New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 2nd T20I at Lauderhill, , May 23 2010 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
2nd T20I, Lauderhill, May 23, 2010, New Zealand v Sri Lanka T20I Series
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(15.3/20 ov, T:82) 82/3

Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets (with 27 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
3/4
nuwan-kulasekara
Player Of The Series
48 runs • 1 wkt
daniel-vettori
New
SL
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Please wait for the quotes from the post-match ceremony

Vettori: "WHenever you are 9 for 4 you try to do the best you can and we scraped to 90. on this wicket it was competitive but the partnership between Dilshan and Perera took it away from us. It's a beautiful ground and we have been well supported. It's been a long season for us. We have another break now. everyone has really enjoyed the tour."

Sangakkara "We went back to the hotel and had a good chat. The bowlers set the tone for us. Kulasekara is a magical bowler; these kind of wickets suit him really well. Everyone chipped in. The ground is brilliant, the place is really great and the crowd support was wonderful."

Man of the match is Kulasekara: "I am really happy. This is my best performance in Twenty20 cricket."

Man of the series is Vettori: "The crowd have been fantastic. Bit of subcontinental feel. Everyone was excited. "

That's it from us. Thanks for logging on. Good bye and good luck.

15.4
1w
Nicol to Angelo Mathews, 1 wide

Wide down the leg side. It goes past the attempted sweep shot and past Hopkins, the keeper. Sri Lanka win by 7 wickets.

15.3
Nicol to Angelo Mathews, no run

presses back to guide to short third man

15.2
Nicol to Angelo Mathews, no run

stays back to defend to short cover

15.1
1
Nicol to Dilshan, 1 run

stays back to clip it towards deep midwicket ,.. scores are level

end of over 151 run • 1 wicket
SL: 80/3CRR: 5.33 RRR: 0.40
Angelo Mathews0 (2b)
Tillakaratne Dilshan32 (48b 2x4)
Nathan McCullum 4-0-15-2
Rob Nicol 1-0-7-0
14.6
McCullum to Angelo Mathews, no run

leans forward to drive to the off side

14.5
McCullum to Angelo Mathews, no run

leans forward to push it to midwicket

14.4
W
McCullum to Sangakkara, OUT

Oh well he is gone. Sanga moved down the track and the ball stops a touch, also keeps low and Sanga is unable to connect with the intended big hit .. Stumped

Kumar Sangakkara st †Hopkins b McCullum 5 (11b 0x4 0x6 13m) SR: 45.45
14.3
McCullum to Sangakkara, no run

leans forward to play a perfect defensive shot

14.2
1
McCullum to Dilshan, 1 run

stays back to swat it past midwicket

14.1
McCullum to Dilshan, no run

goes for the big hit over covers but edges it to short third man

end of over 147 runs
SL: 79/2CRR: 5.64 RRR: 0.50
Tillakaratne Dilshan31 (46b 2x4)
Kumar Sangakkara5 (9b)
Rob Nicol 1-0-7-0
Nathan McCullum 3-0-14-1
13.6
1
Nicol to Dilshan, 1 run

swings it away towards deep midwicket .. short of the fielder in the deep

13.5
4
Nicol to Dilshan, FOUR runs

Bosh! Dilshan goes down on his knee to slog-sweep it to the midwicket boundary

13.4
1
Nicol to Sangakkara, 1 run

driven through covers for a single

13.3
Nicol to Sangakkara, no run

floated full outside off, it stops on the batsman and Sanga mistimes it completely back to the bowler

13.2
1
Nicol to Dilshan, 1 run

turns towards off stump pline, dabbed to point region

13.1
Nicol to Dilshan, no run

turns in to the off stump line, pushed to the off side

end of over 134 runs
SL: 72/2CRR: 5.53 RRR: 1.42
Tillakaratne Dilshan25 (42b 1x4)
Kumar Sangakkara4 (7b)
Nathan McCullum 3-0-14-1
Andy McKay 2-0-11-0
12.6
1
McCullum to Dilshan, 1 run

pulled away for yet another single

12.5
1
McCullum to Sangakkara, 1 run

goes down the track and flat bats it towards long-on .. Rob Nicols rushes in and throws in a dive and the ball just lands short of him

12.4
McCullum to Sangakkara, no run

flighted around the off stump line, pushed to short cover

12.3
1
McCullum to Dilshan, 1 run

stays back to work this one past point for a single

Jacquelyn: "Hi! Just want to say American ladies love Cricket, too! Sri Lanka seems to be making the most of the conditions now. Perhaps the Black Caps simply met up with a few of their new Miami Marlins mates last night and hoisted a few too many Pints and Mojitos at some of our world famous Ft. Lauderdale Beach Bars!"

12.2
1
McCullum to Sangakkara, 1 run

driven through mid-on for a single

12.1
McCullum to Sangakkara, no run

turned this one to midwicket

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