Bright future ahead for Sri Lanka, says retiring great Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara bid farewell to limited overs cricket on Wednesday, disappointed with a World Cup quarter-final defeat but happy that Sri Lanka were in a better place than when he came into the side in 2000.

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

The shortest Cricket World Cup knockout match

In the shortest knockout match at any World Cup, the Proteas crushed Sri Lanka by nine wickets with 32 overs to spare at the Sydney Cricket Ground to set up a semi-final meeting with New Zealand or West Indies in Auckland next Tuesday.

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Sachin Tendulkar lauds Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene

Indian icon Sachin Tendulkar led the cricketing world in applauding Sri Lankan veterans Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, who bowed out of ODIs today after their team's World Cup quarterfinal loss to South Africa here...

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Sangakkara reflects on his career as Sri Lanka fall to Proteas

I think the team is in great hands. Angelo Mathews has been such an impressive leader right throughout. I think Dilshan might be playing a few more seasons for Sri Lanka, and we’ve had Thirimanne who’s really come into great strides.

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

We just weren’t good enough – Sangakkara

South Africa put up a clinically efficient display on the field to outsmart and outplay Sri Lanka in the first quarter-finals of the 2015 World Cup and earn themselves a place in the semi-finals at the SCG on Wednesday.

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Kumar Sangakkara joins World Cup 500 club

Kumar Sangakkara became just the sixth player to score 500 runs at a World Cup when he reached five not out against South Africa in Wednesday's quarterfinal at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Sussex sign Sri Lanka veteran, Mahela Jayawardene, for T20 Blast.

Sussex have signed veteran Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene for their T20 Blast campaign. "His record and his reputation is second to none. He will also bring his leadership and experience, I'm sure he will be a huge asset to Luke Wright as the new captain" Sussex manager Mark Robinson said.

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Derbyshire sign Sri Lanka batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan

Derbyshire have signed veteran Sri Lanka batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan for two spells this summer. Elite performance director Graeme Welch said the signing was "a real coup"."Derbyshire are an ambitious club with an exciting young team," Dilshan said.

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Over by Over: How South Africa reached semi-finals.

Hello, good morning and welcome to BBC Sport's live text commentary for the first of the quarter-finals at the 2015 World Cup. And what a game to get us started.We have a South Africa side who have twice posted scores of more than 400 up against a Sri Lanka team that have Kumar Sangakkara.

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South Africa ease into semi-finals

South Africa cruised into the World Cup semi-finals with a one-sided thrashing of a sorry Sri Lanka in Sydney. South Africa's first knockout victory in 23 years of playing World Cup cricket takes them to a first semi-final since a famous defeat by Australia in 1999.