Best performances - Batsmen
LRPL Taylor
60(45) 5x4 - 1x6
Control %78%
- Productive Shot
- leg glance
- 22 runs
- 1x4 - 1x6
TM Dilshan
57(28) 8x4 - 2x6
Control %85%
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 26 runs
- 6x4 - 0x6
02/09Result
1st T20I (N), New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Sep 2 2009
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138/9 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
02/09Result
1st T20I (N), New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Sep 2 2009
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
138/9 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
JDP Oram
- O4
- M0
- R33
- W3
- Eco8.25
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
DL Vettori
- O4
- M0
- R11
- W2
- Eco2.75
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Partnerships
New Zealand - Innings
Sri Lanka - Innings
Manhattan
Run rate graph
Worm
Match Coverage
All Match NewsRelieved 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
