Mumbai: Sri Lanka crushed New Zealand by 112 runs on Friday to finish their World Cup Group A campaign with a flourish.
Skipper Kumar Sangakkara scored his first World Cup century to help Sri Lanka recover from the early loss of both openers and reach 265-9, then his bowlers proved far too strong for New Zealand.
Muttiah Muralitharan ignored an apparent hamstring injury to take 4-25 as the tournament co-hosts dismissed New Zealand for 153 to record their first win over a test-ranked team at the tournament.
Sri Lanka will finish second in Group A behind the winner of Saturday's match between defending champion Australia and Pakistan.
New Zealand, which also lost to Australia earlier in the group stage, can finish no better than third.
Skipper Kumar Sangakkara scored his first World Cup century to help Sri Lanka recover from the early loss of both openers and reach 265-9, then his bowlers proved far too strong for New Zealand.
Muttiah Muralitharan ignored an apparent hamstring injury to take 4-25 as the tournament co-hosts dismissed New Zealand for 153 to record their first win over a test-ranked team at the tournament.
Sri Lanka will finish second in Group A behind the winner of Saturday's match between defending champion Australia and Pakistan.
New Zealand, which also lost to Australia earlier in the group stage, can finish no better than third.
