Ajantha Mendis sets up an easy win for Sri Lanka in T20 World Cup Opener !!!

The world T20 opener between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe started off with a bang.I felt the way the Zimbabwe cricket team were bowling initially was very good with  the right line and lengths and were able to contain the Sri Lankan's initially.Their ground fielding was ok but their catching let them down.Sri Lanka however managed to pile on the runs and ended up at 182/4 but i think the number of runs out they had were too much for their liking.During the Zimbabwe innings the shots they played initially were superb but it looked like their side is a bit inexperienced but still at times they cannot be taken lightly.The way Ajantha Mendis bowled was superb he is carrying on the legacy in the Sri Lankan team after Muttiah Muralitharan.To sum it all up the way Sri Lankan team played yesterday was their way of telling the other teams "Beware your in our turf" below is the full scorecard.

Sri Lanka:

Dilshan Munaweera run out Mpofu/Taylor 17
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Taylor b Cremer 39
Mahela Jayawardene run out Waller/Cremer 13
Kumar Sangakkara run out Waller/Taylor 44
Jeevan Mendis not out 43
Thisara Perera not out 6

Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 7, nb 3) 20

Total (four wickets in 20 overs) 182

Fall of wickets 1-54 (Munaweera, 6.3 overs), 2-75 (Dilshan, 9.5), 3-82 (Jayawardene, 11.3), 4-176 (Sangakkara, 19.4)

Zimbabwe Bowling

Kyle Jarvis 4 0 31 0
Brian Vitori 3 0 27 0
Prosper Utseya 4 0 25 0
Chris Mpofu 4 0 49 0
Graeme Cremer 4 0 27 1
Elton Chigumbura 1 0 13 0

Zimbabwe:

Hamilton Masakadza b Mendis 20
Vusi Sibanda b Mendis 11
Brendan Taylor st Sangakkara b Mendis 0
Elton Chigumbura b Mendis 19
Craig Ervine st Sangakkara b Mendis 10
Malcolm Waller lbw Mendis 0
Graeme Cremer b Mendis 17
Prosper Utseya c Jayawardene b Mendis 1
Kyle Jarvis lbw Mendis 0
Brian Vitori not out 7
Chris Mpofu c Chandimal b Malinga 0

Extras (lb 9, w 6) 15

Total (all out in 17.3 overs) 100

Fall of wickets 1-37 (Sibanda, 5.3 overs), 2-37 (Taylor, 5.4), 3-43 (Masakadza, 7.2), 4-58 (Ervine, 10.3), 5-58 (Waller, 10.5), 6-80 (Chigumbura, 13.6), 7-87 (Utseya, 15.1), 8-87 (Jarvis, 15.4), 9-93 (Cremer, 16.5)

Sri Lanka Bowling

Nuwan Kulasekara 3 0 16 0
Lasith Malinga 2.3 0 20 1
Ajantha Mendis 4 2 8 6
Angelo Mathews 2 0 7 0
Thisara Perera 2 0 16 0
Jeevan Mendis 4 0 24 3

Match details

Toss: Zimbabwe who chose to field
Points: Sri Lanka 2, Zimbabwe 0
Player of the match: Ajantha Mendis
Umpires: I Gould (England) and R Tucker (Australia)
TV umpire: R Kettleborough (England)
Match referee: J Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire: S Davis (Australia)