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Cricket: Sri Lanka look past England towards the 2011 World Cup.(Sport)

Article from: The Birmingham Post (England) Article date: October 3, 2007

Byline: By Myles Hodgson in Dambulla

Mahela Jayawardene has dismissed suggestions that Sri Lanka have targeted another whitewash of England after a convincing win here on Monday.

The 119-run triumph in the first of five matches suggested England had failed to bridge the gap between the teams since last year's 5-0 humiliation on home soil. Chasing Sri Lanka's 269 for seven, England totalled only 150 after struggling against the slower balls of the home seam bowlers. It was Sri Lanka's eighth win out of nine home and away ...

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