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Summary Sri Lanka crushed England by 10 wickets and cruised into the semi-finals of the World Cup.
Sri Lanka, like Pakistan in its quarterfinal against West Indies, clinched an easy 10-wicket win against volatile England as twin unbeaten centuries of Tharanga (102) and Dilshan (108) guided their team into the semi-finals of the mega event. Now, Sri Lanka will play against New Zealand in the semifinal on March 29. England bowlers failed to take any wicket and knocked out of the World Cup 2011 in devastating way.Earlier, England set 230 runs target against Sri Lanka in the last quarterfinal of the ICC World Cup 2011. England won the toss and decided to bat against Sri Lanka at Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.England lost its openers soon but Trott and Morgan took the team to 229 against the quality bowling side. Trott, Morgan and Pobapa scored 86, 50 and 32 runs, respectively.Prior scored 22 crucial runs at the end of the innings. Muralitharan picked 2 wickets while Malinga, Dilshan, Methews and Mendis took one wicket each to restrict England to a low total of 229 runs.
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