Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 1st Match at Colombo, , Sep 08 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary

all over! It's a Malinga special, full and on the stumps, Butler fails to get his bat down in time and the ball crashes into the stumps. Sri Lanka win by 97 runs

another googly, pitched outside the off stump and turning in - Bond fails to get bat on ball and is hit on the pad

googly down the leg side

worked away behind point for a single

pushed wide of the fielder at point

googly - Tuffey looks to tap it away on the off side but ends up with an inside edge and the ball rolls back and is run out by Sangakkara. Tuffey failed to pick up the ball roll back and was looking for a run there

goes for the sweep and gets beaten

defended straight back to the bowler, was in the air for sometime but fell short of Mendis

nudged away behind square leg

quicker delivery outside the off stump, Butler pushes forward to defend and gets hit on the pad, loud appeal turned down - impact was outside the line of the off side

Max! comes down the track, gets to the pitch of the delivery and lofts it straight back over the bowler's head for the first six of the match

played away on the leg side

fuller length delivery outside the off stump and Butler hammers it down to long-on

driven away through extra cover

cut away late to the short third man region

forced away off the back-foot to the point region

flat delivery outside the off stump, defended watchfully

defended stretching well forward, bat and pad held together

big swing and a miss outside the off stump

pitched wide outside the off stump and turning in but not enough to make Butler play at it