- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.2 the crowd goes delirious as McCullum chips the ball back to Jayasuriya, he was down the track and checked his attempted on-drive, a leading edge pops up to the bowler, McCullum mises his half-century, he has done his bit though 84/112.6 Mendis does the trick, Ryder holes out to extra cover, that ball stopped on Ryder, who was down the track, nowhere near the pitch of the ball, miscues to extra cover 109/215.3 Jayasuriya has struck, this is a big blow, New Zealand lose Taylor's big hitting, he was looking to slog it to midwicket, it was a straight delivery, Taylor misses and is hit in front of middle and off, the umpire has his finger up instantly 127/319.6 Malinga cleans up Guptill off the last ball, the leg bail is on the ground, full ball again from Malinga, Guptill skipped away beyond leg stump to give himself room, he misses the ball and is bowled 170/4Extras4 (lb 2, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL170/4 (20 Overs, RR: 8.5)Fall of wickets: 1-84 (Brendon McCullum, 10.2 ov), 2-109 (Jesse Ryder, 12.6 ov), 3-127 (Ross Taylor, 15.3 ov), 4-170 (Martin Guptill, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KMDN Kulasekara 4 0 40 0 10.00 11 5 1 0 0 SL Malinga 4 0 35 1 8.75 7 2 1 1 1 BAW Mendis 4 0 21 1 5.25 9 1 0 0 0 ST Jayasuriya 4 0 22 2 5.50 8 1 0 0 0 HMCM Bandara 2 0 19 0 9.50 3 1 1 0 0 TM Dilshan 2 0 31 0 15.50 0 1 3 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.5 Dilshan has holed out to deep square leg, great start from Bond, Dilshan comes down the track and swings it, not enough on that shot, and Guptill has an easy catch near the boundary 2/13.2 Jayasuriya is gone, Sri Lanka's chances are fading fast here, the crowd has lost its voice, he goes for the short-arm jab this time, gets it high on his bat and the ball lobs up to Taylor at midwicket for a simple catch 11/31.1 New Zealand have two, Udawatte is gone, another batsman who is done in because the ball stopped on him, it was a back of a length ball outside off, Udawatte was halfway through the stroke before he checks his shot, the ball pops up towards point for a simple catch 2/210.3 a well-judged catch from Ryder ends the Jayawardene show, a top edge swirled towards short fine leg, Ryder has to make some ground before he jumps to take an overhead catch with his back facing the wicket 78/418.6 a great innings from Sangakkara comes to an end, he top-edges a pull back to the bowler, a killer blow from Oram, not to forget that's a dot ball as well, the crowd starts to head for the exit 143/710.6 Nathan McCullum gets two in an over, could this be curtains for Sri Lanka? Mathews tries to whip it to midwicket, only to find Taylor waiting there 80/517.3 low full toss does the trick for Bond, Rupasinghe gets it very low on his bat and can only lob it towards cover, Vettori completes a simple catch 129/619.5 this time the length is slightly shorter, Kulasekara can get underneath one finally, but he hits it too high with nowhere-near enough distance, the ball swirls towards Taylor at cover 148/8Extras5 (lb 2, w 3)TOTAL148/8 (20 Overs, RR: 7.4)Did not bat: BAW MendisFall of wickets: 1-2 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 0.5 ov), 2-2 (Mahela Udawatte, 1.1 ov), 3-11 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 3.2 ov), 4-78 (Mahela Jayawardene, 10.3 ov), 5-80 (Angelo Mathews, 10.6 ov), 6-129 (Gihan Rupasinghe, 17.3 ov), 7-143 (Kumar Sangakkara, 18.6 ov), 8-148 (Nuwan Kulasekara, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SE Bond 4 0 18 3 4.50 12 1 0 0 0 KD Mills 3 0 22 2 7.33 10 4 0 1 0 IG Butler 4 0 34 0 8.50 7 2 1 1 0 DL Vettori 3 0 27 0 9.00 2 2 0 1 0 NL McCullum 3 0 18 2 6.00 4 1 0 0 0 JDP Oram 3 0 27 1 9.00 5 4 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
New Zealand won the 2-match series 2-0
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
4 September 2009 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 6.1 overs (39 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (BB McCullum 36, JD Ryder 12, Ex 3)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 11.5 overs (73 balls), Extras 3
- JD Ryder: 50 off 34 balls (3 x 4, 3 x 6)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 17.2 overs (106 balls), Extras 4
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 170/4 in 20.0 overs (JDP Oram 17)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (48 balls), Extras 3
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (DPMD Jayawardene 29, KC Sangakkara 21, Ex 3)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 13.5 overs (86 balls), Extras 5
- KC Sangakkara: 50 off 40 balls (5 x 4)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsCaptains reflect on reversal of fortunes
After bossing New Zealand around in the Tests, Sri Lanka have been slightly deflated with a loss in momentum resulting from defeats in both Twenty20 contests over the past three days
A scoop, some pain, and Bond's revenge
Plays of the day for the second Twenty20 between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Colombo
Clinical New Zealand seal series
Brendon McCullum and Jesse Ryder's clinical hitting and Nathan McCullum's teasing offspin were responsible for driving New Zealand to victory and handing Sri Lanka their fourth Twenty20 loss in a row
Vettori thrilled with turnaround
Jesse Ryder's contributions, after being a phantom through the two Tests, had played a big part in putting the smiles back on New Zealand's faces