HARARE: Left-arm pacer Dilshan Madushanka, along with the spin duo of Maheesh Theekshana and Wanindu Hasaranga rose to the occasion with fantastic spells as Sri Lanka beat the Netherlands by 128 runs to win ODI World Cup Qualifier final at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday.
At the halfway stage of the finale clash, it felt that Sri Lanka, the 1996 World Cup winners, were some runs short after being bowled out for 233 in 47.5 overs, with Sahan Arachchige’s 57 being the standout.
In reply, Madushanka rocked the Netherlands chase with 3-18, before Theekshana and Hasaranga took 4-31 and 2-34 respectively to bowl the Dutch out for 105 in 23.3 overs to end the tournament as winners in an unbeaten run in Zimbabwe.
Off-spinner Theekshana went on to trap Klein and Dutt lbw, before clean bowling Clayton Floyd, as Netherlands were bowled out for 105 and Sri Lanka signed off as winners of the 2023 Men's ODI World Cup Qualifier.
Brief scores: Sri Lanka 233 in 47.5 overs (Sahan Arachchige 57, Kusal Mendis 43; Vikramjit Singh 2-12, Logan van Beek 2-40) beat Netherlands 105 in 23.3 overs (Max O’Dowd 33, Logan van Beek 20 not out; Maheesh Theekshana 4-31, Dilshan Madushanka 3-18) by 128 runs . IANS
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