World Cup flashback: Sanath Jayasuriya too good for England
Updated On: 21 April, 2019 09:44 AM IST | | A Correspondent
Though Sri Lanka lost opener Romesh Kaluwitharana cheaply, Jayasuriya provided enough fireworks en route his 44-ball 82 which included 13 boundaries and three sixes.
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Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya. Pic/AFP
The first quarter-final of the 1996 World Cup played at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad highlighted Sri Lanka's dominant performance in the tournament. The Sri Lankan bowlers did well to restrict England to 235-8 in 50 overs with the spin troika of Kumar Dharmasena, Muttiah Muralitharan and Sanath Jayasuriya claiming two wickets each. Only veteran all-rounder Phil DeFreitas managed a sizeable score - 67 with five fours and two sixes.
Though Sri Lanka lost opener Romesh Kaluwitharana cheaply, Jayasuriya provided enough fireworks en route his 44-ball 82 which included 13 boundaries and three sixes. He equalled the World Cup's fastest 50 [coming off in just 30 balls] and Jayasuriya was well on course to beat Kapil Dev's record of the fastest World Cup century [off 72 balls in the 1983 edition]. However, the Matara Mauler's dismissal for 82 provided a huge relief in the England camp.
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