Jayawardene stars as Sri Lanka beat West Indies by nine wickets

2012 ICC World Twnety20 in Sri Lanka

18th Match, Sri Lanka vs West Indies, Super Eights, 

Pallekele Inernational Cricket Stadium, 

Sri Lanka

Jayawardene unbeaten 65 off 49 balls and Kumar Sangakkara 39 off 34 balls guided Sri Lanka to beat West Indies by nine wickets in ICC World Twenty20 Super Eights on Saturday. Sri Lanka lead the table with 2 wins.

Scorecard:

West Indies won the toss elected to bat first

West Indies 129/5 in 20 overs

Marlon Samuels 50

Dwayne Bravo 40

Ajantha Mendis 2-12

Target 130 from 20 overs

Sri Lanka 130/1 in 15.2 overs

Mahela Jayawardene 65* (10 fours and 1 six)

Kumar Sangakkara 39* (5 fours)

Ravi Rampaul 1-39

Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets.

Man of the Match - Mahela Jayawardene

Sri Lanka clinch Super Over win against New Zealand

2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand in a Super Over after match was tied at Pallekele on Thursday. Both teams are scored 174 runs in their 20 overs a Super Over was played for the result.

Tilakratne Dilshan scored 76 off 53 balls and it consists of five fours and 3 sixes. Sri Lanka were under pressure when they lose Kumar Sangakkara 21 and Jeevan Mendis 8 in quik intervals.  Sri Lanka ended the innings with 174 for 6 in 20 overs. 

Tim Southee restrict Sri Lanka 13-1 in Super Over but Lasith Malinga bowled well finishing the New Zealand with five runs short.

Sri Lankan Skipper said, it is nice to win under pressure. judging Taylor's reaction in last over we had won but it need a Super Over. Tilakratne Dilshan named as the Man of the Match.

Scorecard:

New Zealand 174/7 (20 overs)

Rob Nicol 58, A Dananjaya 2-32

Sri Lanka 174/6 (20 overs)

Tilakratne Dilshan 76, James Franklin 2-34

Match tied, Sri Lanka won the Super Over.

Sri Lanka Crush Zimbabwe by 82 runs in a Opening Game

2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka

Ajantha Mendis 6 for 8 helped Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 82 runs in a Opening game of the ICC World Twenty20 2012 in Hambantota. This is the best bowling figures in ICC World Twenty20 History.

Scorecard:

Zimbabwe won the toss chose to field first

Sri Lnaka 182 for 4 wickets 

Kumar Sangakkara 44

Jeevan Mendis 43*

Tilakratne Dilshan 39

AG Creamer 27-1

Target 183 from 20 overs

Zimbabwe 100 allout in 17.3 overs.

H Masakadza 20

E Chigumbura 19

Ajantha Mendis 6-8

Jeevan Mendis 3-24

Sri Lanka won by 82 runs.

Man of the Match: Ajantha Mendis

Jeevan Mendis give good platform with Sangakkara while batting, Ajantha mendis bowled well and collapse Zimbabwe batting lineup. both mendis dominated against Zimbabwe in this game. 

Sri Lanka pool fixtures for ICC World Twenty20 2012

2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Group Stage Schedule:

September 18

Sri Lanka Vs Zimbabwe

14:00 GMT, 19:30 Local Time

Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota.

September 22

Sri Lanka Vs South Africa

10:00 GMT,15:30 Local Time

Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota.

Sri Lanka lose their 2nd Warm-up match against India

A 78-run recovery stand and a belligerent finish from MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma paved the way for India's 26 run win over Sri Lanka in a Warm up match ahead for the ICC World Twenty20.

India 146/5 in 20 overs.

MS Dhoni 55*

Rohit Sharma 37

N Kulasekara 39/2

Sri Lanka 120 all out 

Kumar Sangakkara 32

Jeevan Mendis 26

Irfan Pathan 25-5

India won by 26 runs.

Sri Lanka cruise to nine-wicket win

A collective bowling performance from Sri Lanka and half-centuries by Tilakratne Dilshan and Mahela Jayawardene made short work of West Indies on the first day of warm-up matches for the ICC World Twenty20. Nuwan Kulasekara struck the early blows and West Indies could manage only 132, a target Sri Lanka achieved with 4.2 overs to spare

West Indies 132 for 6

Charles 30

Kulasekara 35-2

Sri Lanka 135 for 1

Jayawardene 57*

T Dilshan 50*

Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets.

Sri Lanka squad for ICC World Twenty20

Sri Lanka Squad for ICC World Twenty20:

Mahela Jayawardene (Captain), Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Tilakratne Dilshan, Shaminda Eranga, Rangana Herath, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Maling, Ajantha Mendis, Jeevan Mendis, Dilshan Munaweera, Akila Dananjaya, Thisara Perera, Kumar Sangakkara, Lahiru Thirumanne.