- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.2 Neesham at square leg is not sure, but is that out or not? Umpires are checking. It was a full delivery, swinging in and Dimuth whipped it with the movement. He played it slightly in the air and Neesham had to dive forward to swoop it, but he is not really sure, despite all the fielders congratulating him. That looks ok to me, he has dived forward and to his left and just picked it up in the nick of time. Dimuth is gone, second failure for him in the series 12/1Extras8 (b 1, lb 2, nb 1, w 4)TOTAL138/1 (23 Overs, RR: 6)Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 2.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KD Mills 5 2 16 1 3.20 23 1 0 0 1 AF Milne 3 0 20 0 6.66 12 4 0 0 0 JDS Neesham 3 0 25 0 8.33 8 4 0 1 0 NL McCullum 4 0 23 0 5.75 10 3 0 0 0 AP Devcich 5 0 31 0 6.20 14 3 0 1 0 RJ Nicol 2 0 12 0 6.00 7 2 0 1 0 AM Ellis 1 0 8 0 8.00 2 1 0 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR20.5 full and wide, Latham slices it in the air and that's a mistake as it goes straight to Senanayake at point. Latham was trying to pick that gap at point in the last over too, but this time he tries to go over it and doesn't get the elevation 165/61.2 he strikes straightaway, it's a typical Kula delivery. It's pitched around leg stump, then snakes away viciously. Devcich remained rooted to the crease and followed the ball, but could only edge it to the keeper 8/11.3 and another one gone! Nicol charged Kula on the first delivery, but this one was short and moved away from the right-hander, the batsman gets a fine edge to the keeper and Sanga is ecstatic. Excellent presence of mind from Kula who spotted the batsman's movement 8/26.4 tossed up and slower! much slower than normal and Elliot was aiming for an inside out drive through cover, but misses the ball completely, the momentum dragging him out. In the end, he is a yard down the pitch and Sanga does it easily. He missed the stumps first time, but he still had enough time to take the bails off 34/310.5 tries to attempt the same shot and gets hold of it this time, but there is a fielder waiting at deep midwicket, where he is taken comfortably. He probably didn't get enough power on that as Sena bowled it slightly slower than the previous one 68/420.2 length delivery wide outside off, Ronchi finally gets some bat on it as he aims for the big hit down the ground, but he doesn't get much power on that, the long-off fielder gobbles it up with ease 161/5Extras8 (lb 5, w 3)TOTAL203/6 (23 Overs, RR: 8.82)Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Anton Devcich, 1.2 ov), 2-8 (Rob Nicol, 1.3 ov), 3-34 (Grant Elliott, 6.4 ov), 4-68 (Colin Munro, 10.5 ov), 5-161 (Luke Ronchi, 20.2 ov), 6-165 (Tom Latham, 20.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SL Malinga 5 0 42 0 8.40 12 5 1 3 0 KMDN Kulasekara 5 0 34 4 6.80 17 7 0 0 0 AD Mathews 5 0 35 0 7.00 8 3 0 0 0 SMSM Senanayake 4 0 31 2 7.75 12 4 1 0 0 TM Dilshan 1 0 13 0 13.00 2 3 0 0 0 HMRKB Herath 3 0 43 0 14.33 3 2 4 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
New Zealand led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15
Match days
12 November 2013 - day/night match (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 1 wicket)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 9.2 overs (57 balls), Extras 3
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 57 balls (TM Dilshan 29, KC Sangakkara 19, Ex 4)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 94/1 in 17.0 overs (TM Dilshan 45, KC Sangakkara 39)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 17.3 overs (106 balls), Extras 7
- TM Dilshan: 50 off 59 balls (9 x 4)
- KC Sangakkara: 50 off 49 balls (5 x 4)
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 105 balls (TM Dilshan 43, KC Sangakkara 50, Ex 7)
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 117/1 in 20.4 overs (TM Dilshan 51, KC Sangakkara 55)
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 138/1 in 23.0 overs (TM Dilshan 55, KC Sangakkara 71)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 5.0 (Mandatory - 27 runs, 2 wickets)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 8.3 overs (51 balls), Extras 4
- TWM Latham: 50 off 45 balls (7 x 4)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 14.4 overs (88 balls), Extras 4
- Powerplay 2: Overs 16.1 - 18.0 (Batting side - 32 runs, 0 wicket)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (TWM Latham 23, L Ronchi 26, Ex 1)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 18.3 overs (111 balls), Extras 5
- New Zealand: 200 runs in 22.6 overs (138 balls), Extras 8
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