( CNN ) -- Co-hosts Sri Lanka became the first team to book a quarterfinal place at the Cricket World Cup after demolishing Zimbabwe by 139 runs on Thursday thanks to a superb all-round performance from Tillakaratne Dilshan . The man-of-the-match became just the 11th player to score a hundred and take four wickets in a 50-over international . Opening batsmen Dilshan and Upul Tharanga shared a competition-record first-wicket stand of 282 as Sri Lanka made 327-6 in front of a home crowd at the Pallekele stadium in Kandy . The duo smashed the previous record of 194 set by Pakistan 's Saeed Anwar and Wajahatullah Wasti in 1999 , and also secured the fourth-highest partnership ever in a one-day international game . And both openers scored a century to set a new first in a World Cup match , with Dilshan making 144 from 131 deliveries faced and Tharanga 133 off 141 after Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura won the toss and opted to field first . Tharanga was the first to fall near the end of the 45th over , becoming the first of four victims for fast bowler Chris Mpofu , and Zimbabwe did well to restrict the 1996 champions to just another 45 runs from the final five overs . The African side made a solid 116-run start in reply before world record-holder Muttiah Muralitharan broke the partnership , dismissing Regis Chakabva for 35 as the first of three wickets in his final match in his home city before retiring after the tournament . The Zimbabweans then lost their last nine wickets for just 63 runs to be all out for 188 in 39 overs as Angelo Mathews got rid of Tatenda Taibu ( 4 ) and opener Brendan Taylor ( 80 ) before Dilshan had Prosper Utseya ( 4 ) stumped by wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara . Dilshan found himself on a hat-trick after trapping Craig Ervine leg before wicket for 17 and then having Greg Lamb superbly caught at slip by Mahela Jayawardene -- but the captain then spilled a similar chance off Graeme Cremer from the next delivery . Dilshan also dismissed Tinashe Panyangara lbw for a duck to end with the remarkable figures of 4-4 off three overs , while Muralitharan bowled last man Mpofu to end with 3-34 . `` Dilshan has that magic touch with bat , ball and on the field , '' Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara told reporters . `` Murali is a champion . That 's why he is rated the best in the world . When the tough times come , he stands up . '' The result put Sri Lanka top of Group A , a point ahead of second-placed New Zealand , who Sangakkara 's team face in their final match on March 18 . Zimbabwe trail Pakistan and Australia in fifth place , and face a difficult battle to progress after three defeats from four of their six matches . They must win their remaining two matches against Pakistan on March 14 and Kenya on March 20 to have any chance of making the top-four . Friday 's action moves to Group B , where Ireland seek to follow up last week 's upset win over England by beating the West Indies in Chandigarh , having lost to India on Sunday . England , who bounced back from that setback to defeat South Africa on Sunday , take on co-hosts Bangladesh in Chittagong .
Sri Lanka first team to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Cricket World Cup . Co-hosts defeated minnows Zimbabwe by 139 runs in front of home crowd in Kandy . Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga both make centuries and share a record stand of 282 . - The ICC announces that it will hold its next meeting on November 5 at Harare International Stadium, Zimbabwe.