Latest from Wednesday's World Cup Pool A match between Sri Lanka and Scotland at Bellerive Oval in Hobart.
Latest from Wednesday's World Cup Pool A match between Sri Lanka and Scotland at Bellerive Oval in Hobart.
Sri Lanka won toss and decided to bat.
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2nd over - Tillakaratne Dilshan punishes Alasdair Evans, hitting him over the covers for his first boundary. SRI: 9-0.
3rd over - Rob Taylor sends down a tidy over, conceding only three runs to maintain pressure on the openers. SRI: 12-0.
6th over - Dilshan pulls Evans' short delivery from outside off-stump for a boundary but the bowler dismisses Lahiru Thirimanne when he chases a wide delivery and edges it to second slip. SRI: 26-1.
7th over - Taylor sends down five dot balls before Kumar Sangakkara, the tournament's top scorer, can take a single off the final delivery. Another tidy over from Scotland. SRI: 27-1.
8th over - Sangakkara picks up his first boundary with an elegant cover drive of Evans' first ball of the over. SRI: 32-1.
10th over - Josh Davey concedes two boundaries in his first over as Dilshan hits him through long-on and extra-cover as the batsman threatens to break loose. SRI: 46-1
11th over - Sangakkara picks his second boundary, smashing a half-volley through long on to bring up Sri Lanka's 50. SRI: 54-1.
15th over : Sangakkara drives Richie Berrington for a single to bring up 50-run partnership with Dilshan with both the batsmen looking dangerous. SRI: 73-1.
19th over - Kyle Coetzer is introduced into the attack and Dilshan takes a single to bring up his 50 in 54 balls. SRI: 89-1.
21st over - Sangakkara sweeps Coetzer for his third boundary which also brings up Sri Lanka's 100. SRI: 104-1.
25th over - Dilshan breaks loose, hitting Davey for back-to-back fours and following it up with his first six of the match. SRI: 134-1.
26th over - Sangakkara maintains his red-hot form, taking a single off Michael Leask for his fourth successive 50-plus score. SRI: 142-1.
27th over - Berrington finds himself in Sri Lanka's line of fire. Dilshan slaps his first ball past point for a boundary and Sangakkara charges down to hit him over mid-wicket for his first six. Sri Lanka cross 150-mark. SRI: 157-1
28th over - Sangakkara charges down the track to hit Leask over extra cover for his second six. SRI: 168-1.
29th over - Dilshan takes a single off Matt Machan to bring up 150-stand with Sangakkara. SRI: 178-1.
31st over - Sangakkara hits Machan's fourth delivery over mid-wicket for his third six and picks a boundary of the last ball. SRI: 192-1
33rd over: Sri Lanka reach the 200-mark after Dilshan pushes Taylor through cover and takes single. The batsmen look competing with each other to reach the 100-mark first. SRI: 201-1
34th over - Dilshan brings up his 22nd ODI century with a single off Coetzer. It brings Sangakkara on strike and the southpaw takes two off the next to become the first batsman to hit four successuive World Cup centuries. SRI: 211-1.
35th over - Sri Lanka opt for batting powerplay and Dilshan lofts it to the mid-on fielder to give Davey his first wicket. SRI: 218-2.
36th over - Sangakkara hits Evans' first four balls 6,4,4,4 to unnerve the bowler who sends down a wide. Sangakkara picks another boundary in a 24-run over for Sri Lanka. SRI: 242-2.
37th over - Davey strikes with back-to-back deliveries to remove Mahela Jayawardene and Sangakkara. Jayawardene ballons a shot to the mid-off fielder and Sangakkara edged the next one to wicket-keeper. Kusal Perera takes a single off the final delivery to deny Davey a hat-trick. SRI: 245-4.
38th over - Angelo Mathews defends the first ball he faces from Michael Leask before hitting the next three 6,4,6 in yet another productive over for Sri Lanka. SRI: 262-4.
40th over - Kusal Perera clears long leg ropes and pierces the extra-cover gap for a boundary in the next delivery. SRI: 282-4.
