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Saturday, January 9, 2010

Sri Lanka in final

Sri Lanka take over Bangladesh in its third league match.Mahela Jayawardene and Upul Tharanga both hit a ton against Bangladesh on Friday. Jayawardene hit 108 runs for his 12th One-day International century and Upul Tharanga scored an unbeaten 118 for his eighth century. Jayawardene hit 13 fours in his 117 ball knock while Man-of-the-Match Tharanga's 126-ball knock had 18 fours in it.
Jayawardene and Tharanga reduced match to no contest with a record 215 runs opening partnership. Sri Lanka's previous best for opening wicket against Bangladesh in One-day International was 201 between Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara in an Asia Cup match in 2008.