New Zealand vs Sri Lanka - 30th Match, Group 1, Monday March 31, 2014 - day/night

T20I No. 395	ICC World Twenty20, 2014	2013-14 season
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka - 30th Match, Group 1 Monday March 31, 2014 - day/night (20-over match)

Venue : Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong

Toss : New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first

Result : Sri Lanka won by 59 runs

	Sri Lanka innings	(20 overs maximum)	R	B	4s	6s	SR
»	Kusal Perera	c Ronchi b Boult	16	8	2	1	200.00
»	Tillakaratne Dilshan	c Ronchi b Boult	8	11	1	0	72.73
»	Mahela Jayawardene	b McCullum	25	32	2	0	78.13
»	Kumar Sangakkara	c Anderson b Boult	4	11	1	0	36.36
»	Lahiru Thirimanne	c Guptill b Neesham	20	18	3	0	111.11
»	Angelo Mathews	c Ronchi b McClenaghan	6	10	0	0	60.00
»	Thisara Perera	c Williamson b Mills	16	13	3	0	123.08
»	Nuwan Kulasekara	c McCullum b McClenaghan	0	1	0	0	0.00
»	Sachithra Senanayake	c Williamson b Neesham	17	11	1	1	154.55
»	Rangana Herath	Not Out	1	1	0	0	100.00
»	Lasith Malinga	b Neesham	0	1	0	0	0.00
	Extras	LB 2, W 3, N 1	6
	Total :	(all out in 19.2 overs)	119		RR : 6.16

Fall of wickets : 1-20 (MDKJ Perera, 1.5 ov), 2-29 (Dilshan, 3.3 ov), 3-35 (Sangakkara, 5.6 ov), 4-65 (Thirimanne, 11.1 ov), 5-81 (Mathews, 13.5 ov), 6-85 (Jayawardene, 14.6 ov), 7-92 (Kulasekara, 15.4 ov), 8-116 (NLTC Perera, 18.2 ov), 9-119 (Senanayake, 19.1 ov), 10-119 (Malinga, 19.2 ov)

	Bowlers	O		R	W	RPO	NB	Wd
»	Kyle Mills	4		30	1	7.50	0	0
»	Trent Boult	4		20	3	5.00	1	1
»	Corey Anderson	3		13	0	4.33	0	1
»	Mitchell McClenaghan	4		24	2	6.00	0	1
»	James Neesham	2	.2	22	3	9.43	0	0
»	Nathan McCullum	2		8	1	4.00	0	0

	New Zealand innings	(Target: 120 runs in 20 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	SR
»	Martin Guptill	run out	5	9	0	0	55.56
»	Kane Williamson	run out	42	43	6	0	97.67
»	Brendon McCullum	st Sangakkara b Herath	0	5	0	0	0.00
»	Ross Taylor	lbw b Herath	0	5	0	0	0.00
»	James Neesham	b Herath	0	1	0	0	0.00
»	Luke Ronchi	lbw b Herath	2	4	0	0	50.00
»	Nathan McCullum	c Mathews b Senanayake	2	9	0	0	22.22
»	Kyle Mills	lbw b Senanayake	4	9	1	0	44.44
»	Trent Boult	c Jayawardene b Herath	3	8	0	0	37.50
»	Mitchell McClenaghan	Not Out	0	0	0	0	-
»	Corey Anderson	absent hurt	0	0	0	0	-
	Extras	W 2	2
	Total :	(all out in 15.3 overs)	60		RR : 3.87

Fall of wickets : 1-18 (Guptill, 3.1 ov), 2-18 (BB McCullum, 3.6 ov), 3-23 (Taylor, 5.5 ov), 4-23 (Neesham, 5.6 ov), 5-29 (Ronchi, 7.3 ov), 6-33 (NL McCullum, 9.3 ov), 7-51 (Mills, 13.3 ov), 8-60 (Williamson, 15.1 ov), 9-60 (Boult, 15.3 ov)

	Bowlers	O		M	R	W	RPO	Wd
»	Nuwan Kulasekara	3		0	15	0	5.00	2
»	Angelo Mathews	4		0	26	0	6.50	0
»	Rangana Herath	3	.3	2	3	5	0.86	0
»	Lasith Malinga	2		0	13	0	6.50	0
»	Sachithra Senanayake	3		0	3	2	1.00	0

Match details

Points: Sri Lanka 2, New Zealand 0

Man of the Match: HMRKB Herath (Sri Lanka)

Umpires : Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and RJ Tucker (Australia)

Third Umpire: BNJ Oxenford (Australia)

Referee : DC Boon (Australia)

Reserve Umpire: SJ Davis (Australia)

Teams:

New Zealand Brendon McCullum (Capt.), Luke Ronchi (wk), Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Corey Anderson, James Neesham, Trent Boult, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Mitchell McClenaghan

Sri Lanka Angelo Mathews, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Kusal Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Lasith Malinga (Capt.), Mahela Jayawardene, Nuwan Kulasekara, Rangana Herath, Sachithra Senanayake, Thisara Perera, Tillakaratne Dilshan

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