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By Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Skipper Sanath Jayasuriya continued from where he left off in Morocco and hardly displayed any signs of discomfort from his arm injury as he steered Sri Lanka to a crushing eight-wicket win with his 13th one-day international century in the lung-opener match of the ICC Champions trophy against Pakistan at the R. Premadasa Stadium yesterday.
The Sri Lankan captain made short work of Pakistan's rather moderate total of 200 by scoring an undefeated 102 off 119 balls with 10 fours to take his team to victory in the opening match of the 15-match competition which has all ten Test playing countries participating.
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