| Mahela Jayawardena bagged the Man of the Match award for his fantastic innings with the bat. Said he just needed a momentum in the middle and glad it came off well. Praised his skipper for a beautiful innings and added it is nice to get off to a good start in the World Cup. And like others, he also praised the ground facilities. When quizzed about breaking Jayasuriya's record, he replied that he had no idea and also added that Jayasuriya is a legend.. | |
| Victorious captain Kumar Sangakkara said the openers provided good start and Jayawardena batted beautifully. Added that starting cautiously was a plan to have a look at the Canadian bowlers. Praised bowlers for their superb effort. He also praised the ground facilities and said they are happy with the show they put up here.. | |
| Canadian skipper Ashish Bagai, said it was always going to be good task for them and added the two world class batsmen (Sangakkara and Jayawardena) took the game away from them. Further added that lots of players suffered under the energy sapping conditions and said they have enough time in between to get fit. Praised the facility of the ground!. | |
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| Chasing a stiff target of 333 runs was always going to be a tough task for the Canadians and once they lost the top four batsmen with just 42 on the board, they had no chance. Their technique against the moving balls were completely exposed and the spinners also made them to dance on their tune. They need to quickly fix that area and come out confidently in the next tie. Rizwan Cheema was the only batsman who impressed with his little cameo and apart from that there was no fire in the batting line up. Sri Lankan seamers, specially Perera, were too hot to handle for Canada and the smiling assassin, Muralidaran, also cashed in with couple of scalps.. | |
| Sri Lanka have registered an emphatic victory over Canada to start off their World Cup campaign in grand style. |
TRIVIA
Breaking Sanath Jayasuriya's record, Mahela Jayawardene hit the fastest century for Sri Lanka in the World Cup, off 80 balls, against Canada at Hambantota.
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