Herath five-for hands Sri Lanka clean sweep
Sri Lanka had to wait until the 68th over of the day to seal a 2-0 sweep and cement their place at No. 2 in the ICC Test rankings
26/08Result
2nd Test, New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Aug 26-30 2009
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
416 & 311/5d -
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
234 & 397 (123.5 ov)
Player of the Match
26/08Result
2nd Test, New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Aug 26-30 2009
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
416 & 311/5d -
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
234 & 397 (123.5 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
143(240) 17x4 - 1x6
Control %91%
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 58 runs
- 11x4 - 0x6
DL Vettori
140(189) 16x4 - 0x6
Control %89%
- Productive Shot
- leg glance
- 38 runs
- 4x4 - 0x6
Best performances - Bowlers
HMRKB Herath
- O48
- M9
- R139
- W5
- Eco2.89
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
JS Patel
- O20
- M3
- R78
- W4
- Eco3.90
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
Start 09.45, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 15.00-15.20, Close 17.15
Match days
26,27,28,29,30 August 2009 (5-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
SRI LANKA 416 (130.3 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Mahela Jayawardene92 (234)
- Thilan Samaraweera143 (240)
- Jeetan Patel4/78 (20)
- Daniel Vettori3/104 (40.3)
NEW ZEALAND 234 (77.4 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Ross Taylor81 (155)
- Martin Guptill35 (44)
- Rangana Herath3/70 (34)
- Muthiah Muralidaran3/71 (25.4)
SRI LANKA 311/5d (85.2 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Mahela Jayawardene96 (153)
- Kumar Sangakkara109 (175)
- Jeetan Patel2/122 (34)
- Daniel Vettori2/62 (24)
NEW ZEALAND 397 (123.5 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Jacob Oram56 (148)
- Daniel Vettori140 (189)
- Rangana Herath5/139 (48)
- Muthiah Muralidaran3/85 (28.2)
Hang on for the post-match presentation.
Vettori: "This is the first time for number of our guys in the subcontinent. Guptill, mcIntosh and Flynn have played reasonable well .. Today, we wanted to put up a fight .. We are a different team when it comes to ODIs; we have more confidence with the wins there."
Sangakkara: "Every Test match we go in thinking we are going to try to win it. The boys showed character to fight through the weather. Herath . to bowl 50 overs on this was incredible. He was our no 1 spinner in this test by performance. It shows that we are very well placed. Murali was bowling off two three steps and still picking wickets! Everyone fought and contributed."
Man of the Match: Mahela Jayawardene: "I am actually surprised that I have got the MOM. I thought it would go to Rangana Herath. Kumar is a great friend and he is a very good leader, the team is heading in a right direction."
Man of the series Samaraweera : "I am batting well this year. After 2006, I have changed my attitude. I waited two years to come back into the team; I scored lots of runs in first-class and changed my mindset; want to score every bad ball."
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123.5
W
Muralidaran to Vettori, OUT, Dan the man finally falls. Wonderful innings comes to an end. Vettori topedges the slog sweep and Herath rushes in from deep square-leg to take a good running catch ... Sri Lanka complete a very fine 2-0 series win
DL Vettori c Herath b Muralidaran 140 (258m 189b 16x4 0x6) SR: 74.07
123.4
0
Muralidaran to Vettori, no run, flighted full outside off, swept to deep midwicket but no run taken
123.3
0
Muralidaran to Vettori, no run, stays back to defend to the on side
123.2
0
Muralidaran to Vettori, no run, outside off, short in length, swatted away towards long-off but he won't take that run
123.1
0
Muralidaran to Vettori, no run, lands outside off, spins away, left alone
END OF OVER:123 | 1 Run | NZ: 397/9
- Chris Martin0 (13b)
- Daniel Vettori140 (184b)
- Rangana Herath48-9-139-5
- Muthiah Muralidaran27.3-2-85-2
122.6
0
Herath to Martin, no run, drifts in to the middle and leg, defended to the on side
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