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Dilshan fires Lanka to record win

Updated on: 07 January,2009 09:36 AM IST  | 
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Tillakaratne Dilshan gave a superb all-round performance to power Sri Lanka to a record 465-run victory over Bangladesh in the second and final Test yesterday.

Dilshan fires Lanka to record win

Tillakaratne Dilshan gave a superb all-round performance to power Sri Lanka to a record 465-run victory over Bangladesh in the second and final Test yesterday.
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It was the fifth-largest win by runs in the history of the game. It was also Sri Lanka's biggest victory in 182 Tests and Bangladesh's worst defeat in 59 matches since gaining Test status in 2000.

Dilshan scored an impressive 143 his second century of the match as the visitors set an improbable 624-run target. Bangladesh only managed 158.




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