- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR8.1 and he's gone! Tossed up outside off stump, McCullum sweeps from where it landed and can only slog it out to Tharanga at deep midwicket, who pouches a simple catch into his lap, Murali gets his revenge 82/27.2 bowled 'em! Slower ball on a good length on middle and off, Fleming doesnt expect it to come on that slowly, swings across the line and gets beaten all ends up and his furniture is disturbed! Maharoof gets the crucial breakthrough, but what a start from New Zealand 80/111.4 and now there's the wicket!!! its a flat delivery, fired in, Franklin tries his hand at the reverse sweep, misses the ball and is rapped in front - LBWs dont come any easier for the umpires! 107/314.4 and again, but this time its out! goes for a slog sweep, misses the ball again, the difference this time is he is hit in front of the off stump, and the umpire reckons it would have crashed into ths stumps. That's out! 131/417.3 and now Jayasuriya gets his revenge, its fired in on leg stump and Astle tries the same shot as the previous ball, misses the line and the ball crashes into leg stump - sound of timber as they say, and Astle's short innings comes to an end 150/615.4 and thats another wicket. tossed up delivery, its driven off the backfoot, comes off the inner half, its spooned up in the air at mid wicket, Chamara Silva times his jump to perfection, can't get it the first time, but grabs it on the second attempt. That's another NZ batsman walking back 135/518.6 cross batted heave again, McGlashan misses the ball and loses balance, steps out and is found wanting by some quick glovework from Sangakkara who gathers the ball neatly and whips off the bails - no need to refer it to the TV Umpire there, its out! 156/719.4 you miss I hit! change in pace from Vaas, rolls his fingers over the ball, bowls it full and straight, Bond tries to make room and hit it to the offside, misses it and the ball hits the base of the middle stump 159/8Extras12 (lb 8, w 4)TOTAL162/8 (20 Overs, RR: 8.1)Did not bat: JS PatelFall of wickets: 1-80 (Stephen Fleming, 7.2 ov), 2-82 (Brendon McCullum, 8.1 ov), 3-107 (James Franklin, 11.4 ov), 4-131 (Ross Taylor, 14.4 ov), 5-135 (James Marshall, 15.4 ov), 6-150 (Nathan Astle, 17.3 ov), 7-156 (Peter McGlashan, 18.6 ov), 8-159 (Shane Bond, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB WPUJC Vaas 4 0 28 1 7.00 10 1 1 0 0 MF Maharoof 3 0 30 1 10.00 8 5 1 0 0 CRD Fernando 3 0 36 0 12.00 4 5 1 0 0 M Muralidaran 4 0 27 2 6.75 13 1 2 2 0 ST Jayasuriya 4 0 21 3 5.25 11 0 1 1 0 DPMD Jayawardene 1 0 8 0 8.00 1 1 0 0 0 LPC Silva 1 0 4 1 4.00 2 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.1 gone! Short and wide, and all he can do is slash it straight to Fleming at a wide gully, who puts the hands up and takes it above his head 36/1Extras3 (lb 1, w 2)TOTAL62/1 (5.5 Overs, RR: 10.62)Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Upul Tharanga, 4.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SE Bond 3 0 24 1 8.00 7 4 0 1 0 JEC Franklin 2 0 19 0 9.50 5 3 0 1 0 AR Adams 0.5 0 18 0 21.60 1 3 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Sri Lanka 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
22 December 2006 - night match (20-over match)
T20I debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 4.3 overs (27 balls), Extras 4
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (BB McCullum 23, SP Fleming 24, Ex 4)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 9.4 overs (59 balls), Extras 6
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 17.2 overs (107 balls), Extras 11
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (35 balls), Extras 3
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 62/1 in 5.5 overs (ST Jayasuriya 51, DPMD Jayawardene 2)
- ST Jayasuriya: 50 off 23 balls (10 x 4, 1 x 6)
- D/L Version Used: 7.0
- Twenty20 International Scorer: Gautham
- Match abandoned after 5.5 overs
- Par Score (5.5 overs, 1 wicket lost): 44
- Twenty20 International Commentators: Arun Gopalakrishnan and Jamie Alter
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