Pooran hundred in losing cause

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DURHAM: Angelo Mathews hadn’t bowled a ball in an ODI for 18 months and hadn’t even bowled in the nets all-tournament for Sri Lanka. But when the moment came he answered the call for his country and, with his very first ball, removed Nicholas Pooran in the 48th over to set up a dramatic win over the West Indies. In an enthralling ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup clash in Durham, the 32-year-old former all-rounder rolled back the years to quell a West Indies fightback. Pooran was on 118 and leading…