Atapattu leads Sri Lanka into semis

Atapattu leads Sri Lanka into semis

1 of 12 Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak celebrates an early breakthrough, dismissing Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya for 22

2 of 12 An eagle-eyed Marvan Atapattu bats carefully on the slow wicket and anchors the Sri Lankan innings

3 of 12 Sean Ervine, the youngest man in the Zimbabwe squad, delights in dismissing Aravinda de Silva to leave Sri Lanka on 175-3

4 of 12 Kumar Sangakkara provides support for Atapattu, playing a fluent innings of 35 before being caught off Streak's bowling

5 of 12 Zimbabwe's Grant Flower just holds onto a spectacular diving catch in the deep to signal the end of Russel Arnold

6 of 12 Atapattu accelerates towards the end of the innings, taking his score to 103 not out and giving Sri Lanka a total of 256-5

7 of 12 Opener Doug Marillier makes a brisk start on the Sri Lanka total before falling to Pulasthi Gunaratne for 19

8 of 12 Gunaratne is delighted to capture the wicket of Travis Friend, putting Zimbabwe at 68-2 in the twelfth over

9 of 12 Opener Craig Wishart falls for 43 to Sri Lankan skipper Jayasuriya as the target looks more and more out of reach

10 of 12 Zimbabwe's hopes are effectively ended when Andy Flower is unluckily adjudged lbw on his final international appearance

11 of 12 Grant Flower is caught by Jayasuriya off his own bowling and Douglas Hondo soon follows as Zimbabwe are all out for 182

12 of 12 The 75-run victory means Sri Lanka pip New Zealand to the last semi-final spot and will face Australia on Tuesday