Best performances - Batsmen
NJ Astle
40(37) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %75%
- Productive Shot
- on side drive on front foot
- 10 runs
- 2x4 - 0x6
BB McCullum
28(28) 6x4 - 0x6
Control %63%
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 10 runs
- 2x4 - 0x6
26/12Result
2nd T20I, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand at Auckland, Dec 26 2006
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
116/5 (18.3/20 ov)
Player of the Match
26/12Result
2nd T20I, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand at Auckland, Dec 26 2006
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
116/5 (18.3/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
Partnerships
Sri Lanka - Innings
New Zealand - Innings
Manhattan
Run rate graph
Worm
Match Coverage
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Astle sees New Zealand home
Stuttering, stumbling, bumbling, New Zealand eventually managed to find a way home, beating Sri Lanka by five wickets at Eden Park to ensure that the two match Twenty20 series was shared one-all