We have another wicket in Brisbane. Pakistan's struggles continue, with the scoreboard now showing a total of 58-3 after 20.1 overs.

Luckily, they still have nearly 30 overs to fix this, although not many neutrals will want to see another 30 overs of this batting. But take nothing away from Zimbabwe, chasing their second win of the tournament, as they have been excellent.

They get their third wicket at the start of the 21st over when Haris Sohail finds Sean Williams at midwicket off Sikandar Raza's bowling.

Elsewhere, Tendai Chatara had figures of 0-74 against West Indies, but has responded with 5-2-8-2 so far here. Tinashe Panyangara has also only conceded six runs from his first five overs.

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James Simpson:, external England! I've been to all 4 games so far and they have been rubbish. The ECB should give all the fans their money back.

Richard Giles:, external If this was football the manager/coach would be sacked. Players aren't good enough and tactics inept. Player selection poor.

How many England fans will have gone to bed after their side had batted and thought they had a chance of winning? There will be some eyes rubbed in disbelief when the morning comes. Sri Lanka now need just 45 runs off 48 balls.

There it is... Kumar Sangakkara punches two down the ground and brings up his 23rd ODI century. It comes in 70 balls and is his fastest ton in this format for his country. The cricket family is being robbed if he retires after this tournament.

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We asked our statistician where this defeat would rank in terms of heaviest suffered by England at the World Cup. Believe it or not, a nine-wicket loss would be an improvement on their last World Cup defeat against Sri Lanka.

Kumar Sangakkara edges ever closer to a century when he flicks Stuart Broad for four to backward square.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"I had a feeling England might be 50 short. It turns out they are 150 short."

Eoin Morgan and Stuart Broad gather round to give James Anderson some advice. How do you bowl to somebody like Kumar Sangakkara? He's playing the English like a master puppeteer now. Toying with them like a cat would a mouse. It's pretty meek and mild bowling from Eoin Morgan's men who just have no answer. Five from the over.

Daniel McHardy
BBC Test Match Special

"Kumar Sangakkara is putting his foot down here. The required rate is tumbling. 54 off the batting powerplay, that's the game-changer right there."

Russel Arnold
Ex-Sri Lanka all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

"It was important that Thirimanne got to that century. Sri Lanka are looking for a new hero, and now they have a new batsman they can rely on, and plan around."

Moments after being dropped by Moeen Ali, Thirimanne moves to his fourth ODI hundred with a single through the covers. But it's the Kumar Sangakkara show now as the master goes through the gears like a Ferrari. He cuts Chris Woakes for four, hammers one to the straight boundary and then cuts four more past backward point. Three boundaries in a row. Eoin Morgan looks like he wants to cry.

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Aashish:, external England plodded through those middle overs by design against a very average attack and now look at the mess they're in.

Kumar Sangakkara is like the Ryan Giggs of cricket: he averages 80 in ODI cricket in 2015 and appears to be getting better with age. The awesome left-hander hits James Anderson for two precise boundaries - the second of which just teases the fielder James Taylor who punches fresh air in frustration. It gets worse though, with Moeen Ali dropping a simple catch to dismiss Thirimanne at cover.

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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

"Only one team to have won by nine wickets when chasing a total of 300 of more in ODIs: India made 362-1 to beat Australia in Jaipur in 2013."

Stuart Broad continues. Thirimanne is on 97 now and a few jitters as he approaches his fourth ODI century might be England's best hope of a wicket here.

At the other end, Sangakkara gets a full toss from Stuart Broad on his pads, which is swatted away for yet another four. This is painful viewing. Sri Lanka are making it look easy, but England are helping them with some poor bowling.

Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

"Sri Lanka's last four partnerships have been over 100, following two in the win over Bangladesh. They join South Africa (against the Netherlands and Scotland in 2007) as the only teams to have scored four consecutive century partnerships in ODIs."

Zimbabwe continue their stranglehold over Pakistan in Brisbane, with Pakistan limping to 33-2 after 15 overs. We have had two boundaries in the match so far, although Haris Sohail did also run four in the 13th over with a shot over wide mid-on.

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One optimistic fan in the crowd holds aloft a banner that says 'history will repeat itself like 1992', referring to Pakistan's World Cup win when the tournament was last staged in Australia and New Zealand.

Win the World Cup? The way Pakistan are playing they'll do well to win one match.

Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

"Sangakkara is an absolute gem of a player. Not only is he able to find the gaps easily, he's also able to do that high-voltage batting: he's got a stable base, which is the secret of power hitting."

Let's pack up and go home now. Steven Finn, like Stuart Broad in the last over, bowls a half-tracker and is helped round the corner by Kumar Sangakkara. Except it costs the bowler six this time. It's an exercise in chasing leather now as Sangakarra bisects the field time and again with surgical precision.

First ball of the powerplay? A rank long hop and Kumar Sangakkara swivels to pull it to the boundary. A yorker is then dug out to mid-off and a quick single taken. He's got 13,890 ODI runs, but Kumar still likes a tip and run. Two more into the leg side and that's the elegant left-hander's 94th ODI half-century, coming off 45 balls. What a player.

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Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

"England just need two wickets, and the game might be theirs. But they've got to suddenly somehow produce a good delivery."