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Jayawardene and Udawatte score well in Sri Lanka surgeSri Lanka : 290/9 (50.0 Ovs) & United Arab Emirates: 148-all out (36.3 Ovs)
.Sri Lanka complete a thumping win...winning by 142 runs. UAE played well in patches though: they restricted Sri Lanka to 190/7 before a late order rescue effort took them to 290. The start was good but once Amjad Ali was dismissed, the rest fizzled out quickly. So Sri Lanka will take forward two points ahead of the second round.
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Match Information:
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) & Simon Taufel (Aus)
Third Umpire: Amiesh Saheba (Ind)
Match Referee: Mike Procter (SA)
Toss: Sri Lanka (Elected to bat)
Match Status: Sri Lanka won by 142 runs
..Third Umpire: Amiesh Saheba (Ind)
Match Referee: Mike Procter (SA)
Toss: Sri Lanka (Elected to bat)
Match Status: Sri Lanka won by 142 runs
Batting: Sri Lanka Innings: Mahela Udawatte - 67 runs, Mahela Jayawardene (c)- 61, Kaushalya Weeraratne - 40 and Nuwan Kulasekara - 37.
.Bowling: Sri Lanka: Ajantha Mendis - 5 wkts, Thilan Thushara - 2, Tillakaratne Dilshan & Dilhara Fernando one each.
.Batting: United Arab Emirates Innings: Amjad Ali (wk) - 77 runs, Saqib Ali (c) - 19, Indika Batuwitarachchi - 14 and all other player finished with singal digit.
.Bowling: United Arab Emirates: Zahid Shah - 3 wkts, Mohammad Tauqir & Fahad Alhashmi - 2 each and Saqib Ali - 1 wkt.
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Mahela Udawatte and captain Mahela Jayawardene scored half centuries to help Sri Lanka to 290 in their Asia Cup one-day match against United Arab Emirates in Lahore on Thursday. The Emirate bowlers had restricted Sri Lanka to 209 for seven after 34 overs after Udawatte and Jayawardene had put on a second wicket total of 114 in 82 balls. But fine late knocks of 40 from Kaushalya Weeraratne and 37 from Nuwan Kulusekara dampened an otherwise fine day for the UAE attack. Fahad Alhashmi took his first wicket against a test-playing nation, off spinner Mohammad Tauqir was a constant danger and seamer Zahid Shah finished with 3 for 49 including the prized wicket of Kumar Sangakkara for a duck. Left hander Sangakkara, who scored a match-winning century against Bangladesh on Wednesday, was trapped leg before in the first over of the day. Jayawardene, who made 61 from 43 balls with nine fours steadied the innings with a fine stand alongside Udawatte whose 67 included six fours. After Jayawardene was run out, Alhashmi dismissed Udawatte and Tillakaratne Dilshan (24) while Tauqir got rid of Chamara Silva for six to slice through the middle order. Weeraratne and Kulusekara then ensured Sri Lanka reached a big total.