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World T20 cricket: England win warm-up versus Pakistan

Defending champions England beat Pakistan by 15 runs in their final World Twenty20 warm-up game in Colombo.

On a stodgy pitch, England made 111 all out from 19.3 overs, Luke Wright top-scoring with 38 from 36 balls and spinner Saeed Ajmal taking 4-14.
But Pakistan could only make 96-9 in reply, left-arm spinner Danny Briggs taking 3-15 and Jade Dernbach 3-14.

Sri Lanka out for fast start at World T20

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka: Hosts Sri Lanka will expect to make a brisk start to the World Twenty20 Tuesday as they open the country's biggest tournament since independence with high hopes of claiming a second global title.
In Hambantota, the home town of President Mahinda Rajapakse, Sri Lanka should encounter few problems against minnows Zimbabwe as they raise the curtain on Twenty20 cricket's three-week, 12-nation, world championship.
Sri Lanka have yet to emulate their 50-over World Cup victory in 1996, despite reaching the final again last year. They were World Twenty20 runners-up in 2009 and went out in the semi-finals in 2010.