Last year, English county Somerset shocked the world when they defeated Australia in a limited overs Tour match. Australia racked up a massive 342, before Somerset, with the help of the imported Graeme Smith and Sanath Jayasuriya, chased it down with plenty to spare.
Last night, there was no Graeme Smith, and Jayasuriya was playing for the opposition as Somerset again inflicted an embarrassing defeat on another major cricket nation, Sri Lanka.
Matthew Wood made a sparkling century, and was well supported by Arul Suppiah and their imported captain, Cameron White. Somerset amassed 332, before another import, Charl Willoughby, dismantled the Sri Lankan batting with 6/43 as Somerset won by a comfortable 51 run margin.
Kumar Sangakkara continued his good form with 52 after Sri Lanka collapsed to 15 for 3, and Tillakaratne Dishan again showed his good temperament with 97.
Just on Sangakkara, Will Buckley has written a fantastic piece on the Sri Lankan wicketkeeper for The Observer. Read it here.
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