Sri Lanka thrash Kenya with record total

Sri Lanka thrash Kenya with record total


JOHANNESBURG (AFP) Sri Lanka went on a spectacular run spree to post the highest Twenty20 total of 260-6 in the world championship match against hapless Kenya here on Friday and then bowl out the African team for 89.

Veteran Sanath Jayasuriya led the way with 88 off 44 balls and captain Mahela Jayawardene hit 65 off 28 before Jehan Mubarak smashed an unbeaten 46 from 13 balls at the end.

Left-handed Mubarak took 29 runs off the 19th over bowled by seamer Lameck Ngoche as Sri Lanka beat by 39 runs the previous highest total of 221-5 by Australia against England in Sydney earlier this year. Jayasuriya, the oldest player in the 12-nation tournament at 38, launched Sri Lanka's brilliant innings with 11 boundaries and four sixes at the top of the order.

Jayasuriya put on 75 off 39 balls for the second wicket with Kumar Sangakkara (30) and an incredible 87 in 30 balls for the third with Jayawardene.

Jehan Mubarak





The Sri Lankan captain helped himself to nine fours and two sixes in his team's first match in group C which also features New Zealand.

Mubarak, who came to bat in the 19th over at 215-6, pounded Ngoche for 6,6,6,4,6 with the first five balls he faced before ending the over with a single.

In the final over bowled by Peter Ongondo, Mubarak hit the first two balls for boundaries and the third for a six.

Lameck Ngoche went for 61 runs in his four overs and captain Steve Tikolo for 25 in his only over.

Scoreboard


Sri Lanka
S. Jayasuriya c sub (Suji) b N. Ngoche 88

U. Tharanga b Odoyo 10

K. Sangakkara b Kamande 30

M. Jayawardene lbw b Kamande 65

C. Silva run out 5

T. Dilshan b Kamande 3

J. Mubarak not out 46

G. Wijekoon not out 1

Extras: (lb2, w8, nb2) 12

Total (six wickets, 20 overs) 260

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Tharanga), 2-94 (Sangakkara), 3-181 (Jayasuriya), 4-195 (Silva), 5-212 (Jayawardene), 6-215 (Dilshan)

Bowling: Odoyo 3-0-14-1 (w1), Ongondo 4-0-53-0 (nb1), N. Ngoche 4-0-57-1 (w2), L. Ngoche 4-0-61-0 (nb1), Kamande 4-0-48-3 (w1), Tikolo 1-0-25-0

Kenya

M. Ouma lbw b Vaas 0

D. Obuya run out 18

N. Ngoche b Vaas 5

T. Mishra st Sangakkara b Jayasuriya 16

S. Tikolo c Jayawardene b Malinga 4

C. Obuya c and b Malinga 2

A. Obanda st Sangakkara b Dilshan 21

J. Kamande lbw b Wijekoon 5

L. Ngoche not out 4

P. Ongondo c Jayawardene b Dilshan 3

T. Odoyo absent hurt 0

Extras: (w10) 10

Total (all out 19.3 0vers) 88

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Ouma), 2-20 (N. Ngoche), 3-42 (Mishra), 4-47 (Tikolo), 5-50 (C. Obuya), 6-66 (D. Obuya), 7-81 (Obanda), 8-83 (Kamande), 9-88 (Ongondo)

Bowling: Vaas 4-1-15-2, Fernando 3-0-23-0 (w5), Jayasuriya 3-0-9-1, Malinga 3-0-13-2 (w1), Silva 2-0-12-0, Wijekoon 3-0-12-1, Dilshan 1.3-0-4-2
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The ICC Twenty20 World Cup group ‘C’ points table.

Goup C

Team Mat Won Lost Tied Pts Net RR

Sri Lanka 1 1 0 0 2 +8.600

New Zealand 1 1 0 0 2 +6.002

Kenya 2 0 2 0 0 -8.047