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World T20: Sri Lanka knock England out, in
semis
Tuesday October 02, 2012 09:59:32 AM,
IANS
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Pallekele (Sri Lanka): Defending champions England
were knocked out of the World Twenty20 Championship Monday as Sri
Lanka marched into the semi-finals with three consecutive wins in
the Super Eight stage.
Sri Lanka confirmed their semi-final berth with the a 19-run win
along with the West Indies, who had earlier in the day defeated
New Zealand via a Super Over.
Pacer Lasith Malinga was the catalyst in Sri Lanka's victory as he
took five for 31, restricting England to 150 for nine. England,
who required a win to qualify for the semis, failed to chase down
the hosts' score of 169 for six.
A partnership of 51 off 28 balls between Samit Patel (67) and
Graeme Swann (34) gave the English a glimmer of hope after they
had been reduced to 93 for seven but Patel's wicket in the
penultimate over gave Sri Lanka a well deserved victory.
After being put into bat, Sri Lanka were again given a good start
by the experienced pair of Mahela Jayawardene (42) and
Tillakaratne Dilshan (16).
Dilshan, though couldn't capitalise on his start, getting trapped
in front of the wickets by the lanky pacer Steve Finn.
Mahela then strung together a 39-run partnership with Kumar
Sangakkara to put Sri Lanka in the driver's seat.
However, Swann dismissed both of them in one over to bring the
English back into the game.
Jeevan Mendis (18) and Angelo Mathews (28) swung the match in Sri
Lanka's favour again with an impressive partnership of 52 off 31
balls.
After losing two wickets in Stuart Broad's 16th over, Thisara
Perera and Lahiru Thirimanne took Sri Lanka to a fighting total.
England's batting woes continued as their top-order failed to fire
once more. Malinga removed Luke Wright (12), Alex Hales (3) and
Jonny Bairstow (2) in one over to severely dent England's chances.
From then on it was an uphill task for the English as wickets fell
at regular intervals. Off-spinner Akila Dananjaya, 18, bowled with
great guile taking two for 26.
Patel and Swann gave Sri Lanka a fright later on but their
departure put an end to the English resistance.
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