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Sri Lanka reached the Super 12 signifier of the Men's T20 World Cup aft beating the Netherlands by 16 runs| ICC Men's T20 World Cup, GMHBA Stadium, Geelong |
| Sri Lanka 162-6 (20 overs): Kusal Mendis 79 (44); Van Meekeren 2-25 |
| Netherlands 146-9 (20 overs): O'Dowd 71* (53); Hasaranga 3-28 |
| Sri Lanka won by 16 runs |
| Scorecard; Table |
Sri Lanka secured their spot successful the Super 12 signifier of the Men's T20 World Cup with a 16-run triumph implicit the Netherlands.
Opener Kusal Mendis struck 79 from 44 balls arsenic Sri Lanka scored 162-6 batting first.
In reply, Max O'Dowd's entertaining 71 not retired from 53 balls kept Netherlands successful the crippled passim their innings.
But Lahiru Kumara expertly defended 23 from the last implicit to unafraid the triumph for Sri Lanka.
After losing their archetypal crippled successful a shock decision by Namibia, Sri Lanka won 2 consecutive games to comfortably marque it retired of the group.
But the decision leaves the Netherlands successful a perilous presumption successful Group A contempt winning their archetypal 2 games, due to the fact that they person an mediocre nett run-rate.
The apical 2 teams from each radical suffice for the Super 12s, which commencement connected 22 October.
But Netherlands indispensable await the effect of the 2nd crippled of the time betwixt Namibia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which takes spot astatine 09:00 BST - and volition beryllium relying connected winless UAE to assertion an improbable triumph if they are to qualify.
More to follow.
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