Sri Lanka’s new ball pair of Chaminda Vaas (3-15) and Prabath Nissanka (4-12) routed Canada for a record lowest 36 in a World Cup match today. The Sri Lankan batsmen then piled up the required runs in 4.4 overs, losing the wicket of captain Sanath Jayasuriya to Sanjay Thuraisingham in the process. The total beat the 38 all out by Zimbabwe against Sri Lanka in Colombo in a one-day international during the 2001-02 season. The previous lowest total in the World Cup also belongs to Canada when it was shot out for 45 by England at Old Trafford in 1979. Put in to bat by skipper Sanath Jayasuriya, Canada was dismissed in 18.4 overs after Nissanka began the slaughter with the wicket of in-form John Davison in the second over. Vaas and Nissanka missed out on hat-tricks as the Canadians capitulated against some sustained seam and swing bowling. SCOREBOARD Canada: D Chumney c Sangakkara b Vaas 9; J Davison c Sangakkara b Nissanka 0; A Sattaur lbw Vaas 0; I Billcliff lbw Vaas 1; N de Groot lbw Nissanka 0; J Harris hit wkt b Nissanka 9; I Maraj lbw Nissanka 0; A Bagai c Jayawardene b Fernando 6; S Thuraisingam lbw Fernando 6; A Codrington b Muralitharan 0; B Seebaran not out 0; Extras: (lb-2, w-2, nb-1) 5 Total: (in 18.4 overs) 36 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-6, 3-11, 4-12, 5-12, 6-12, 7-21, 8-31, 9-36 Bowling: Vaas 7-4-15-3, Nissanka 7-1-12-4, Muralitharan2.4-0-3-1, Fernando 2-0-4-2 Sri Lanka: M Atapattu not out 24; S Jayasuriya lbw Thuraisingam 9; K Sangakkara not out 4; Extras 0 Total: (for one wicket, 4.4 overs) 37 Fall of wicket: 1-23 Bowling: Thuraisingam 2.4-0-22-1, Davison 2-0-15-0 Five batsmen perished without scoring while skipper Joe Harris became only the fourth batsman in World Cup cricket to be dismissed hit-wicket. Harris dislodged the bails with his bat as he attempted a wild swing against Nissanka after hitting two boundaries to score nine, after Canada had crashed to 12 runs for six wickets in the 10th over. Even Vaas, who took four wickets in his first over in the match against Bangladesh - including a hat-trick with the first three balls - was overshadowed by Nissanka’s career-best figures.
