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Sunday, March 4, 2012

Warner leads Australia to victory in the first final against Sri Lanka

 David Warner excellent maiden ODI century helped the host get 1-0 lead in the first final against Sri Lanka in the CB Series. Warner batted till the end of the inning and made 163 of 157 balls when he was finally sent to pavillion at the last ball of the inning by Dhammika Prasad. Warner was well supported by MS Wade(64) for the 136 runs 1st wicket partnership.
In the other hand, Sri Lanka did not had the good start to their target and were 144-6 in the 30th over when Kulasekara and Tharanga took the charge and made 104 runs 7th wicket partnership and gave SL hope to win.However, the lower order SL batsmen could not grab the opportunity well and gave up at 306 giving 15 runs victory and 1-0 to the host.
The second final is being held at March 6 at Adelaide.
For further details goto http://www.espncricinfo.com/commonwealth-bank-series-2012/content/current/story/556121.html

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