Sri Lanka cruise to series win
Kusal Perera and Tillakaratne Dilshan struck 96 rapid runs together, as Sri Lanka comfortably hunted down New Zealand's modest 142 for 7 to take the series 1-0
21/11Result
2nd T20I (N), New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka at Kandy, Nov 21 2013
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
143/2 (17.5/20 ov)
Player of the Match
21/11Result
2nd T20I (N), New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka at Kandy, Nov 21 2013
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
143/2 (17.5/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
TM Dilshan
59(49) 8x4 - 0x6
Control %79%
- Productive Shot
- pull/hook on front foot
- 24 runs
- 6x4 - 0x6
MDKJ Perera
57(37) 6x4 - 2x6
Control %83%
- Productive Shot
- leg glance
- 23 runs
- 3x4 - 0x6
Best performances - Bowlers
NLTC Perera
- O2
- M0
- R13
- W1
- Eco6.50
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
AD Mathews
- O2
- M0
- R17
- W1
- Eco8.50
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.15, Interval 20.15-20.30, Second Session 20.30-21.45
Match days
21 November 2013 - night match (20-over match)
T20I debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
NEW ZEALAND 142/7 (20 OVERS)
- Luke Ronchi*34 (25)
- Anton Devcich30 (23)
- Angelo Mathews1/17 (2)
- Thisara Perera1/13 (2)
SRI LANKA 143/2 (17.5 OVERS)
- Tillakaratne Dilshan*59 (49)
- Kusal Perera57 (37)
- Rob Nicol1/18 (2)
- Mitchell McClenaghan1/34 (4)
Scorer: Gopi Rangarajan | Commentator: Vishal Dikshit
10.25pm With that we bid you goodbye from this tour, not much cricket was possible during the five matches and thanks for all the feedback and comments when the rain was away. This is Vishal Dikshit signing off with our scorer Gopi Rangarajan, goodbye and good luck!
Time for the presentation:
Kusal Perera is the Man of the Match: My normal game is attacking the ball and I capitalised on the right balls.
Kyle Mills: In all the three facets of the game we were pretty poor: we didn't get any partnerships and we fielded poorly. Some of the youngsters performed well on these two tours (Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) so we are pretty happy with that, it's given us a bit of confidence.
Dinesh Chandimal: We left no stone unturned to win this game. Credit goes to all the bowlers for the way they performed and then Kusal and Dilshan batted really well to take the game away. Thanks to the crowd for coming and supporting us. We are keeping our fingers crossed for the next series.
10.05pm 142 was not a bad score but Sri Lanka cruised to an eight-wicket win here. McClenaghan sent Jayawardene back early before Kusal Perera and Dilshan hit the ball all around the park to take the match away right from the beginning. Perera was dropped a couple of times, and he capitalised on those, and Dilshan never stopped at the other end with his barrage of boundaries. With that this short tour comes to an end Sri Lanka take the T20 series 1-0 after the ODI series was shared 1-1. And with that, Sri Lanka will continue to be on top of the T20 rankings.
17.5
2
McCullum to Sangakkara, 2 runs, full on the pads, swept square of short fine leg and they get easy two to seal the chase and the series
17.4
4
McCullum to Sangakkara, FOUR, comes down the pitch again and whips this one from length off his pads to deep backward square leg for four in the gap
17.3
2
McCullum to Sangakkara, 2 runs, slightly short outside off, Sanga goes back and pulls it in the air just wide of midwicket for two more as long-on runs to cut it
Down to single digits now
17.2
2
McCullum to Sangakkara, 2 runs, comes down the track to clip it to midwicket and Nicol gets a direct hit at Sanga's end to give two overthrows. It's gone to the third umpire but Sanga was well inside
Backward square leg goes deep
17.1
0
McCullum to Sangakkara, no run, full outside off, edge off the drive goes to midwicket
McCullum is back for his off spin
END OF OVER:17 | 6 Runs | SL: 133/2 (10 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.82, RRR: 3.33)
- Kumar Sangakkara10 (12b)
- Tillakaratne Dilshan59 (49b)
- Anton Devcich3-0-13-0
- Mitchell McClenaghan4-0-34-1
16.6
1
Devcich to Sangakkara, 1 run, full on middle and leg, driven to long-on for another single
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