- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR26.3 thin edge! Perera lands it on roughly the same area of the previous two deliveries, Nicol decided to go for the drive and gets a faint edge to the keeper 100/26.3 the break in play has broken Latham's concentration, lands on a good length on the off stump, hint of inward movement in the air, straightens after pitching and Latham left a big gap between bat and pad, ball shaves the off stump 17/133.3 Jayawardene takes a sharp catch! Tossed up on middle and off and Watling was down on his knee to slog, mistimed it and instead it went flat and Jayawardene was alert at short midwicket, timed his dive well and took it 130/345.2 sharp catch at cover! Kulasekara fired that full outside off and Taylor tried to smoke that past cover, went flat to Mathews who timed his dive well, Mathews showed no emotion after taking it but SL will be relieved they've seen the back of Taylor 221/448.4 that was in the air for a long time but Perera kept his eyes on it! Slower ball and McCullum went for the big hit and lofted it over the on side, it swirled and Perera hung on and fell backwards 242/549.6 yorker to finish things off! Too good for Ellis, he was standing outside leg, Malinga took aim at the leg stump and the batsman couldn't get his bat down on time 250/6Extras20 (b 1, lb 8, w 11)TOTAL250/6 (50 Overs, RR: 5)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Tom Latham, 6.3 ov), 2-100 (Rob Nicol, 26.3 ov), 3-130 (BJ Watling, 33.3 ov), 4-221 (Ross Taylor, 45.2 ov), 5-242 (Nathan McCullum, 48.4 ov), 6-250 (Andrew Ellis, 49.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SL Malinga 10 0 39 2 3.90 36 2 0 1 0 KMDN Kulasekara 10 1 50 1 5.00 38 5 1 2 0 AD Mathews 7 0 38 1 5.42 16 2 0 1 0 NLTC Perera 7 0 52 1 7.42 18 5 2 0 0 HMRKB Herath 10 0 28 1 2.80 39 1 0 1 0 BMAJ Mendis 6 0 34 0 5.66 13 3 0 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.4 soft dismissal! The previous ball was pulled for four and Tharanga tried to repeat that, it was short and he swished too early and got a bottom edge to the keeper, Mills was millimeters away from overstepping 21/118.2 Dilshan falls immediately to the spinner! Tossed up on the leg stump, Dilshan moves forward and tries to flick him on the up but ends up tamely chipping it to Williamson at midwicket 98/37.3 the break brings a wicket! Excellent catch by Nicol! It was wide outside the off stump and Sangakkara tried to slice it wide of backward point, it was an uppish slice and Nicol kept his eyes on the ball dived full length to his right and caught it 39/2Extras14 (lb 8, w 6)TOTAL118/3 (22.5 Overs, RR: 5.16)Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Upul Tharanga, 4.4 ov), 2-39 (Kumar Sangakkara, 7.3 ov), 3-98 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 18.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KD Mills 5 0 33 1 6.60 15 5 0 0 0 TA Boult 6 0 26 1 4.33 26 4 0 3 0 TG Southee 4 0 16 0 4.00 15 1 0 2 0 JEC Franklin 3 0 16 0 5.33 10 2 0 0 0 NL McCullum 2.5 0 12 1 4.23 8 1 0 0 0 RJ Nicol 2 0 7 0 3.50 6 0 0 1 0
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Sri Lanka led the 5-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
4 November 2012 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 28 runs, 1 wicket)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 14.4 overs (88 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: New Zealand - 54/1 in 16.0 overs (RJ Nicol 30, BJ Watling 17)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls (RJ Nicol 24, BJ Watling 25, Ex 1)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 26.2 overs (158 balls), Extras 6
- BJ Watling: 50 off 79 balls (6 x 4)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 137/3 in 35.0 overs (LRPL Taylor 23, JEC Franklin 1)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 35.1 - 40.0 (Batting side - 31 runs, 0 wicket)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 37.3 overs (225 balls), Extras 12
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 49 balls (LRPL Taylor 31, JEC Franklin 12, Ex 7)
- LRPL Taylor: 50 off 52 balls (6 x 4)
- New Zealand: 200 runs in 43.5 overs (263 balls), Extras 18
- New Zealand: 250 runs in 49.5 overs (299 balls), Extras 20
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 250/6 in 50.0 overs (JEC Franklin 35)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 49 runs, 2 wickets)
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 37/1 in 7.0 overs (TM Dilshan 18, KC Sangakkara 9)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 10.1 overs (61 balls), Extras 8
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 55 balls (TM Dilshan 13, DPMD Jayawardene 31, Ex 7)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 18.6 overs (114 balls), Extras 11
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 112/3 in 21.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 41, AD Mathews 3)
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 118/3 in 22.5 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 43, AD Mathews 7)
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