Netherlands knocked out after Bangladesh beat Nepal; SL sign off with win
Netherlands folded for 118 in their chase of 202 as SL's varied attack proved too tough to handle
Madushka Balasuriya
17-Jun-2024 • 3 hrs ago
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Sri Lanka 201 for 6 (Kusal Mendis 46, Asalanka 46, van Beek 2-45) beat Netherlands 118 (Edwards 31, Levitt 31, Thushara 3-24, Pathirana 2-12, Hasaranga 2-25) by 83 runs
Sri Lanka ended their 2024 T20 World Cup campaign in a resounding fashion with a dominant 83-run win over Netherlands in Gros Islet. It meant they ended on three points and third place in Group D behind South Africa and Bangladesh, who had confirmed their place in the Super Eight after beating Nepal in Kingstown.
Sri Lanka's victory set up by their batters and finished off clinically by the bowlers. Nuwan Thushara was the pick of the bunch with figures of 3 for 24, but each of Maheesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dasun Shanaka and Matheesha Pathirana also got in on the act as Netherlands were knocked out and bowled out 118 in chase of 202.
Charith Asalanka had led the way for Sri Lanka with a blistering 46 off 21, which itself followed solid efforts from Kusal Mendis (46 off 29) and Dhananjaya de Silva (34 off 26). Jet fuel was then poured on proceedings by Angelo Mathews (30 off 15) and Hasaranga (20 off six), as Sri Lanka became just the second team to breach 200 this tournament.
Netherlands briefly flirted with an improbable chase when Michael Levitt was going strong in the powerplay, but once the first wicket fell the rest offered up little resistance as Sri Lanka's varied attack proved too tough to handle.
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