02/01Result
2nd ODI, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand at Christchurch, Jan 3 2006
New Zealand won by 5 wkts (12b rem)
Player of the Match
Upul Tharanga
Upul TharangaSri Lanka
02/01Result
2nd ODI, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand at Christchurch, Jan 3 2006
New Zealand won by 5 wkts (12b rem)
Player of the Match
Upul Tharanga
Upul TharangaSri Lanka

  • Sri Lanka Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    WU Tharanga
    103
    125
    155
    14
    0
    82.40
    37.1 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 169/4
    DA Gunawardene
    3
    17
    22
    0
    0
    17.64
    5.4 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. 24/1
    KC Sangakkara †
    36
    57
    89
    4
    0
    63.15
    27.6 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 133/2
    DPMD Jayawardene
    6
    14
    20
    1
    0
    42.85
    32.4 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 150/3
    MS Atapattu (c)
    52
    46
    77
    5
    0
    113.04
    49.5 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 254/7
    TM Dilshan
    10
    15
    16
    0
    0
    66.66
    41.2 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 198/5
    MF Maharoof
    7
    12
    16
    0
    0
    58.33
    44.6 Mills to Maharoof, OUT, yorker on the off stump, Maharoof went for slog sweep, missed completly and ball uproots the off stump 217/6
    RP Arnold
    not out
    21
    16
    22
    3
    0
    131.25
    WPUJC Vaas
    not out
    1
    1
    2
    0
    0
    100.00
    Extras
    16 (lb 3, nb 3, w 10)
    TOTAL
    255/7 (50 Overs, RR: 5.1)
    Did not bat: M Muralidaran, CRD Fernando
    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)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    KD Mills1014424.40385011
    SE Bond1003913.90342031
    CL Cairns805016.25238010
    JDP Oram1005115.10315021
    DL Vettori905105.66254010
    SB Styris301705.6651000

  • New Zealand Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    L Vincent
    46
    44
    55
    7
    1
    104.54
    11.6 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 71/2
    JM How
    12
    23
    37
    2
    0
    52.17
    8.4 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 59/1
    NJ Astle
    not out
    90
    125
    171
    7
    1
    72.00
    PG Fulton
    32
    53
    67
    0
    0
    60.37
    29.4 Dilshan to Fulton, OUT, flighted delivery outside the off, Fulton sweeps it on air, Jayawardene took the brlliant catch diving to his left 143/3
    HJH Marshall
    12
    11
    20
    2
    0
    109.09
    34.4 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 170/4
    SB Styris
    28
    31
    41
    0
    1
    90.32
    43.6 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 219/5
    CL Cairns
    not out
    10
    9
    22
    0
    1
    111.11
    Extras
    26 (b 1, lb 14, nb 8, w 3)
    TOTAL
    256/5 (48 Overs, RR: 5.33)
    Did not bat: BB McCullum †, DL Vettori (c), JDP Oram, SE Bond, KD Mills
    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)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    WPUJC Vaas1014314.30382124
    MF Maharoof604126.83205101
    CRD Fernando906106.77234103
    TM Dilshan1003813.80351000
    M Muralidaran1004014.00332110
    RP Arnold301806.0061000

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