Sri Lanka crushed clueless England to register biggest-ever World Cup victory and set a semifinal date with New Zealand.
Match Facts
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Match 46
Captains: Sangakkara (SL), Strauss (Eng)
Toss: Eng
Result: SL def Eng by 10 wickets
MOM: Dilshan
6s: 3 (SL)
100 plus partnerships: 231 1st wkt Tharanga and Dilshan (SL)
50 plus partnerships: 64 3rd wkt Trott and Bopara (Eng)
91 4th wkt Trott and Morgan (Eng)
Records
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Sri Lanka recorded biggest chase in a victory of 10 wickets in World Cup.
England lost by 10 wickets for the 5th time in ODI, 3rd against SL.
Dilshan and Tharanga scored their 2nd WC century.
Dilshan scored his 9th and Tharanga scored his 10th ODI century.
England innings (50 overs maximum)
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Strauss b Dilshan 5
Bell c Samaraweera b Mathews 25 runs 3 4s
Trott c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 86 runs 2 4s
Bopara lbw b Muralitharan 31 runs 1 four
Morgan c Mathews b Malinga 50 runs 4 4s
Swann lbw b Mendis 0
Prior not out 22 runs 2 4s
Wright not out 1
Extras (lb 3, w 6) 9
Total (50 overs) 229/6
Fall of wickets
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1-29 (Strauss, 7.6 ov), 2-31 (Bell, 8.6 ov), 3-95 (Bopara, 26.6 ov), 4-186 (Morgan, 42.6 ov), 5-186 (Swann, 43.1 ov), 6-212 (Trott, 48.3 ov)
Bowling
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Malinga 10 ov 46/1
Dilshan 6 ov 1 maiden 25/1
Mathews 5 ov 20/1
Herath 10 ov 1 maiden 47/0
Mendis 10 ov 34/1
Muralitharan 9 ov 54/2
Sri Lanka innings (target: 230 runs from 50 overs)
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Tharanga not out 102 runs 12 4s 1 six
Dilshan not out 108 runs 10 4s 2 6s
Extras (b 9, lb 6, w 6) 21
Total (39.3 overs) 231
Bowling
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Bresnan 8 ov 1 maiden 40/0
Swann 9 ov 61/0
Tremlett 7.3 ov 38/0
Bopara 5 ov 1 maiden 22/0
Tredwell 6 ov 38/0
Wright 4 ov 17/0
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