Sri Lanka spanked Zimbabwe by 82 runs in the opening cricket match of the World Twenty20 at Mahinda Rajapakse stadium, here on Tuesday.
Scoreboard:
Sri Lanka
D Munaweera run out 17
T Dilshan c Taylor b Cremer 39
M Jayawardene run out 13
K Sangakkara† run out 44
A Mendis not out 43
T Perera not out 6
Extras (B—4, LB—6, WD—7, NB—3) 20
Total (For 4 wickets in 20 overs) 182
Fall of wickets: 1—54, 2—75, 3—82, 4—176.
Bowling: K Jarvis 4—0—31—0, B Vitori 3—0—27—0, P Utseya 4—0—25—0, C Mpofu 4—0—49—0, A Cremer 4—0—27—1, E Chigumbura 1—0—13—0.
Zimbabwe: 100 all out in 17.3 overs. (Hamilton Masakadza 20, Elton Chigumbura 19; Ajhantha Mendis 6/8, Jeevan Mendis 3/24).