- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.3 Fernando to Vincent, OUT (Caught), short ball, bit more bounce, Vincent mistimes the pull straight into the hands of Muralitharan at mid-on. 14/22.4 Vaas to How, OUT (Caught), good ball pitched outside off stump, too full to cut, How cuts, gets an edge, Sangakkara takes the catch, first wicket down for the Kiwis 14/117.6 Vaas to Fleming, OUT (Bowled), good bowling, Fleming comes down the track, Vaas sees it and pitches it short, Fleming goes for a big shot, gets beaten, ball knocks the stumps. 85/327.1 Fernando to Fulton, OUT (Caught), good ball pitched outside off stump and angling in, Fulton playing from the crease, flicks it in the air to the deep backward square leg, Maharoof in the deep does well, dives forward and takes a good catch 131/441.6 Maharoof to Marshall, OUT (Caught), good slower ball pitched outside off stump, Marshall too early into the shot, mistimes the drive to Vaas at mid-on, who takes a good catch. 183/833.2 Vaas to Styris, OUT (Caught), good ball, Styris comes down the track and hits it high in the air to the deep midwicket, Maharoof moves a few feet and takes a good catch. 154/535.4 Vaas to Cairns, OUT (Caught), good slower ball, Cairns mistimes the drive back to bowler, easy catch for Vaas 163/637.1 Vaas to McCullum, OUT (Caught), good ball, pitched on the stumps and just moving, McCullum mistimes the shot, straight into the hands of Arnold at mid-on. 165/742.6 Muralitharan to Vettori, OUT (Bowled), good ball, tossed up on the stumps, the doosra, bit quick, Vettori pushes forward, gets beaten and gets bowled, excellent delivery 189/9Extras13 (lb 5, nb 4, w 4)TOTAL224/9 (50 Overs, RR: 4.48)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Jamie How, 2.4 ov), 2-14 (Lou Vincent, 3.3 ov), 3-85 (Stephen Fleming, 17.6 ov), 4-131 (Peter Fulton, 27.1 ov), 5-154 (Scott Styris, 33.2 ov), 6-163 (Chris Cairns, 35.4 ov), 7-165 (Brendon McCullum, 37.1 ov), 8-183 (Hamish Marshall, 41.6 ov), 9-189 (Daniel Vettori, 42.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB WPUJC Vaas 10 1 39 5 3.90 43 4 0 1 3 CRD Fernando 10 1 51 2 5.10 40 7 1 1 1 MF Maharoof 10 0 49 1 4.90 35 3 1 1 0 TM Dilshan 10 0 37 0 3.70 29 0 0 0 0 M Muralidaran 10 0 43 1 4.30 30 3 0 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.3 Franklin to Tharanga, OUT (Caught), good ball, bit more bounce, Tharanga drives off the back-foot, gets a thin edge, McCullum takes the catch 16/133.2 Patel to Mubarak, OUT (Caught), good ball tossed up on the stumps, Mubarak launches into the shot, gets a top edge high in the air over the bowler to the deep mid-on, Cairns runs forward and dives and takes a wonderful catch 156/514.6 Cairns to Sangakkara, OUT (Bowled), good slower ball on the stumps, Sangakkara tries to flick it to the onside, misses the line of the ball and gets bowled! wonderful ball 92/218.5 Franklin to Jayawardene, OUT (Caught), full ball outside off stump, Jayawardene drives, gets an edge, McCullum takes the catch 106/326.4 Vettori to Atapattu, OUT (Caught), good ball, tossed up, bit slower in the air, Atapattu too early into the shot, pushes straight into the hands of Vincent at extra-cover. 136/438.2 Bond to Dilshan, OUT (Bowled), good ball, full and fast on the stumps, Dilshan drives, gets beaten and gets bowled. 171/643.3 Patel to Arnold, OUT (LBW), good ball tossed up outside off stump, Arnold misses the sweep, gets hit on the pad in line with the stumps, loud appeal, given by Umpire Hair 189/938.4 Bond to Maharoof, OUT (LBW), gone another one goes, good full ball on the pads, misses the line of the ball and gets hit on the pad in line with the stumps 171/741.1 Styris to Vaas, OUT (Caught), good ball pitched outside off stump, Vaas drives in the air to the backward-point, How takes the catch. 184/846.4 Bond to Bandara, OUT (Caught), good length ball, mishits it high in the air to the cover region, Styris takes a good catch, almost slipped through the hands. 203/10Extras5 (lb 3, nb 2)TOTAL203 all out (46.4 Overs, RR: 4.35)Did not bat: M MuralidaranFall of wickets: 1-16 (Upul Tharanga, 2.3 ov), 2-92 (Kumar Sangakkara, 14.6 ov), 3-106 (Mahela Jayawardene, 18.4 ov), 4-136 (Marvan Atapattu, 26.4 ov), 5-156 (Jehan Mubarak, 33.2 ov), 6-171 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 38.2 ov), 7-171 (Farveez Maharoof, 38.4 ov), 8-184 (Chaminda Vaas, 41.1 ov), 9-189 (Russel Arnold, 43.3 ov), 10-203 (Malinga Bandara, 46.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JEC Franklin 7 1 38 2 5.42 22 3 0 0 1 SE Bond 9.4 1 39 3 4.03 37 3 0 0 1 CL Cairns 6 0 28 1 4.66 24 5 0 0 0 SB Styris 4 0 22 1 5.50 12 3 0 0 0 DL Vettori 10 0 50 1 5.00 30 6 0 0 0 JS Patel 10 0 23 2 2.30 38 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
New Zealand led the 5-match series 4-0
Match number
Season
Match days
6 January 2006 - day/night match (50-over match)
ODI debut
Sri Lanka replacement
HMCM Bandara for M Muralidaran (Sri Lanka innings, 41.1 ov)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Match Notes
- 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.
- 4th Umpire - PD Jones
- New Zealand: 50 in 12.4 over (77 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: New Zeland 67/2 (Fleming 25, Fulton 26)
- New Zealand: 100 in 21.1 overs (128 balls), Extras 7
- PG Fulton: 50 off 63 balls, (3x4, 1x6)
- New Zealand: 150 in 32.2 overs (195 balls), extras 8
- Drinks: New Zealand - 154/4 (Marshall 33, Styris 13)
- HJH Marshall: 50 off 69 balls, (1x4)
- New Zealand: 200 in 48.1 overs (293 balls)
- Sri Lanka 50 runs off 59 balls in 13 minutes
- J Mubarak/KC Sangakkara 50 partnership off 55 balls in 37 minutes
- KC Sangakkara 50 runs off 44 balls in 49 minutes
- Sri Lanka: 100 in 16.4 overs (102 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 102/2 (Mubarak 30, Jayawardene 9)
- Sri Lanka 100 runs off 102 balls in 43 minutes
- J Mubarak 50 runs off 75 balls in 127 minutes
- Sri Lanka 150 runs off 187 balls in 101 minutes
- Sri Lanka 200 runs off 276 balls in 167 minutes
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