Sri Lanka Win a Thriller Against England

A thrilling match on the 22nd day of the Cricket World Cup saw Sri Lanka snatching victory on the last ball by two runs. This has put Sri Lanka ahead of England for the fourth spot in the Semi Final berth.

On the NCR table, Sri Lanka and West Indies have completed one match more than others and Sanat Jayasuriya is maintaining a lead of 91 points against his nearest rival Scott Styris. New Zealand will meet Ireland next on 9th April when Styris will be able to challenge Jaysuriya. Mathew Hayden who is 98 points behind the leader will also have a chance to challenge the leader on April 8th when Australia meets England.

Looking at the top 20 table, there are .7 Sri Lankans, 4 Australians, 3 New Zealanders, 3 West Indians and 2 South Africans and 1 Irish. Bangladesh and England are not represented in this table.

Rank	Points	Name	Country
1	486	Sanath Jayasurya	Sri Lanka
2	395	Scott Styris	New Zealand
3	388	Mathew Hayden	Australia
4	301	Gream Smith	South Africa
5	284	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
6	281	Brad Hogg	Australia
7	280	Dwayne Bravo	West Indies
8	278	Muttiah Muralidharan	Sri Lanka
9	273	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka
10	264	Jacob Oram	New Zealand
11	262	Daren Powell	West Indies
12	247	Geln McGrath	Australia
13	245	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka
14	241	Jacques Kallis	South Africa
15	237	Stefen Fleming	New Zealand
16	230	Tilakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka
17	222	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka
18	221	Neil O Brien	Ireland
19	216	Brian Lara	West Indies
20	210	Nathan Bracken	Australia