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Theekshana,Hasaranga,spin and pace of Lahiru give Sri Lanka a seven-wicket comprehensive win – By Sunil Thenabadu Maheesh Theekshana struck with his first ball of the tournament    Photo courtesy: CRICINFO Brief scores….  Sri Lanka 100 for 3 (Rajapaksa 42*, Fernando 30*) beat Namibia 96 (Craig Williams 29, Theekshana 3-25, Kumara 2-9) by seven wickets   Sri Lanka commenced the first phase of the ICC T 20 , 2021 tournament with a comprehensive seven  wickets win with a healthy run rate having notched up 100 for loss of only three wickets in 13.3 overs in reply to Associate Member Namibia’s paltry total of 96 runs made in 19.3 overs.Of course it has to be said that side Namibia are not just push overs as they have had a wonderful past record in T 20’s ,the side includes some talented experienced lot  Dasun Shanaka having won the flip had no hesitation in inviting Namibia to bat.The opening pair ...