Cricket

Dhananjaya De Silva, Maheesh Theekshana help Sri Lanka beat Netherlands

Sentinel Digital Desk

BULAWAYO: Dhananjaya de Silva made a crucial 93 while Maheesh Theekshana starred with ball with his three-fer as Sri Lanka survived a huge scare from the Netherlands to register a tight 21-run win in their first Super Six match of Men's ODI World Cup Qualifiers at the Bulawayo Sports Club, here on Friday.

Brief Scores: Sri Lanka 213 in 47.4 overs (Dhananjaya de Silva 93, Dimuth Karunaratne 33; Logan van Beek 3/26, Bas de Leede 3/42) beat Netherlands 192 in 40 overs (Scott Edwards 67 not out, Wesley Barresi 52; Maheesh Theekshana 3/31, Wanindu Hasaranga 2/53) by 21 runs. IANS

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