Sri Lanka vs. Bangladesh: Highlights, Scorecard, Report from Cricket World Cup

Centuries from Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara guided Sri Lanka to a 92-run victory over Bangladesh in their World Cup clash at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Thursday.

Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews, who won the toss and elected to bat, saw his side reach 332-1 in their 50 overs, with Dilshan making 161 and Sangakkara making 105.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Thirimanne	c Taskin Ahmed	b Rubel Hossain	52	105	78	3	0
Dilshan	not out		161	224	146	22	0
Sangakkara	not out		105	117	76	13	1
Extras		0nb 9w 3b 2lb	14
	Bowler		Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
	Mortaza		10	0	53	0
	Rubel Hossain		9	0	62	1
	Taskin Ahmed		10	1	82	0
	Shakib		10	0	55	0
	Mahmudullah		7	0	49	0
	Rahman		4	0	26	0

The Tigers could make only 240 in their reply as Sri Lanka leapfrogged them in Pool A.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Tamim Iqbal		b Malinga	0		2	0	0
A Haque	run out (Mathews)		29	68	43	1	1
Sarkar	c Sangakkara	b Mathews	25	24	15	5	0
M Haque	c M Jayawardene	b Lakmal	1	4	3	0	0
Mahmudullah	c Herath	b T Perera	28	53	46	3	0
Shakib	c Malinga	b Dilshan	46	57	59	4	1
Mushfiqur Rahim		b Lakmal	36	75	39	2	1
Rahman	c Sangakkara	b Malinga	53	63	62	7	0
Mortaza	st Sangakkara	b Dilshan	7	15	7	1	0
Rubel Hossain	not out		0	13	5	0	0
Taskin Ahmed	lbw	b Malinga	0		1	0	0
Extras		0nb 6w 0b 9lb	15
	Bowler		Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
	Malinga		9	0	35	3
	Lakmal		8	0	49	2
	Mathews		5.4	0	36	1
	Herath		10	0	43	0
	T Perera		6.2	0	33	1
	Dilshan		8	0	35	2

Dilshan made the highest score by a Sri Lankan batsman in World Cup history, hitting 22 boundaries in his 146-ball innings.

In his 400th ODI, Sangakkara registered the fastest of his 22 one-day international hundreds, with the ton coming up off 73 balls with 12 boundaries and a six.

Lahiru Thirimanne (52) and Dilshan put on 122 for the opening wicket, with Rubel Hossain making the only breakthrough in the 23rd over before the 210-run partnership that took the game away from Bangladesh.

Mashrafe Mortaza saw his side suffer an instant blow in their reply as Tamim Iqbal was clean bowled by Lasith Malinga with the second ball of the innings.

They were 60-3 at the end of the powerplay and continued to lose wickets at regular intervals, with the departure of key man Shakib Al Hasan (46) leaving Bangladesh on 164-6 in the 32nd over.

Malinga polished off the tail to finish with 3-35 as they were all out in 47 overs.

Sri Lanka are now second in Pool A after rebounding from their opening day defeat to New Zealand with victories over Afghanistan and Bangladesh. They will look to extend that run against England on Sunday.

Bangladesh, who also defeated Afghanistan and benefited from a weather-affected no result against Australia, still have hopes of qualifying but cannot afford to slip up in their next match against Scotland on March 5.