Kiwis stun Sri Lanka despite Dilshan scare
Jacob Oram and Daniel Vettori shared five wickets as New Zealand came
from behind to shock Sri Lanka by three runs in a Twenty20 international
here on Wednesday. The tourists, restricted to 141-8, hit back to keep
the World Twenty20 finalists down to 138-9 in a tense finish at the
Premadasa stadium.
Oram finished with 3-33 and skipper Vettori took 2-11 as Sri Lanka
lost seven wickets for 71 runs after Tillakaratne Dilshan’s brilliant 57
off 28 had lifted them to 67-2 in the seventh over.
Oram, bowling the final over with Sri Lanka needing nine runs with
three wickets in hand, dismissed Malinda Bandara and Nuwan Kulasekara
off the first two balls and conceded just five runs in the over.
Ian Butler, who did not play in the preceding Test series which Sri
Lanka swept 2-0, took 2-29 including the important wicket of Dilshan,
who was snapped up a point by Ryder.
The second Twenty20 match will be played at the same venue on Friday
before New Zealand join India and Sri Lanka in a limited-overs
tri-series starting here on September 8. New Zealand fast bowler Shane
Bond, returning to official cricket after two years, was plundered for
four consecutive boundaries by Dilshan in his first over.
Bond, who broke links with the unauthorised Indian Cricket League to
be eligible for New Zealand again, finished with 0-27 in his four overs.
New Zealand’s innings revolved around Ross Taylor’s 60 off 45 balls
after Vettori won the toss and elected to bat on the slow wicket. Taylor
hit five fours and a six in his third Twenty20 half-century, but the
Kiwis lost five wickets for 19 runs after they had reached 117-3 in the
17th over.
Taylor brought up New Zealand’s 100 in the 15th over with a boundary
off Sanath Jayasuriya, and celebrated the landmark by pulling the next
delivery over mid-wicket for six.
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NEW ZEALAND:
B. McCullum run out 9
J. Ryder c Bandara b Kulasekara 13
M. Guptill c Kapugedara b Bandara 29
R. Taylor c Kulasekara b Mathews 60
J. Oram c Kulasekara b Mendis 8
N. Broom not out 5
P. McGlashan run out 1
K. Mills b Malinga 7
D. Vettori b Malinga 0
I. Butler not out 0
Extras: (b3, lb3, w3) 9
Total (for 8 wkts, 20 overs) 141
Did not bat: Shane Bond.
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (McCullum), 2-26 (Ryder), 3-79 (Guptill), 4-117 (Oram),
5-126 (Taylor), 6-127 (McGlashan), 7-136 (Mills), 8-136 (Vettori).
Bowling: Kulasekara 4-0-21-1,
Malinga (w1) 4-0-21-2,
Mathews 2-0-19-1,
Mendis 4-0-25-1,
Bandara 4-0-25-1 (w1),
Jayasuriya 2-0-24-0 (w1).
SRI LANKA:
T. Dilshan c Ryder b Butler 57
S. Jayasuriya c Bond b Mills 1
M. Jayawardene run out 3
K. Sangakkara c McCullum b Vettori 13
G. Rupasinghe lbw b Vettori 15
C. Kapugedara b Butler 3
A. Mathews c and b Oram 21
N. Kulasekara c Broom b Oram 12
M. Bandara c McCullum b Oram 7
L. Malinga not out 4
A. Mendis not out 0
Extras: (lb2) 2
Total (for 9 wkts, 20 overs) 138
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Jayasuriya), 2-43 (Jayawardene), 3-67 (Sangakkara),
4-75 (Dilshan), 5-85 (Kapugedara), 6-109 (Rupasinghe), 7-122 (Mathews),
8-133 (Bandara), 9-133 (Kulasekara).
Bowling: Bond 4-0-27-0,
Mills 4-0-36-1,
Butler 4-0-29-2,
Oram 4-0-33-3,
Vettori 4-0-11-2. |