Cricket World Cup 2015 is now in full flow, and Day 9 served up two more mouth-watering encounters for us to sink our teeth into, with Afghanistan vs. Sri Lanka and India vs. South Africa delivering the goods on all fronts.
Tournament minnows Afghanistan were demolished by Bangladesh in their World Cup opener, mustering just 162 runs in a 267-run chase, but they made a fantastic account of themselves against the Sri Lankans.
It took two doses of individual batting brilliance to see off the underdogs’ challenge, as Mahela Jayawardene romped to an excellent century before Thisara Perera slogged his way to 47 runs from just 26 balls to earn a four-wicket victory.
That haul of 100 was enough to propel Jayawardene into the top-10 run-scorers in the World Cup so far and a perfect redeemer for his duck in the tournament curtain-raiser against New Zealand.
All eyes were on the India vs. South Africa clash on Sunday, though, where the holders put together a sublime performance to comprehensively dispose of the Proteas by 130 runs.
Shikhar Dhawan was the star of the show for the Indians with the bat, chalking up a stunning 137 to move him to 210 runs for the tournament and top of the run-scorer standings by all of 50 runs.
Virat Kohli added 47 runs to his 107 against Pakistan to cement his place in the top four, while there were also some excellent performances with the ball.
Mohammed Shami added another two wickets to his World Cup haul, taking his total to six, although he’s still a long way off top spot—currently held by 11-wicket New Zealander Tim Southee.
Read on for all the top stats from the Cricket World Cup, as well as an in-depth look at the big movers on Day 9.
from Bleacher Report http://ift.tt/1D7bK6J
via IFTTT February 22, 2015 at 05:08AM
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