come coming back catch to Lasith Malinga in the first over, Scotland strength have had flashbacks to their being instructed by Malinga for 101 in their only past ODI meeting this year. The gradually, untrustworthy start continuous when Calum MacLeod was bowled by Nuwan Kulasekara for 11 and He Machan was trapped lbw by Dilshan for 19.

But Mommsen and Coleman took their cause from the Sangakkara-Dilshan example formerly in the day, finding the gaps, rotating the strike, selecting up restrictions. When they came together Scotland needed 320 at more than eight and over, so their projects were unlikely to affect caused by the organize, but they at least designed Sri Lanka execute for it.

Coleman, presented in for his second organize of the competitors, took the cause and hit seven restrictions, along with a amazing straight produce off Dushmantha Chameera. Mommsen secure pressured well and attracted when the opportunity happened, and both men frustrated Sri Lanka, referring to half-centuries in reasonably fast time.

For 75 minutes they performed together before Mommsen pressured on the up off Thisara Perera and was taken by a controlling Lahiru Thirimanne for 60 off 75 paintballs. Coleman followed four overs later when he holed out to long-on off Kulasekara for 70 from 74 paintballs, but his first ODI half-century - which had come off 44 paintballs - exposed his classification.

Coleman had been reduced on 54 when Kusal Perera somehow synthetic to garden an simple opportunity from a part to impressive secure, and it was indicate of a Sri Lanka that seemed pleased enough to go through the motions in the place, knowing that achievements was inevitable. In the end it was: Richie Berrington set up around for 29 but, the reduced buy fizzled out in the 44th over.

Sri Lanka's reaching had been just too impressive. As frequent, Sangakkara's functions came all around the wicket as he chosen the gaps or removed the place with comfort. His only half-chance came on 84 when he done ab exercises a finish toss from Machan and a scuba diving MacLeod at midwicket got his left-hand to the soccer on its way to the boundary. Otherwise, Sangakkara was healthcare, and hit 13 four feet and four sixes.

After getting his variety of, he plundered 24 off an over from Alasdair Evans during the Powerplay, his analysis and get in touch with allowing him to place the soccer wherever Mommsen staying a gap. A six reduced over aspect and details to the fine-leg boundary were especially eye-catching.

Dilshan and Sangakkara had brought up their hundreds of years from following paintballs, Dilshan's arriving from his 97th submission with only one to outstanding leg off Coetzer, and Sangakkara's arriving next soccer with a two enclosed to third man off Coetzer from his 86th submission. They were divided in the next over, but had provided a lot of entertainment.

Dilshan's variety of was his second of this competitors and he hit 10 four feet and one six, and was impressive rectangular shape of the wicket on both finishes. He had attracted Josh Davey with disregard, such as for a six over rectangular shape leg off one combined. Dilshan finally reduced on 104 when he was taken at mid-off, offering Davey the first of three wickets.

The end of the Sangakkara-Dilshan cooperation convinced a little volume of wickets. Mahela Jayawardene was not able to immediately just just click and skied a catch to mid-off against Davey, who next soccer had Sangakkara taken behind trying to part over aspect. Davey missed the hat-trick but had moved to 14 wickets for the World Cup, developing him the tournament's significant wicket-taker.

Mathews and Kusal knowledgeable to be able to smash with allow, until Kusal was taken in the impressive off Rob Taylor for 24 off 13. But it was Mathews, who actually providing the late functions, penalising Coleman for dropping him at impressive midwicket off Machan on 21.

In Machan's next over, Mathews put four following sixes all over Coleman or just comprehensive of him; obviously make fun of him over the missed opportunity in past periods over. It all of those sixes presented Mathews his half-century, but Coleman had his revenge next soccer when he taken an attempt at a fifth following six at impressive midwicket with Mathews on 51 off 21.

Sri Lanka's reduced buy was not able to maintain the momentum: Coleman took another two holds in the same place, and Scotland had done well to peg Sri Lanka coming back somewhat. Their day started well when Evans moved the soccer away from Lahiru Thirimanne in the 6th over and had he taken at glide for 4. But all that did was bringing Dilshan and Sangakkara together.

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Reporter: Rehan Baig