A forgettable day for the Sri Lankan team, but a special one for Chamara Silva.
Yet again, after a top order collapse, the Sri Lankan middle/lower middle order showed fight to get to a score of 259/7 in 47 overs. Chamara Silva scored a superb run-a-ball 107 not out (12x4, 1x6) to make this possible, with help from Farveez Mahroof; Silva's innings bringing him the Man of the Match award.
The Sri Lankan bowlers then delivered a load of tripe (Dilhara Fernando was specially guilty of bowling both sides of the pitch) at the beginning, with Uthappa and Sehwag cashing in well. Sri Lanka had a slight chance of coming back at 118/3, but Yuvraj Singh took the game away with a 83 ball innings of 91 (not out). TM Dilshan bowled surprisingly well to keep even Yuvraj Singh tied down, the only plus point for the bowling attack - the quicks not showing much imagination at tying down the runs being by far the biggest negative.
There's a lot of work to be done, if Sri Lanka is to mount a credible challenge for the World Cup. Today's performance also raised a question mark of being able to adapt when under fire, a question that worthy World Cup winners should be able to answer...
Scores: Cricinfo
Bulletin: Cricinfo
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