Sri Lanka spanked Zimbabwe by 82 runs in the opening cricket match of the World Twenty20 at Mahinda Rajapakse stadium, here on Tuesday.

Scoreboard:

Sri Lanka

D Munaweera run out 17

T Dilshan c Taylor b Cremer 39

M Jayawardene run out 13

K Sangakkara† run out 44

A Mendis not out 43

T Perera not out 6

Extras (B—4, LB—6, WD—7, NB—3) 20

Total (For 4 wickets in 20 overs) 182

Fall of wickets: 1—54, 2—75, 3—82, 4—176.

Bowling: K Jarvis 4—0—31—0, B Vitori 3—0—27—0, P Utseya 4—0—25—0, C Mpofu 4—0—49—0, A Cremer 4—0—27—1, E Chigumbura 1—0—13—0.

Zimbabwe: 100 all out in 17.3 overs. (Hamilton Masakadza 20, Elton Chigumbura 19; Ajhantha Mendis 6/8, Jeevan Mendis 3/24).