Lankan blind cricketers in the semi-finals
View(s): Sri Lanka Blind cricketers taking part in the World Cup 2014 for the Blind Cricketers booked a berth in the semi-finals with three wins and two losses in their group.
This year’s world cup being played in South Africa where the Lankans beat Australia in the curtain raiser by six wickets and suffered a massive defeat at the hands of Pakistan by 224 runs and in the third match India scored a 136 run win while in the fourth match against England Sri Lankans scored a 90 run win and in the last match played at the Wally Wilson Grounds Sri Lanka scored an easy eight wicket win over host South Africa which enabled them to enter the semi-finals stage of the tournament. – LR
| Results of the first round matches: Beat Australia by 6 wickets
Australia 233/9 in 40 overs (Upul Sujeewa 3/46, Chandana Suriyarachchi 2/6)
Sri Lanka 234/4 in 25.1 overs (E.P. Saman Kumara 92, B.L. Ruwan Wasantha 67, Chandana Deshapriya 22)
Lost to India by 136 runs
India 426/6 in 40 overs (Upul Sanjeewa 2/60)
Sri Lanka 290/7 in 40 overs (Chandana Deshapriya 62, B.L. Ruwan Wasantha 60, Chandana Kumara 30)
Lost to Pakistan by 224 runs
Pakistan 410/4 in 40 overs (Haroon Khan 180, Mohomad Akram 114)
Sri Lanka 194 all out
Beat England by 90 runs
Sri Lanka 391 for 8 in 40 overs (Chandana Deshapriya 101, Ruwan Wasantha 58, Dimuthu Ravindra 54, Saman Kumara 50, Chandana Suriyarachchi 27, Suranga Sampath 23)
England 301 all out (Luke Sag 130, Saman Kumara 4/71, Ruwan Karunatilleke 2/34, Dimuthu Ravindra 1/52)
Beat South Africa by 8 wickets
South Africa 131/9 in 35 overs (Chandana Suriyarachchi 3/24, E.P. Saman Kumara 2/22, K.G. Upul Sanjeewa 1/26, G.L. Jagath Kumara 1/10, Chandana Deshapriya 1/3)
Sri Lanka 132/2 (B.L. Ruwan Wasantha 25, E.P. Saman Kumara 32, Deshapriya Wanniarachchige 43, Madusanka Lekamge 11) |
