Sri Lanka beat the mighty Aussies

Sri Lanka beat Australia by 20 runs in their ICC Champions Trophy match at the Oval and will now face India in the semi finals.
Batting first Sri Lanka scored 253 runs for the loss of 8 wickets with Mahela Jayawardena top scoring with 84 runs and Lahiru Thirimane making 57.
In reply, the Australians first had to score the winning runs in less than 30 overs to make it to the semi finals.
The Aussies however failed in their first task but then almost beat the Sri Lankans despite losing 9 wickets.
However former captain T.M. Dilshan managed to break the last wicket partnership between Clint McKay and Xavier Doherty to seal the match for Sri Lanka. (Colombo Gazette)

	Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MDKJ Perera	lbw b Johnson	4	2	3	1	0	133.33
	TM Dilshan	c Watson b Doherty	34	93	58	1	0	58.62
	KC Sangakkara†	c Maxwell b McKay	3	13	11	0	0	27.27
	HDRL Thirimanne	c Watson b Johnson	57	105	86	4	0	66.27
	DPMD Jayawardene	not out	84	124	81	11	0	103.70
	AD Mathews*	b Faulkner	12	29	20	1	0	60.00
	LD Chandimal	c Hughes b Johnson	31	38	32	1	1	96.87
	KMDN Kulasekara	run out (Maxwell/†Wade)	6	6	5	0	0	120.00
	HMRKB Herath	run out (Marsh/Faulkner)	2	8	5	0	0	40.00
	SL Malinga	not out	2	8	1	0	0	200.00
	Extras	(b 5, lb 7, w 4, nb 2)	18
	Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs)	253	(5.06 runs per over)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	MG Johnson	10	0	48	3	4.80	(1nb)
	CJ McKay	10	1	51	1	5.10	(3w)
	JP Faulkner	9	0	60	1	6.66	(1nb, 1w)
	SR Watson	4	0	14	0	3.50
	XJ Doherty	10	1	30	1	3.00
	MR Marsh	2	0	12	0	6.00
	GJ Maxwell	5	0	26	0	5.20

	Australia innings (target: 254 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SR Watson	b Kulasekara	5	4	7	1	0	71.42
	PJ Hughes	c †Sangakkara b Kulasekara	13	23	10	3	0	130.00
	GJ Maxwell	b Malinga	32	25	20	5	1	160.00
	GJ Bailey*	run out (Kulasekara)	4	17	7	0	0	57.14
	AC Voges	c Eranga b Herath	49		62	2	0	79.03
	MR Marsh	b Mathews	4	16	14	0	0	28.57
	MS Wade†	c Dilshan b Kulasekara	31		23	4	1	134.78
	JP Faulkner	c †Sangakkara b Herath	17		14	3	0	121.42
	MG Johnson	c Kulasekara b Eranga	4		4	1	0	100.00
	CJ McKay	c & b Dilshan	30		58	2	0	51.72
	XJ Doherty	not out	15		37	0	0	40.54
	Extras	(lb 11, w 17, nb 1)	29
	Total	(all out; 42.3 overs)	233	(5.48 runs per over)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	RMS Eranga	8	1	40	1	5.00	(1w)
	KMDN Kulasekara	9	0	42	3	4.66	(3w)
	SL Malinga	9	0	60	1	6.66	(1nb, 5w)
	HMRKB Herath	10	0	48	2	4.80	(3w)
	AD Mathews	3	0	21	1	7.00
	TM Dilshan	3.3	0	11	1	3.14