Sri Lanka won their last league match easily by 112 runs against New Zealand and moves on top in Group A, in the 38th match of 2011 CWC on Friday, 18th March, 2011 at Mumbai.
Sri Lanka lost 2 early wickets and then Jayawardhane 66 and Sangakkra who hit a century after 63 innings put 143 runs and in the end Mathews 41 not out to set a competitive total of 265/9. New Zealand then lost regular wickets due to good bowling by Mendis and Muralitharan took 2 and 4 wickets respectively.
Match Summary:
Sri Lanka - 265/9 in 50 overs (Sangakkara 111, Jayawardhane 66, Southee 3-63)
New Zealand - 153 all out in 35 overs (Taylor 33, Muralitharan 4-25, Mendis 2-24)
Toss - Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first.
Man of the Match - Kumara Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
Result - Sri Lanka won by 112 runs
Points - Sri Lanka 2, New Zealand 0
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