Sri Lanka beats UAE by 14 runs in Asia Cup

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DHAKA: Sri Lanka on Thursday beaten United Arab Emirates by 14 runs in the second match of the Asia Cup- 2016 at  Shere Bangla National Stadium  Mirpur.

United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field. Sri Lanka scored 129 runs on eight wickets. Chandimal was the top scorer of Sri Lanka as he made 50 runs on 39 balls. While Opener Dilshan scored 27 runs and Jayasuriya made 10 runs in the inning.

UAE’s pacer Amjad Javed clinch three wickets. While UAE team could manage to score 115 runs in the match. Skipper Amjad Javed scored 13 runs, SP Patil 37 and Shaiman Anwar made 13 runs in the inning.

Sri Lankan bowler Malinga remained prominant with four wickets; While Kulasekara took three wickets and Herath clinched two wickets in the match.