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)

SCORECARD
Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal MDKJ Perera lbw b Johnson 4 2 3 1 0 133.33
View dismissal TM Dilshan c Watson b Doherty 34 93 58 1 0 58.62
View dismissal KC Sangakkara† c Maxwell b McKay 3 13 11 0 0 27.27
View dismissal HDRL Thirimanne c Watson b Johnson 57 105 86 4 0 66.27
DPMD Jayawardene not out 84 124 81 11 0 103.70
View dismissal AD Mathews* b Faulkner 12 29 20 1 0 60.00
View dismissal LD Chandimal c Hughes b Johnson 31 38 32 1 1 96.87
View dismissal KMDN Kulasekara run out (Maxwell/†Wade) 6 6 5 0 0 120.00
View dismissal 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)
Did not bat RMS Eranga
Fall of wickets 1-8 (Perera, 0.3 ov), 2-20 (Sangakkara, 3.2 ov), 3-92 (Dilshan, 22.2 ov), 4-128 (Thirimanne, 31.3 ov),5-159 (Mathews, 36.6 ov), 6-224 (Chandimal, 46.2 ov), 7-234 (Kulasekara, 47.4 ov), 8-244 (Herath, 49.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
View wickets MG Johnson 10 0 48 3 4.80 (1nb)
View wicket CJ McKay 10 1 51 1 5.10 (3w)
View wicket JP Faulkner 9 0 60 1 6.66 (1nb, 1w)
SR Watson 4 0 14 0 3.50
View wicket 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
View dismissal SR Watson b Kulasekara 5 4 7 1 0 71.42
View dismissal PJ Hughes c †Sangakkara b Kulasekara 13 23 10 3 0 130.00
View dismissal GJ Maxwell b Malinga 32 25 20 5 1 160.00
View dismissal GJ Bailey* run out (Kulasekara) 4 17 7 0 0 57.14
View dismissal AC Voges c Eranga b Herath 49 62 2 0 79.03
View dismissal MR Marsh b Mathews 4 16 14 0 0 28.57
View dismissal MS Wade† c Dilshan b Kulasekara 31 23 4 1 134.78
View dismissal JP Faulkner c †Sangakkara b Herath 17 14 3 0 121.42
View dismissal MG Johnson c Kulasekara b Eranga 4 4 1 0 100.00
View dismissal 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)
Fall of wickets 1-9 (Watson, 1.2 ov), 2-45 (Hughes, 5.2 ov), 3-59 (Maxwell, 6.3 ov), 4-69 (Bailey, 8.3 ov),5-80 (Marsh, 12.6 ov), 6-127 (Wade, 19.1 ov), 7-163 (Faulkner, 23.6 ov), 8-168 (Johnson, 24.6 ov), 9-192 (Voges, 30.2 ov),10-233 (McKay, 42.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
View wicket RMS Eranga 8 1 40 1 5.00 (1w)
View wickets KMDN Kulasekara 9 0 42 3 4.66 (3w)
View wicket SL Malinga 9 0 60 1 6.66 (1nb, 5w)
View wickets HMRKB Herath 10 0 48 2 4.80 (3w)
View wicket AD Mathews 3 0 21 1 7.00
View wicket TM Dilshan 3.3 0 11 1 3.14
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