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Sri Lanka win as Australia out of World T20

NOTTINGHAM: Sri Lanka won their first match by six wickets in their group C while world champions Australia were knocked out of the World Twenty20 2009 here at Trent Bridge on Monday.Chasing a modest total of 160 runs, Sri Lanka achieved the winning target in 19 overs for the loss of four wickets.Captain Kumar Sangakkara remained unbeaten on 56, made from 42 balls with two sixes and four boundaries while Tillakeratne Dilshan scored 53 off 32 balls with 10 fours. Jehan Mubarak was not out on 21. he hit one four and two sixes.For Australia, Brett Lee took two wickets for 38 runs.Earlier, spinner Ajantha Mendis and fast bowler Lasith Malinga claimed three wickets each as Sri Lanka restricted Australia to 159-9 in the World Twenty20 group C match here at Trent Bridge on Monday.Mendis, who turns the ball both ways without a visible change in his bowling action, wrecked the top order in a match Australia must win to stay in the competition.Slinger Malinga then polished off the lower order on an even-paced wicket at the Trent Bridge.Ricky Ponting's men, beaten by the West Indies in their first match, collapsed to 94-6 in the 15th over, before David Hussey and Mitchell Johnson led a late revival.The pair put on 41 off 21 balls for the seventh wicket with Hussey hitting 28 off 22 balls and Johnson smashing 28 off 13 with two fours and as many sixes.Australia hammered 65 runs in the last five overs to set Sri Lanka a victory target of eight runs an over.

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