Sri Lanka beat Ireland by 70 runs in T20 World Cup, qualify for Super 12s : Rashtra News

After
being
sent
in
to
bat,
Wanindu
Hasaranga
(71)
and
Pathum
Nissanka
(61)
hit
scintillating
half-centuries
as
Sri
Lanka
recovered
from
a
top-order
collapse
to
post
a
competitive
171
for
7
at
the
Sheikh
Zayed
Stadium
in
Abu
Dhabi.

The
former
champions
then
dished
out
a
clinical
bowling
display,
led
by
Maheesh
Theekshana
(3/17),
to
dismiss
Ireland
for
101
in
18.3
overs
to
claim
their
second
successive
win
of
the
tournament
and
top
the
group
with
four
points.

Ireland
couldn’t
get
any
momentum
during
their
chase
and
lost
wickets
in
regular
intervals
to
eventually
fall
way
short
of
the
target.
Andrew
Balbirnie’s
men
will
now
have
to
beat
Namibia
to
make
the
Super
12s.

Earlier,
left-arm
medium-pacer
Josh
Little
(4/23)
returned
with
his
best
figures
but
the
other
bowlers
couldn’t
sustain
the
pressure
on
Sri
Lanka
batters.

Sri
Lanka:
171
for
7
in
20
overs
(Wanindu
Hasaranga
71,
Pathum
Nissanka
61,
Josh
Little
4/23,
Mark
Adair
2/35)
Ireland:
101
allout
in
18.3
overs
(Andrew
Balbirnie
41;
Maheesh
Theekshana
3/17).