Sri Lanka beat England by 10 wickets, enter World Cup semis
March 26th, 2011 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANSColombo, March 26 (IANS) Sri Lanka defeated England by 10 wickets in their quarterfinal match of the cricket World Cup here Saturday to set-up a semi-final clash with New Zealand.
Openers Upul Tharanga struck 102 and Tillekaratne Dilshan made 108 as Sri Lanka easily achieved the 230-run target in 39.3 overs at the R.Premedasa Stadium.
Earlier, opting to bat first, England made 229 for six in 50 overs.
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