SL beat England by 9 wickets

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Sri Lanka has cruised to a comfortable nine-wicket victory over England in their World Cup clash as they successfully chased down 310 in Wellington.

Lahiru Thirimanne hit an unbeaten 139 and Kumar Sangakkara 117 not out to seal victory with 16 balls to spare.

Earlier, Joe Root hit 121 as England accelerated late on to post 309-6.

Thirimanne and Sangakkara added an unbroken 212 as Sri Lanka claimed a third straight win to move to within two points of New Zealand at the top of Pool A.

This was only the second time in one-day internationals that a team has lost by nine wickets after passing 300 in the first innings.

Sangakkara's century, his second in succession and the joint fifth quickest in World Cups - off 70 balls - took him into third place in the list of all-time leading World Cup run scorers.

Comments - 13

La Vijaya Sunday, 01 March 2015 11:39 AM

Well done guys. Keep up. Fine tune your fielding.

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Ali Jamis Sunday, 01 March 2015 11:42 AM

Superb batting display by the Sri Lankans. Well Played Sri Lanka

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ANTON Sunday, 01 March 2015 11:42 AM

WELL DONE BOYS, I THINK IT IS NOT THAT DIFFICULT TO BRING THAT BIG CUP HOME.

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ahamed Sunday, 01 March 2015 11:43 AM

A match ever seen before what a come back, Congrats!

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Sammy Sunday, 01 March 2015 11:54 AM

Congrats! Great win. Sanga is now confirmed as one of the all time greats of the game. Go for the Cup SL.

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sanjeewa Sunday, 01 March 2015 12:00 PM

congratulations..sri lanka

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Channa Asela Sunday, 01 March 2015 12:25 PM

Congratulations! A great victory. A superb batting display.

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Renu Sunday, 01 March 2015 01:22 PM

Welldone Sanga and Lahiru.We need to improve on bowling and fielding. Good win

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Cheers Sunday, 01 March 2015 01:31 PM

Very impressed now we have to beat Australia boys

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Simon Sunday, 01 March 2015 02:21 PM

Great batting on a flat batting track! Well done.

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dilip Sunday, 01 March 2015 03:23 PM

I feel so good, every time THE LIONS beat the british.

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Amila. G Sunday, 01 March 2015 03:30 PM

Mey jayakgrahanaya widheysha kumanthranayak. Ha... Ha... Ha...

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janaka Sunday, 01 March 2015 05:37 PM

Drop Dimuthu and bring back upul in his place, Drop Lakman and bring Kulasekara , This will be a better team, If Hearth is injured include the other spiner in our team.

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