Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: West Indies islands hosted the
9th Cricket World Cup, ebe Mahela Jayawardena duziri Sri Lanka. A chịkọtara ndị otu iri na abụọ ahụ n'ìgwè anọ, ebe Sri Lanka nọ n'ìgwè B. India, Bangladesh na Bermuda na Sri Lanka na-egwuri egwu n'òtù egwuregwu. Egwuregwu bọọlụ mbụ nke mba Bermuda na-agba n'asọmpi Iko Mbaụwa bụ nke abụọ kachasị njọ ha meriri n'asọmpi Iko Mbaụwa, nke ka nke Scotland meriri n'ụbọchị gara aga njọ. Mgbe Sri Lanka meriri toss na batting, ha gbatara 321/6 na 50 overs mgbe onyeisi Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara na Chamara Silva niile chịkọtara ọkara narị afọ. Kevin Hurdle were wickets abụọ maka Bermuda, mana agba nke abụọ ya were bọọlụ iri na anọ n'ihi enweghị bọọlụ na obosara. Bermuda dara ruo 20 maka anọ mgbe Lasith Malinga werela wickets atọ na overs atọ, na-ejedebe na bowling figures nke atọ maka 10. Ebe mmadụ asaa ndị nke mbụ na-ada, Lionel Cann na Delyone Borden jikọtara ọnụ maka ọlụlụ nke ruru agba iri abụọ na ise, nke kachasị ukwuu n'ime agba ndị ahụ. Farveez Maharoof wepụrụ ha abụọ tupu Murali emee ka Dwayne Leverock lbw mechie innings ahụ maka 78, nke kachasị dị ala nke Bermuda na otu ụbọchị International. Sri Lanka ji ọsọ 243 merie egwuregwu ahụ.