By Jamie Alter Coming into this match there had been some concern over Tillakaratne Dilshan throwing away his wicket after getting starts. He answered that emphatically with 144 from 131 balls, a match-winning innings littered with hostility and bold strokeplay.
By Jamie Alter
Coming into this match there had been some concern over Tillakaratne Dilshan throwing away his wicket after getting starts. He answered that emphatically with 144 from 131 balls, a match-winning innings littered with hostility and bold strokeplay.
Openers Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga hit centuries during a record World Cup opening stand to lift Sri Lanka to 327-6 against hapless Zimbabwe on Thursday.
By CricketCountry Staff Sri Lankan bowlers hit back after a century opening stand between Brendan Taylor and Regis Chakabva in their World Cup Group A match against Zimbabwe at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy on Thursday.
By CricketCountry Staff
Sri Lankan bowlers hit back after a century opening stand between Brendan Taylor and Regis Chakabva in their World Cup Group A match against Zimbabwe at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy on Thursday.
By Jamie Alter If Tillakaratne Dilshan’s ninth one-day century was fashioned with shots of fury, Tharanga’s silken 133 formed the more temperate half of a partnership of 282 – a World Cup record and four runs shy of the best opening stand in one-day history.
If Tillakaratne Dilshan’s ninth one-day century was fashioned with shots of fury, Tharanga’s silken 133 formed the more temperate half of a partnership of 282 – a World Cup record and four runs shy of the best opening stand in one-day history.