Match 26 Group A: SL vs Zimbabwe (Winner: SL)

Sri Lanka won by 139 runs
Pre-match Analysis	Match Scorecard
Man of the Match : T Dilshan	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele (SL) (10 March, 2011)

Dilshan (144) and Tharanga (133) put together 282 runs for the opening wicket completely demolishing the Zimbabwean bowling attack. By the time Tharanga was out in 45th over their COW was already 71%. Next 5 wickets fell in a heap as SL ended at 327/6 with COW of 73%. Zimbabwe needed a good start and they got it from Taylor (80) and Chakbava (35) put together 116 runs till Murali bowled a beauty to bowl Chakbava in 20th over with Zimbabwe’s COW at 35%. No other batsman crossed 20 as Dilshan and Murali picked 7 wickets between them and skittled Zimbabwe for 188 in 39th over.

1st Innings (SL) - 50 overs Maximum

11 overs: SL 88/0

SL 65%

Sri Lanka started extremely quickly,

going along at nearly 8 an over with an explosive opening partnership. Sri Lanka’s chances increased by 6% during this period.

30 overs: SL 161/0

SL 61%

Even though Sri Lanka slowed down

considerably, Zimbabwe still could not break the partnership worried about where a wicket could come from. Sri Lanka’s chances decreased by 4% during this period.

44 overs: SL 278/0

SL 71%

The opening partnership between

Dilshan and Tharanga was reaching godzilla levels while Zimbabwe for a huge and humongous total. Sri Lanka’s chances increased by 10% during this period.

50 overs: SL 327/6

SL 73%

Sri Lanka proved that sometimes there

may be such a thing as keeping too many wickets in hand luckily they managed to get a fearsome total nevertheless. Sri Lanka’s chances increased by 2% during this period.

2nd Innings (ZIM: Target 328) - 50 overs Maximum

19 overs: ZIM 111/0	SL 64%	Brendan Taylor played an absolute
		blinder punishing any bad ball from the complacent Sri Lankan attack. Zimbabwe’s chances increased by 9% during this period.
30 overs: ZIM 156/6	SL 78%	Zimbabwe lost a bunch of wickets
		after the floodgates opened following the 1st wicket. Zimbabwe’s chances decreased by 14% during this period.
39 overs: ZIM 188	SL 100%	After a fantastic start, Zimbabwe's
		innings petered out to a woeful end, their last 10 wickets fell for 72 runs. Sri Lanka won by 139 runs.

Match 26 Group A: SL vs Zimbabwe (Winner: SL)

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