da brdice： The Sri Lankans maintained their winning streak, when they brushedaside the fragile challenge from Nepal at Moratuwa on Thursday
Anand Vasu20-Jan-2000The Sri Lankans maintained their winning streak, when they brushedaside the fragile challenge from Nepal at Moratuwa on Thursday.Nepal won the toss and elected to bat first against a strong SriLankan bowling attack – a decision they were soon to regret. Shah andChaudhary made 20 runs each, but no one else made a sizablecontribution. Akhtar with 12 was the only other person to reach doubledigits. Not surprisingly, extras top scored with 21. Even lesssurprisingly, Nepal was bowled out for a paltry 89 in 34.2 overs.The Lankans have a good all round side, stacked with all rounders andutility cricketers. They lost just one wicket in knocking off therequired runs with over 30 overs to spare. Daniels with 44 not out wasonce again the batting star for Sri Lanka. Mubarak helped himself to31 runs and the game was easily won.Sri Lanka now march ahead without losing a single game in thetournament upto this point. If they keep up this form, they lookstrong contenders for the title.