Australia are out of Twenty20 world cup. Follow Bangladesh.
Aussies follow Bangladesh out of Twenty20 world cup. Sri Lanka played a clinical game to defeat them. Ajantha Mendis took 3 wickets for nothing to restrict Australia to 159.
Sangakkara made Jayasuriya open bowling at other end. Relied heavily on spin to contain and take wickets too. His bowlers did a fantastic job. Hardly gave anything for batsmen to work with.
Mitchell Johnson’s cameo of 29 and some big hitting by Bret Lee helped them reach a fighting score. It was not enough.
Dilshan peppered boundary consistently. Jayasuriya got out to a beauty of a catch by Warner. Nothing stopped Dilshan. He reached his fifty off quick time.
Mahela and Sangakkara played calculated game to bring the game within reach. That’s when Mahela fell to Hauritz. They played sensibly. Sanga took apart Hauritz in one over.
Lee turned up heat for five bowls, only to give six off a last ball. 24 required of 18. It was anyone’s game from there. It was tense. It was fun watching it.
Sangakkara played a brilliant captain’s innings to take Sri Lanka home. Mubarak hit two sixes to finish the game in hurry.
Australia are out of the competition.
This tournament has thrown few surprises.
- England played ferociously to come back having lost to Netherlands earlier.
- Bangladesh lost to Ireland and knocked out.
- Andrew Symonds going back to his old ways is not one of them.
- Australia are out of Twenty20 world cup. Follow Bangladesh.
- Today’s match: Australia at Sri Lanka’s mercy
- ICC Test and ODI Rankings
- Bangladesh kicked out off world cup!
- Vintage Jayasuriya toys with Chennai bowlers
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