They won the competition by defeating England in the final, also beating South Africa in the group stage.

[1] The limited overs match against Hampshire, to be played at County Ground, Southampton on 12 July, was abandoned without a ball bowled.

The match's length was reduced after initial attempts to start a game had failed, due to problems with the pitch.

Despite being able to enforce the follow-on, Hampshire instead decided to forfeit their second innings, giving the Sri Lankans a target of 309 runs off the last 89 overs of the final day to win, which they reached following an unbeaten century from Chandika Hathurusingha and 90 from Mahela Jayawardene.

The deciding factors, in order, on table position were: Because England and Sri Lanka had the best run rates, they were ranked as the top two teams.