- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR37.1 Oram to Tharanga, OUT, short ball on the stump, Tharanga pulls it on the front foot, well judged catch taken by Fulton at deep mid wicket 169/45.4 Bond to Gunawardene, OUT, good ball just pitched on the stumps and angling away, Gunawardene tries to play to the onside, gets a leading edge, Hamish Marshall at backward-point dives to his right and takes a good catch. 24/127.6 Bond to Sangakkara, OUT, Gone! pitched on the leg stump, Sangakkara tries to play it to onside, ball raps the pads and rolls towards silly mid-on, Sangakkara wants a single, he was off the way, Bond quick to react to hit the stumps directly 133/232.4 Mills to Jayawardene, OUT, good length delivery just outside the off stump, Jayawardene moves back and tries to glide it to thirdman, ball took edge and flies straight to keeper 150/349.5 Bond to Atapattu, OUT, Run Out!! fuller ball outside the off stump, Atapattu drives it and finds edge to thridman, Astle picks it up in one bounce and hit stumps directly from deep, reply shows Atapattu well short of crease, third umpire refered and the Red light flashes 254/741.2 Cairns to Dilshan, OUT, short delivery outside the off stump, Dilshan pulls it in the air on the front foot, Oram tooks stunning dive catch, that is 200th wicket for Cairns 198/544.6 Mills to Maharoof, OUT, yorker on the off stump, Maharoof went for slog sweep, missed completly and ball uproots the off stump 217/6Extras16 (lb 3, nb 3, w 10)TOTAL255/7 (50 Overs, RR: 5.1)Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Avishka Gunawardene, 5.4 ov), 2-133 (Kumar Sangakkara, 27.6 ov), 3-150 (Mahela Jayawardene, 32.4 ov), 4-169 (Upul Tharanga, 37.1 ov), 5-198 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 41.2 ov), 6-217 (Farveez Maharoof, 44.6 ov), 7-254 (Marvan Atapattu, 49.5 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR11.6 Maharoof to Vincent, OUT, Great catch!! pitched up delivery outside the off stump, Vincent went after it, thick edge and ball flies toward first slip, Sangakkara dives full length to his right and taken the blinder 71/28.4 Vaas to How, OUT, Gone! slower delivery outside the off stump, batsman drives it hard and managed to top edged it, ball went hight in air, the super sub Mubarak took the well judge catch at covers 59/129.4 Dilshan to Fulton, OUT, flighted delivery outside the off, Fulton sweeps it on air, Jayawardene took the brlliant catch diving to his left 143/334.4 Muralitharan to Marshall, OUT, Gone! pitched on middle and leg line and straighten, Marshall sweeps across the line, ball hits the pads and huge appeal, Baxter thinks that is out 170/443.6 Maharoof to Styris, OUT, wide outisde the off stump, Stytis sliced it in air, Dilshan took the stunning catch at backward point, he timed his jumb well 219/5Extras26 (b 1, lb 14, nb 8, w 3)TOTAL256/5 (48 Overs, RR: 5.33)Fall of wickets: 1-59 (Jamie How, 8.4 ov), 2-71 (Lou Vincent, 11.6 ov), 3-143 (Peter Fulton, 29.4 ov), 4-170 (Hamish Marshall, 34.4 ov), 5-219 (Scott Styris, 43.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB WPUJC Vaas 10 1 43 1 4.30 38 2 1 2 4 MF Maharoof 6 0 41 2 6.83 20 5 1 0 1 CRD Fernando 9 0 61 0 6.77 23 4 1 0 3 TM Dilshan 10 0 38 1 3.80 35 1 0 0 0 M Muralidaran 10 0 40 1 4.00 33 2 1 1 0 RP Arnold 3 0 18 0 6.00 6 1 0 0 0
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- The original five-match series scheduled for December 2004-January 2005 was postponed after one match because of the Asian tsunami disaster. The series resumed in December 2005 with the second match of the rubber.
- Sri Lanka innings
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 11.3 overs (73 balls), Extras 4
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 70/1 in 17.0 overs (WU Tharanga 46, KC Sangakkara 16)
- WU Tharanga: 50 off 59 balls (9 x 4)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 21.6 overs (137 balls), Extras 5
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 32.3 overs (202 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 152/3 in 34.0 overs (WU Tharanga 99, MS Atapattu 1)
- WU Tharanga: 100 off 118 balls (14 x 4)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 41.5 overs (261 balls), Extras 13
- MS Atapattu: 50 off 44 balls (5 x 4)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 49.1 overs (306 balls), Extras 16
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (48 balls), Extras 4
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Drinks: New Zealand - 82/2 in 15.0 overs (NJ Astle 12, PG Fulton 2)
- Power Play 3: Overs 18.1 - 23.0
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 19.3 overs (121 balls), Extras 10
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 30.6 overs (193 balls), Extras 15
- Rain: New Zealand - 158/3 in 32.0 overs (NJ Astle 47, HJH Marshall 6)
- NJ Astle: 50 off 76 balls (4 x 4)
- New Zealand: 200 runs in 40.6 overs (253 balls), Extras 19
- New Zealand: 250 runs in 47.3 overs (295 balls), Extras 23
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