12th match of ICC Worldcup 2015 has been played between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka at University Oval, Dunedin today. Sri Lanka with DPMD Jayawardene's splendid batting performances won the match by 4 wickets with 10 balls remaining. DPMD Jayawardene declared man of the match for his century inning 100 runs of 120 balls.
Earlier, Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first. Afghanistan top and middle order batsmen played good cricket and made 232 runs in 50 overs. Asghar Stanikzai contributed very well 54 runs and Samiullah Shenwari made 38 runs for Afghanistan.
Following target of 233 runs, Sri Lanka could not made batter start and lost opening batsmen just in 2 runs. But, middle order batsmen DPMD Jayawardene and skipper AD Mathews took charge in hand and played sensidle cricket in middle overs. AD Mathews made well 44 runs and DPMD Jayawardene made his century with 100 runs in 120 runs before he departed. rest was done by NLTC Perera who made 47 runs in just 26 balls and gave Sri Lanka comprehensive win by 4 wickets in 48.2 overs.
Player of the match - DPMD Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)
