All-round Dilshan powers Sri Lanka to quarters

Tillakaratne Dilshan

KANDY, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka crushed  Zimbabwe by 139 runs to breeze into the quarter-finals but  Tillakaratne Dilshan, architect of the victory, narrowly missed  a rare milestone in the World Cup Group A match yesterday.

Dilshan (144) dominated his 282-run partnership, the highest  opening stand in a World Cup, with Upul Tharanga (133) at the  Pallekele Stadium.

The flamboyant cricketer (4-4) then returned to