26 June,2011 08:07 AM IST | | AFP
Mahela Jayawardene's unbeaten 72 saw Sri Lanka to a crushing nine-wicket victory against England in the lone Twenty20 international here on Saturday.
Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene plays a shot during Saturday's
Twenty20 International against England in Bristol. PIC/AFP
Jayawardene's innings backed up an impressive bowling display that left the tourists needing just 137 for victory against World Twenty20 champions England.
They reached their target for the loss of only veteran Sanath Jayasuriya with 16 balls to spare. The result meant Stuart Broad's first match as England's Twenty20 captain ended in a defeat where he was run out for nought and took none for 29, while Sri Lanka skipper Thilina Kandamby won his opening match in charge.
England may have won the recent three-match Test series between the two countries 1-0 but this was a second successive limited overs defeat by Lanka after the World Cup quarter-final loss in March.
