Antigua : Sri Lanka defeated England by two runs in a Super Eight match of the World Cup at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium here Wednesday.

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Match No. 33rd, England v Sri Lanka, Super Eight, Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua (neutral venue), April 04


Sri Lanka:
Upul Tharanga c Pietersen b Flintoff 62
Sanath Jayasuriya b Mahmood 25
Kumar Sangakkara c Collingwood b Mahmood 17
Mahela Jayawardene c Joyce b Collingwood 56
Chamara Silva b Flintoff 24
Tillekeratne Dilshan run out (Bell) 5
Russel Arnold c Joyce b Mahmood 20
Chaminda Vaas c Collingwood b Flintoff 4
Lasith Malinga c Nixon b Mahmood 2
Muttiah Muralitharan not out 2
Dilhara Fernando run out (Pietersen/Nixon) 2
Extras: (b 3, lb 5, w 4, nb 4) 16
Total: (all out; 50 overs) 235

Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Jayasuriya, 7.6 overs), 2-69 (Sangakkara, 18.1), 3-160 (Tharanga, 34.5), 4-175 (Jayawardene, 38.4), 5-193 (Dilshan, 42.1), 6-215 (Silva, 46.1), 7-219 (Vaas, 46.6), 8-226 (Malinga, 49.1), 9-231 (Arnold, 49.4), 10-235 (Fernando, 49.6)

Bowling:
James Anderson 10-1-39-0
Sajid Mahmood 9-0-50-4 (3nb, 1w)
Andrew Flintoff 10-0-35-3 (1nb)
Paul Collingwood 10-0-44-1 (1w)
Monty Panesar 8-0-45-0
Michael Vaughan 3-0-14-0

England:
Ed Joyce lbw b Malinga 10
Michael Vaughan c Sangakkara b Vaas 0
Ian Bell run out (Jayasuriya) 47
Kevin Pietersen c & b Muralitharan 58
Paul Collingwood lbw b Fernando 14
Andrew Flintoff c Malinga b Fernando 2
Ravi Bopara b Fernando 52
Paul Nixon c Jayawardene b Malinga 42
Sajid Mahmood not out 2
Extras: (b 1, lb 1, w 2, nb 2) 6
Total: (8 wickets; 50 overs) 233

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Vaughan, 2.2 overs), 2-11 (Joyce, 5.2), 3-101 (Bell, 25.2), 4-126 (Pietersen, 30.5), 5-133 (Flintoff, 33.1), 6-133 (Collingwood, 33.3), 7-220 (Nixon, 48.5), 8-233 (Bopara, 49.6)

Bowling:
Chaminda Vaas 8-1-45-1
Lasith Malinga 10-1-50-2 (2nb)
Dilhara Fernando 9-0-41-3
Sanath Jayasuriya 8-0-31-0
Tillekeratne Dilshan 5-1-16-0 (1w)
Muttiah Muralitharan 10-1-48-1 (1w)

Result: Sri Lanka won by two runs
Man of the Match: Ravi Bopara (England)
Umpires Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and BF Bowden (New Zealand)
TV umpire RE Koertzen (South Africa)
Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire Aleem Dar (Pakistan)

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