T20 ICC WORLD TWENTY20 WEST INDIES 2010 - Sri Lanka Vs Zimbabwe

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Mahela rains on Zim parade

Providence (Guyana): Mahela Jayawardene's classy century and Guyanese rains combined to give Sri Lanka a 14-run win over Zimbabwe on the Duckworth/Lewis method in their World Twenty20 Group B match here on Monday.

         This was a match Sri Lanka, beaten first up by New Zealand, had to win to stay in the tournament. But it was a close run thing for last year's losing finalists with the five overs needed in Zimbabwe's reply to constitute a match only just completed before rain ended the game. 

          Veteran batsman Jayawardene's innings was the cornerstone of Sri Lanka's 173 for seven, made after captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss.

         Zimbabwe, playing their first match of the tournament after encouraging warm-up wins over defending champions Pakistan and Australia, saw their innings halted by rain in the first over.

         That left them with a revised target of 104 off 11 overs before rain halted the match at the five over mark with Zimbabwe on 29 for one, rather than the 43 for one they needed for victory.