{"id":942880,"date":"2026-10-27T15:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T15:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/942880\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T15:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T15:38:10","slug":"madushanka-stars-as-sri-lanka-thrash-pakistan-to-end-englands-tri-series-hopes-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/942880\/","title":{"rendered":"Madushanka stars as Sri Lanka thrash Pakistan to end England\u2019s tri-series hopes | Cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"

A rejuvenated Sri Lanka routed Pakistan by eight wickets on Tuesday to end England\u2019s hopes of reaching the one-day international tri-series final.<\/p>\n

The fast bowler Dilshan Madushanka grabbed a career-best five for 34 as Pakistan were skittled for 110 after the captain, Kusal Mendis, had won the toss and elected to field.<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka then overhauled the paltry target with more than 31 overs to spare to seal a place in the final on Saturday against Pakistan. Before then, Sri Lanka will take on England in a dead rubber on Thursday at the Gaddafi Stadium.<\/p>\n

Kamindu Mendis hit an unbeaten 62 off 60 balls after being dropped by the wicketkeeper before he had scored. On 44 he successfully overturned an on-field lbw ruling with a review.<\/p>\n

The left-handed batter, who hit eight fours and two sixes, reached his half-century following a pull for six after the substitute fielder Ghazi Ghori had touched the boundary with his foot while completing a catch.<\/p>\n

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Pakistan had already qualified for the final after beating England twice, including an epic one-wicket win on Sunday<\/a>, and handing Sri Lanka a 37-run defeat in the opening game of the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A rejuvenated Sri Lanka routed Pakistan by eight wickets on Tuesday to end England\u2019s hopes of reaching the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":942881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-942880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=942880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/942881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}