Mahela scores century, Lanka post challenging total
Monday, May 3, 2010
8:19 AM
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Mahela Jayawardene continued his fine form in the Twenty20 cricket with an outstanding century as Sri Lanka made 173 for seven against Zimbabwe in their final Group B match here Monday.
Jayawardene, who made 81 in the islanders' opening two-wicket loss to New Zealand, scored exactly 100 in a match they had to win to stay in the tournament. He is now the tournament's leading scorer.
Jayawardene's hundred was only the fourth in all Twenty20 internationals but the second in this competition in as many days after India's Suresh Raina scored 101 against South Africa in Saint Lucia on Sunday.
Stylish right-hander Jayawardene faced 63 balls with 4 sixes and 10 fours.
Zimbabwe, who stunned both defending champions Pakistan and Australia in the warm-up matches, kept taking wickets at the other end but could do little about opening batsman Jayawardene.
Tillakaratne Dilshan, player of the tournament at last year's World Twenty20 in England, has not looked anything like the same player at this edition and he made just two before a miscued drive off Elton Chigumbura went straight to mid-off.
Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara, Dinesh Chandinal and Angelo Mathews all failed to get going but Jayawardene, looking as if he was on a different plane, kept going serenely before he was finally caught at long-on off left-arm spinner Ray Price.
Jayawardene, who made 81 in the islanders' opening two-wicket loss to New Zealand, scored exactly 100 in a match they had to win to stay in the tournament. He is now the tournament's leading scorer.
Jayawardene's hundred was only the fourth in all Twenty20 internationals but the second in this competition in as many days after India's Suresh Raina scored 101 against South Africa in Saint Lucia on Sunday.
Stylish right-hander Jayawardene faced 63 balls with 4 sixes and 10 fours.
Zimbabwe, who stunned both defending champions Pakistan and Australia in the warm-up matches, kept taking wickets at the other end but could do little about opening batsman Jayawardene.
Tillakaratne Dilshan, player of the tournament at last year's World Twenty20 in England, has not looked anything like the same player at this edition and he made just two before a miscued drive off Elton Chigumbura went straight to mid-off.
Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara, Dinesh Chandinal and Angelo Mathews all failed to get going but Jayawardene, looking as if he was on a different plane, kept going serenely before he was finally caught at long-on off left-arm spinner Ray Price.
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