Lasith Maling started his world cup journey with a hat-trick and took 6 wickets in the match as Sri Lanka beat Kenya by 9 wickets with 188 balls remaining in th 1th match of Cricket World Cup 2011 at Colombo on Tuesday, March 1, at Colombo.
Kenya were 102-2 at one stage but bowled out on 144 runs as Lasith
Maling took a hat-trick with 1 wicket on the last ball and 2 wickets in the 1st 2 balls of next over and Dilshan 44 runs and Tharanga 67* runs not out chased the target in 18.4 overs and Sri Lanka moves on top in Group A.Sri Lanka vs Kenya Match Summary:
Kenya – 142 all out in 43.4 overs (C Obuya 52, D Obuya 51, Malinga 6-38)
Sri Lanka – 146/1 in 18.4 overs (Tharanga 67, Dilshan 44)
Toss – Kenya won the toss and elected to bat first.
Man of the Match – Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)
Result – Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets (with 188 balls remaining)
Points – Sri Lanka 2, Kenya 0
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