41st over - Taylor is back in attack and Perera hits his third delivery for a six before falling to the fourth as Calum MacLeod takes a brilliant tumbling catch. SRI: 291-5
44th over - Mathews on a rampage, hitting Machan for four successive sixes to complete a 20-ball 50 before perishing in his quest for a fifth successive six. SRI: 326-6
45th over - Richie Berrington sends down a good over for Scotland, conceding three runs and dismissing Thisara Perera. SRI: 329-7
46th over: Wickets continue to tumble and this time Evans has Seekkuge Prasanna caught at mid-wicket. SRI: 338-8.
47th over: Berrington dismisses Lasith Malinga who slices the ball for cover fielder to take an easy catch. SRI: 337-9.
49th over - Nuwan Kulasekara hits Coetzer over his head for his first six as Sri Lanka pass 350-mark. SRI: 355-9
50th over - Dushmantha Chameera hits Taylor for a boundary and Sri Lanka bat out entire 50 overs which looked an uncertainty at one stage. SRI: 363-9
Scotland innings
1st over - Terrible start for Scotland as Kyle Coetzer, who hit 156 in his last match, offers a dolly to bowler Lasith Malinga to exit after a second ball duck. SCO: 3-1
6th over - Matt Machan cuts Nuwan Kulasekara for the first boundary of the Scotland innings. SCO: 24-1
7th over - Malinga's bounce and angle continue to trouble Scotland batsmen and only one run comes off the bat. SCO: 26-1
8th over - Scotland lose second wicket as Nuwan Kulasekara breaches Calum MacLeod's defence with a yorker. SCO: 29-2
9th over - Preston Mommsen times the shot beautifully to drice Thisara Perera through cover and pick up his first boundary. SCO: 33-2
10th over - Kulasekara tests Mommsen with a delivery that jags back after pitching and the batsman nearly drags it onto his stumps.
12th over - Tillakaratne Dilshan is introduced to bowl his off-spin and he traps Machan with his second delivery. Machan reviews it but cannot get the decision overturned. SCO: 47-3
13th over - Freddie Coleman takes a single off Seekkuge Prasanna as Scotland reach 50. Mommsen pulls Prasanna for his third boundary. SCO: 55-3
22nd over - Dushmantha Chameera introduced into attack and Coleman hits the paceman for three boundaries in his first World Cup over. Scotland cross 100. SCO: 104-3
24th over - Chameera's struggle continues as he concedes 12 runs including two boundaries. SCO: 119-3
25th over - Coleman hits Thisara Perera for a four then takes a single to fetch his fifty in 44 balls. SCO: 126-3
28th - Coleman gets a reprieve as Kusal Perera grasses a regulation catch at cover off Chameera. SCO: 142-3
29th over - Mommsen takes a single off Prasanna to bring up the pair's century stand. SCO: 144-3
30th over - Mommsen takes a single off Chameera to reach his fifty in 65 balls. SCO: 147-3
32nd over - Mommsen hits Thisara Perera for a boundary but hits the final delivery of the over straight to the fielder at short cover. SCO: 162-4
33rd over - Richie Berrington does not take long to settle and drives Prasanna to extra cover boundary and sweeps the next to clear square leg rope for his first six. SCO: 174-4
35th over - Berrington goes after Prasanna again, this time slog-sweeeping the leggie for his second six. SCO: 188-4
36th over - Scotland opt for batting powerplay and lose Coleman to Kulasekara's final delivery of the over. SCO: 189-5
38th over - Kulasekara strikes again, gets Michael Leask caught behind. The batsman reviews it but has to go. Sangakkara goes past Australian Adam Gilchrist's (52) World Cup record dismissals by a wicketkeeper. SCO: 193-6
40th over - Chameera gets first wicket after Matthew Cross lobs one that Sangakkara pouches behind the stump. SCO: 207-7
41st over - Malinga claims his second wicket with a slower ball which Rob Taylor can only miscue to the mid-on fielder. SCO: 210-8
42nd over - Richie Berrington falls for 29, hitting Chameera to mid-off. SCO: 212-9
44th over: Chameera claims his third wicket, getting Josh Davey caught in the slip, to end Scotland innings. SCO: 215 all out.
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