- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR18.6 and at the end of the day, he proves he is human after all! Mahela jumps out again, looks to loft over long on and mis-hits one for the first time today. It makes contact high on the bat and goes straight up for a simple catch at long on. Please stand and applaud for this wonderful innings. 166/72.1 gone, Dilshan's horror patch shows no sign of ending, and that shot said it all. Short of good length and straight, and Dilshan is not in the kind of form Mahela is, but still went through with the straight lofted drive. Timing was conspicuous by its absence, and it ballooned for an easy catch towards mid off. 24/18.4 wonderful catch by Chigumbura in the deep to send Perera back! Full toss from Lamb, dealt with in violent fashion by Perera, who was again eyeing the long on boundary, but he could not get enough elevation this time. Chigumbura runs to his left from long on and takes it a couple of feet inside the ropes. Well taken! 80/211.1 Sanga will not get out to a poorer ball, how ever hard he tries! Rank long hop on middle, that sat up with the turn and asked to be deposited outside the ground, Sanga tried to pull it away and got a farcical top edge that lobbed straight up for a simple catch at short fine leg. 96/312.6 this time he's found the fielder, and this time, the fielder has held on to the catch! Similar shot, down the track, towards long off, just not enough to clear the boundary and it was taken easily. 113/416.2 gone! Mathews goes hard with the slog sweep, but can't time it half as well as his incredibly in-form partner at the other end, it lands in the hands of Erwine at midwicket who jumps at the right instant to pull it in. Great catch! 138/518.5 gone. It is on the pads and Kapu slog sweeps it in the air towards square leg, where Masakadza runs in and takes the catch. In the process, he puts his knee down and takes out a bit of the earth from the Providence outfield. 166/6Extras14 (lb 5, w 9)TOTAL173/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8.65)Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 2.1 ov), 2-80 (Thisara Perera, 8.4 ov), 3-96 (Kumar Sangakkara, 11.1 ov), 4-113 (Dinesh Chandimal, 12.6 ov), 5-138 (Angelo Mathews, 16.2 ov), 6-166 (Chamara Kapugedera, 18.5 ov), 7-166 (Mahela Jayawardene, 18.6 ov)
03/05Result
7th Match, Group B, ICC World Twenty20 at Providence, May 3 2010
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
173/7 (20 ov) -
![Zimbabwe]( "Zimbabwe")
29/1 (5 ov, target 44)
Player of the Match
03/05Result
7th Match, Group B, ICC World Twenty20 at Providence, May 3 2010
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
173/7 (20 ov) -
![Zimbabwe]( "Zimbabwe")
29/1 (5 ov, target 44)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.5 Big mix up and Masakadza is run out. Plays the short ball down to third man, and Taibu always wanted two and ended up at the striker's end with Masakadza, who made a belated run for it but the ball was relayed to Malinga who took off a bail easily. 10/1Extras2 (w 2)TOTAL29/1 (5 Overs, RR: 5.8)Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Hamilton Masakadza, 1.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB BAW Mendis 2 0 9 0 4.50 3 0 0 0 0 SL Malinga 1 0 6 0 6.00 2 0 0 1 0 ST Jayasuriya 1 0 8 0 8.00 0 0 0 0 0 S Randiv 1 0 6 0 6.00 1 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.30 start, First Session 09.30-10.50, Interval 10.50-11.10, Second Session 11.10-12.30
Match days
3 May 2010 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sri Lanka 2, Zimbabwe 0
Match Notes
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (33 balls), Extras 3
- DPMD Jayawardene: 50 off 27 balls (6 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 37 balls (DPMD Jayawardene 31, NLTC Perera 17, Ex 2)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 11.6 overs (76 balls), Extras 7
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 17.3 overs (112 balls), Extras 10
- DPMD Jayawardene: 100 off 63 balls (10 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 173/7 in 20.0 overs (ST Jayasuriya 3, SL Malinga 2)
- Rain: Zimbabwe - 4/0 in 1.0 overs (H Masakadza 2, T Taibu 2)
- Rain: Zimbabwe - 29/1 in 5.0 overs (T Taibu 12, BRM Taylor 11)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsA Twenty20 hundred for the purists
Before this tournament started there were two Twenty20 international hundreds. In the last 48 hours that tally has been doubled and Mahela Jayawardene's even 100 will rank among the finest innings played in the format
Jayawardene ton floors Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka won on the Duckworth-Lewis method as Zimbabwe only reached 29 for 1 in five overs instead of the required 43 for 1.
Sri Lanka seek to avoid early exit
With Afghanistan, Ireland and Bangladesh unable to produce an upset in their opening World Twenty20 matches it is now down to Zimbabwe to shake up the established order
Zimbabwe coach looks to spin
Alan Butcher, the Zimbabwe coach, has backed his team's strength in spin bowling to cause Sri Lanka problems when the two teams meet at Providence on Monday
ICC Men's T20 World Cup
| Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.525 |
| PAK | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -0.325 |
| BAN | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1.2 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| NZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.428 |
| SL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.355 |
| ZIM | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1.595 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| IND | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.495 |
| SA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.125 |
| AFG | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2.446 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| WI | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.78 |
| ENG | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -0.452 |
| IRE | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3.5 |
| Group E | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| ENG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.962 |
| PAK | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.041 |
| NZ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.373 |
| SA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.617 |
| Group F | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.733 |
| SL | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.333 |
| WI | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1.281 |
| IND | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.117 |