Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    2.1 McCullum is gone, one of the most unlucky ways to be dismissed, Ryder punches the ball firmly towards Kulasekara, who gets his fingers on it and deflects onto the non-striker's stumps, McCullum was well out of his ground, the crowd erupts. Bad luck for McCullum, the ball just about brushed the bails, an inch higher and McCullum would still be there 14/1
    4.3 Ryder is gone, change of pace from Kulasekara, Ryder was early into his shot, spoons it high towards mid-off, where Bandara completes a well-judged catch, that ball was in the air a long time but Bandara kept his cool 26/2
    11.2 he's gone this time, Guptill sweeps a leg stump delivery powerfully, a bit of a top edge and it sails towards Kapugedera at deep midwicket, easy catch and that's the end of Guptill 79/3
    17.6 this was a lot fuller, Taylor goes for the same shot but gets it on the toe end of the bat, Kulasekara is waiting at the third man boundary for that one, and he gobbles it up 126/5
    16.4 Oram holes out to Kulasekara at long-off, he gave himself room and tried to launch Mendis over long-off, but gets under it too much, the ball goes very high but doesn't have enough distance on it 117/4
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    18.1 full on middle and leg, the batsman shuffles across and clips it towards square leg, Mathews charges in from the boundary and picks it up just outside the circle, fires in a flat throw to Sangakkara, who takes off the bails with McGlashan just short of his crease, Sangakkara collected that one in front of the stumps instead of waiting behind 127/6
    19.2 Malinga's yorker does the trick, fast and heading for the base of middle stump, better batsmen than Mills have had no answer to that one 136/7
    19.3 Malinga's on a hat-trick, yet again the middle stump is rocked back, Vettori was backing away an looking to cut, he misses and that's the end of Vettori, slightly shorter from Malinga this time, but good enough 136/8
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    Extras
    9 (b 3, lb 3, w 3)
    TOTAL
    141/8 (20 Overs, RR: 7.05)
    Did not bat: SE Bond
    Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Brendon McCullum, 2.1 ov), 2-26 (Jesse Ryder, 4.3 ov), 3-79 (Martin Guptill, 11.2 ov), 4-117 (Jacob Oram, 16.4 ov), 5-126 (Ross Taylor, 17.6 ov), 6-127 (Peter McGlashan, 18.1 ov), 7-136 (Kyle Mills, 19.2 ov), 8-136 (Daniel Vettori, 19.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    KMDN Kulasekara402115.25112000
    SL Malinga402125.25121110
    AD Mathews201919.5033000
    BAW Mendis402516.2592000
    HMCM Bandara402516.2580110
    ST Jayasuriya2024012.0022110
  • BATSMEN
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    7.6 that's the wicket that New Zealand needed, Dilshan reaches out for a full ball outside off, ends up chipping the ball to Ryder at backward point, a great, low diving catch from Ryder 75/4
    1.5 Mills gets the breakthrough, Jayasuriya was looking to play that short-arm pull of his, but gets a top edge towards Shane Bond at short fine leg 22/1
    4.1 full and outside off, Dilshan squeezes it towards backward point, a great diving stop from Ryder, he follows that up with a direct hit to the striker's end, and that's the end of Jayawardene. Superb fielding from Ryder 43/2
    6.5 Sangakkara is undone by Vettori, the batsman chips it off the backfoot straight to McCullum at short midwicket, New Zealand are still in it 67/3
    14.6 last ball of Vettori's spell and he strikes, Rupasinghe is trapped lbw, itching on off, Rupasinghe wanted to turn it to leg, misses and is struck in front of off, no doubt about that one 109/6
    9.6 Butler has struck, that was a pathetic shot from Kapugedera, a swipe across the line, he misses and the ball crashes into off and middle 85/5
    16.6 Oram gets rid of Mathews, who chips an innocuous delivery back to the bowler, huge wicket that, Mathews, Sri Lanka's last remaining recognised batsman, has just perished to a full toss 122/7
    19.2 Oram's on a hat-trick now, Kulaskeara holes out to long-on, another low full toss, Kulasekara's shot finds Broom, who has an easier catch than McCullum last ball 133/9
    19.1 a great jumping catch from McCullum at long-off silences the crowd, a low full toss from Oram, Bandara lofts it straight at long-on, that's another dot ball, McCullum amde plenty of ground to his right before taking that one 133/8
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    Extras
    2 (lb 2)
    TOTAL
    138/9 (20 Overs, RR: 6.9)
    Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 1.5 ov), 2-43 (Mahela Jayawardene, 4.1 ov), 3-67 (Kumar Sangakkara, 6.5 ov), 4-75 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 7.6 ov), 5-85 (Chamara Kapugedera, 9.6 ov), 6-109 (Gihan Rupasinghe, 14.6 ov), 7-122 (Angelo Mathews, 16.6 ov), 8-133 (Malinga Bandara, 19.1 ov), 9-133 (Nuwan Kulasekara, 19.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    SE Bond402706.75114000
    KD Mills403619.0071200
    IG Butler402927.25104000
    JDP Oram403338.2563000
    DL Vettori401122.75140000

Match Details

Toss

New Zealand , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

New Zealand led the 2-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.20, Interval 20.20-20.40, Second Session 20.40-22.00

Match days

2 September 2009 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Match Notes

  • Relieved Vettori praises team work

    Having won his first toss of what until this evening had been a disappointing tour, Vettori played a stellar role with the ball to help New Zealand sneak a humdinger at the R Premadasa Stadium

  • Fighting NZ overcome Dilshan blitz

    New Zealand put a small part of their tour blues behind them by clinching a thrilling three-run win over Sri Lanka in the first of two Twenty20s at the R Premadasa Stadium

  • Hand of Kulasekara

    Plays of the day for the first Twenty20 between Sri Lanka and New Zealand

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st22ST JayasuriyaTM Dilshan
2nd21DPMD JayawardeneTM Dilshan
3rd24TM DilshanKC Sangakkara
4th8TM DilshanRJMGM Rupasinghe
5th10CK KapugederaRJMGM Rupasinghe
6th24AD MathewsRJMGM Rupasinghe
7th13KMDN KulasekaraAD Mathews
8th11HMCM BandaraKMDN Kulasekara
9th0SL MalingaKMDN Kulasekara
10th5SL MalingaBAW Mendis