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As It Happened: England vs Sri Lanka, 22nd World Cup Match in Wellington
Highlights and ball-by-ball commentary from the 22nd World Cup match between England and Sri Lanka at the Westpac Stadium, Wellington on Sunday.
Moeen Ali celebrates after scoring his second ODI ton.© Getty Images
Kumar Sangakkara and Lahiru Thirimanne cracked hundreds and shared an unbroken 212-run stand for the second wicket, as Sri Lanka chased down 309 vs England with nine wickets to spare. Catch all the highlights of the match here: (Scorecard | Points Table)
Thirimanne had shared a 100-run opening stand with Dilshan, before joining forces with Sangakkara, who slammed his second successive ton.
Earlier, Root had become the youngest England batsman to score a World Cup century, with Ian Bell contributing 49 for England's biggest total of the tournament so far.
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England vs Sri Lanka
KUMAR SANGAKKARA is adjudged the Man of the Match for his brilliant batting performance. Sri Lanka now have 3 wins in 4 games and look good to make it to the quarterfinals. That's it from the coverage of this game. Meanwhile you can switch to the Pakistan-Zimbabwe match where Pakistan are on the back foot with same early loss of wickets. We'll be back on the 3rd, for the match between South Africa and Ireland. Until then, it's goodbye!
England bowlers, especially the pacers looked very ordinary. James Anderson and Stuart Broad never looked lethal with the new ball and Chris Woakes and Steven Finn too looked wayward with their lines. Moeen Ali got a consolidation wicket of Dilshan and that remained the only wicket they picked up in this match. They need to come up stronger in their next outing if they are to qualify for the quarter-finals.
Sri Lanka have done it! They chase down this target with ease. Dilshan and Thirimanne started off well putting a century stand for the opening wicket. But once Dilshan departed, Sangakkara came in and continued the good work. They both stayed till the end sharing a match-winning unbeaten 212-run stand. Thirimanne got to his hundred and remained not out on 139 off 143 balls, whereas Sangakkara remained not out on 117 off just 86 balls.
SIX! FINISHES OFF IN STYLE ! Full on middle, Thirimanne heaves it over long on into the stands for a maximum and that does it for the Lankans. SRI LANKA WIN BY 9 WICKETS.
Full on off, Sangakkara drives it to mid off for a single.
Wide! Wide down the leg side, umpire signals it a wide.
Slower bouncer outside off, Sangakkara tries to end it in style but fails. 6 NEEDED OF 18 BALLS.
Full outside off, drives it to sweeper covers for a single.
Short outside off, plays it to point.
Full on the pads, Thirimanne heaves it over mid-wicket for a single.