ICC World Cup : Sri Lanka Defeat Scotland By 148 Runs

11 March, Hobart

In the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, Sri Lanka has registered a 148-run victory over Scotland at Hobart.

Chasing a stiff target of 364, Scotland lost three wickets in quick succession. Scotland were bowled out for 215 in the 44th over. For Sri Lanka, Dushmantha Chameera and Nuwan Kulasekra scalped three wickets each.

Earlier, tons by Kumar Sangakkara and T. Dilshan enabled Sri Lanka to amass a total of 363. With a century in today’s match Sangakkara became the first batsman in history of ODI to score 4 consecutive centuries.

He also became the first batsman to score four hundreds in a single edition of World Cup. This was Sri Lanka’s last league match and with this win Sri Lanka are in the second spot in Pool A.