- 7.4 Bond to Mubarak, OUT (Caught),short delivery from Bond, and close to the body to cut, Mubarak tries to cut it to thirdman, ball climbs on him and he cant control it, ends up cutting straight to Martin at the thirdman fence 49/233.1 Astle to Sangakkara, OUT (Caught), pitched up on the stumps. Sangakkara flicks it away in the air straight to Fulton at mid-wicket 178/424.4 Martin to Dilshan, OUT (Caught), short delivery outside off stump and cutting in, Dilshan goes for the cut and gets a big edge to McCullum who takes an easy catch 129/349.1 Bond to Atapattu, OUT (Bowled), good length ball on the off stump and cutting in, Atapattu charges down the track and tries to loft over cover, misses it completely and ball uproots the middle stump 272/644.2 Vettori to Jayawardene, OUT (Caught), length ball around the off stump, Jayawardene makes room and tries to loft over cover but straight to Astle at cover who takes a simple catch 233/5Extras20 (lb 2, nb 13, w 5)TOTAL273/6 (50 Overs, RR: 5.46)Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Upul Tharanga, 6.4 ov), 2-49 (Jehan Mubarak, 7.4 ov), 3-129 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 24.4 ov), 4-178 (Kumar Sangakkara, 33.1 ov), 5-233 (Mahela Jayawardene, 44.2 ov), 6-272 (Marvan Atapattu, 49.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JEC Franklin 10 0 56 0 5.60 38 4 1 0 6 SE Bond 10 1 53 2 5.30 34 6 0 2 1 CS Martin 10 0 62 3 6.20 34 8 0 1 1 DL Vettori 10 0 44 0 4.40 24 1 0 0 0 CL Cairns 7 0 44 0 6.28 17 4 0 1 1 NJ Astle 3 0 12 1 4.00 10 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.5 Perera to Vincent, OUT (Caught), length delivery outside off stump, Lincent moves forward and tries to loft over cover but hits it straight to Mubarak at cover 13/20.3 Vaas to Fleming, OUT (LBW), good length ball on the off stump and angled in, Fleming goes for the on-drive but misses the line completely and get trapped in front of the stumps 3/122.1 Bandara to Astle, OUT (Caught) good lenght delivery and tossed up just a bit, AStle swings across the line hoping to clear the man at mid-on, doesnt get enough height on the ball and ends up offering Fernando a simple catch, thats a crucial wicket for Sri Lan 121/342.3 Muralitharan to Cairns, OUT (Run Out), flighted ball, defended to backward point, bit of mix-up, Dilshan quick to pounce and throws at the keepers end, Fulton well short of the creasse 224/537.4 Perera to Marshall, OUT (Caught), good length ball on the off stump, nipping away, batsman tries to turn onside and gets the leading edge back to the bowler who takes a simple catch 199/447.2 Vaas to Cairns, OUT (LBW), yorker length ball on the leg stump, Cairns tries to paddle sweep but misses and gets on the pads, appeal and umpire turs it up 249/843.5 Perera to McCullum, OUT (Caught), good length ball aroound the off stump, straightening, batsman tries to play onside and gets the leading edge to cover, good catch by Atapattu 231/645.4 Vaas to Vettori, OUT (Bowled), yorker on the middle and off stump, Vettori tries to glide away to thirdman and misses the ball completely, ball knocks over the stumps 236/747.5 Vaas to Franklin, OUT (Bowled), low full toss from Vaas, Franklin plays across the line, not uch footwork there, misses the line completely and the ball crashes into middle stump, two wickets in the over for Vaas 252/948.2 Fernando to Martin, OUT (Bowled)all over!!! Fernando follows Martin who tries to give himself ome room and work it away to the leg side, ball hits the pad and crashes into the stumps 253/10Extras17 (lb 10, nb 4, w 3)TOTAL253 all out (48.2 Overs, RR: 5.23)Did not bat: JM HowFall of wickets: 1-3 (Stephen Fleming, 0.3 ov), 2-13 (Lou Vincent, 1.5 ov), 3-121 (Nathan Astle, 22.1 ov), 4-199 (Hamish Marshall, 37.4 ov), 5-224 (Peter Fulton, 42.3 ov), 6-231 (Brendon McCullum, 43.5 ov), 7-236 (Daniel Vettori, 45.4 ov), 8-249 (Chris Cairns, 47.2 ov), 9-252 (James Franklin, 47.5 ov), 10-253 (Chris Martin, 48.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB WPUJC Vaas 9 0 48 4 5.33 29 5 0 0 2 PDRL Perera 10 0 56 3 5.60 27 4 0 2 1 CRD Fernando 5.2 0 36 1 6.75 17 2 2 0 1 M Muralidaran 10 1 36 0 3.60 35 2 0 0 0 TM Dilshan 4 0 20 0 5.00 10 1 0 0 0 HMCM Bandara 10 0 47 1 4.70 30 3 1 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
New Zealand won the 5-match series 4-1
Match number
Season
Match days
8 January 2006 (50-over match)
Sri Lanka replacement
HMCM Bandara for RP Arnold (New Zealand innings, 0.0 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
- Scorers: L Osborne and G Jones
- Sri Lanka 50 runs off 55 balls in 42 minutes
- KC Sangakkara/TM Dilshan 50 partnership off 76 balls in 53 minutes
- Sri Lanka 100 runs off 128 balls in 92 minutes
- Sri Lanka 150 runs off 174 balls in 124 minutes
- KC Sangakkara 50 runs off 64 balls in 97 minutes
- KC Sangakkara 50 runs off 64 balls in 98 minutes
- Sri Lanka 200 runs off 238 balls in 168 minutes
- Sri Lanka 200 runs off 237 balls in 175 minutes
- MS Atapattu/DPMD Jayawardene 50 partnership off 60 balls in 30 minutes
- MS Atapattu 50 runs off 56 balls in 89 minutes
- Sri Lanka 250 runs off 288 balls in 200 minutes
- New Zealand 50 runs off 59 balls in 48 minutes
- NJ Astle/PG Fulton 50 partnership off 62 balls in 47 minutes
- PG Fulton 50 runs off 48 balls in 64 minutes
- New Zealand 100 runs off 102 balls in 84 minutes
- NJ Astle/PG Fulton 100 partnership off 103 balls in 78 minutes
- New Zealand 150 runs off 173 balls in 127 minutes
- PG Fulton/HJH Marshall 50 partnership off 62 balls in 40 minutes
- New Zealand 200 runs off 230 balls in 170 minutes
- PG Fulton 100 runs off 120 balls in 162 minutes
- New Zealand 250 runs off 289 balls in 221 minutes
Match Coverage
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