Match 7: Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, Champions Trophy 2009

New Zealand manage to win a match and keeps their hope alive for semi-final. New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka by 38 runs to win the Group B encounter here on Sunday. For New Zealand JD Ryder and BB McCullumgave flying start of 125 runs partnership for 1st wicket, and then came MJ Guptill who also played well 66 runs innging. ST Jayasuriya manages to get 3 wickets. For Sri Lanka DPMD Jayawardene & KMDN Kulasekara played well but coulnot chane the fortune of the team. Eventually Sri Lanka is well short of 38 runs

New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
BB McCullum	c Dilshan b Mathews	46	102	72	5	0	63.88
	21.5 Baz too is gone. Two quick wickets as Sri Lanka try to claw their way back into the game. McCullum tried to turn a length delivery to the on side but gets a leading edge towards backward point where Dilshan lunges forward to grab it 128/2
JD Ryder	c †Sangakkara b Kulasekara	74	96	58	10	1	127.58
	19.6 Ryder falls after a fab knock. He goes for a big swing across the line but edges it to Sangakkara. What a fine start he has given NZ, though. 125/1
MJ Guptill	b Malinga	66	123	76	3	1	86.84
	47.6 Clatter! The stumps are in disarray. Yep, it was the yorker. Nice, fast, straight and at the base of the off and middle stump line. Fine innings from Guptill ends. 284/7
LRPL Taylor	c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya	4	2	2	1	0	200.00
	22.5 Boy o Boy, Sri Lanka are roaring back into the game. Triple strike. It was floated outside off stump, he leans forward to push hard at it and it balloons off the outer edge off the shoulder of the bat to backward point. Gone! Wobble time for NZ. 133/3
GD Elliott	lbw b Mathews	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
	23.5 Dead plumb in front. Nailed him in front of middle. It was fullish delivery sliding towards middle, Elliot was on the shuffle, trying to work it across the line, misses it and has to return to the hutch. What a collapse. 140/4
NT Broom	c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya	15	23	21	2	0	71.42
	30.2 What a tame dismissal. They seem to be out doing each other. Short and wide, cut weakly, a dolly of a catch, to backward point. Sanath can't believe it himself 161/5
DL Vettori	c sub (CK Kapugedera) b Jayasuriya	48	48	44	4	1	109.09
	41.4 Sort of tame dismissal again. It was floated full outside off, Vettori chips it straightly to long-on. He didn't hit it hard, neither did he go along the ground but he just chipped it straight to the fielder 230/6
JEC Franklin	not out	28	41	21	3	0	133.33
KD Mills	not out	18	10	6	2	1	300.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 2, w 8, nb 3)	16
Total	(7 wickets; 50 overs)	315	(6.30 runs per over)

Sri Lanka innings (target: 316 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Dilshan	c sub (JS Patel) b Mills	41	38	31	7	1	132.25
	8.5 Dilshan falls after an electrifying cameo. It was the short lifting delivery that climbs on him and he mistimed the hook straight to deep square-leg. The other day he said, his wife keeps telling him don't hook don't hook and that he says yes but goes to do exactly that! And he has fallen to that shot now. Having said that, that's the shot that fetches him lots and lots of runs. No use shelving that. But but .. you should listen to your wife now and then I say! 67/2
ST Jayasuriya	c Mills b Tuffey	24	32	18	4	0	133.33
	7.5 And he has combusted now. Couldn't escape the adrenalin rush. He moved down the track and tried to pull a shorter delivery over midwicket but top-edged it straight up to midwicket. 66/1
KC Sangakkara	c Taylor b Franklin	11	23	13	1	0	84.61
	12.3 Sanga is gone now! 85 for 3 and wobble time. Sanga walked down the track and towards the off side, Franklin shortened the length and hit the deck outside off. Sanga pushed hard at it and edged to first slip. 85/3
DPMD Jayawardene	b Vettori	77	138	85	6	2	90.58
	38.2 Dan the man strikes with a big wicket! He pushed this one through quicker, Mahela was looking to lift it over the off-side field but missed it completely. Clatter! The off stump is pegged back. it landed on a length on the off and middle line and crashed into the off stump. Excellent knock but he has to go now. New Zealand move ahead in this fascinating game. 219/7
TT Samaraweera	c Broom b Vettori	17	26	18	3	0	94.44
	18.4 Aha! Vettori gets his man on a similar shot. It was a similar delivery, Samaraweera went for that cut again but this one bounced a bit more on him and he cut it straight to backward point. Dan the man has a triumphant smile. 114/4
SHT Kandamby	run out (Vettori/Elliott)	11	24	19	1	0	57.89
	24.3 Vettori to Jayawardene, Kandamby is run out. What a mix up. it was turned towards deep midwicket, they completed the first run, turned for the second and the hesitation started here. A slight stutter, brief pause from both before they scamper across but Kandamby doesn't make it in time 137/5
AD Mathews	c Guptill b Franklin	2	8	11	0	0	18.18
	27.2 Angelo crashes out of the chase. He took a step forward and went for a big lofted off drive but the bottom-hand came off the handle and he ended up punching the ball straight to short extra cover 141/6
KMDN Kulasekara	not out	57	92	56	2	4	101.78
T Thushara	c Guptill b Mills	11	12	14	0	1	78.57
	42.1 And then they were two. It was the short-of-length delivery angling across from Thushara who top-edged the pull to square-leg 243/8
SL Malinga	c Taylor b Mills	15	12	10	1	1	150.00
	44.6 Just one more wicket now for NZ to wrap things up. Malinga swings a full toss straight to long-on. Gone! 54 from 30 but looks a distant dream now 262/9
BAW Mendis	c Vettori b Tuffey	3	7	6	0	0	50.00
	46.4 And it's all over. Full delivery, dragged straight to mid-on. Fine win for NZ. The group is split wide open. Sri Lanka are virtually out of this tournament. Sorrow and joy collide. 277/10
Extras	(lb 2, w 5, nb 1)	8
Total	(all out; 46.4 overs)	277	(5.93 runs per over)

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