- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR37.2 flighted on leg and middle, Jayasuriya smacks the ball in the air towards mid-wicket, an attempt to clear the ground, as luck would have it, the ball goes straight down Jacob Oram's throat. It is curtains for Jasuriya, a good knock of 80 170/56.5 outside the off stump, plays the ball on the rise, driven in the air straight to Vettori in the covers, fumbles the ball and holds on to the catch. 39/121.1 well flighted delivery, on middle and off, slower too, Atapattu comes forward and drives the ball in the air, an attempt to clear the field, out of nowhere Harris makes an acrobatic dive and comes up with a brilliant catch, caught at mid-off 95/228.1 tossed up, slower ball on the off, Jayawardene goes for the big blast, slaps it straight to McMillan at short and fine mid-wicket, the pressure undoing the batsman completely. 124/332.3 slow drifter on the middle stump, goes for a sweep, a cross batted swipe rather, misses completely hits the pad, Harris goes up with a big appeal, the umpire doesnt hesitate to give Arnold out LBW! 145/448.5 short in length, goes for the big pull, mistimes it completely, skies it... Sinclair comes running around at mid-wicket, takes a well judged catch. 220/1044.2 full in length, outside th eoff, has a swing at it, a lofted on drive, Fleming at mid-on takes a wonderful one handed catch, leaps in the air, sticks out his right hand, the ball goes straight into the big hand! 197/848 gives the charge, walking all over the crease, Oram digs it short, Murali skies the ball , Vincent gets under it at square leg, it is 217 for 9 now 217/9Extras29 (b 1, lb 7, nb 12, w 9)TOTAL220 all out (48.5 Overs, RR: 4.5)Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Avishka Gunawardene, 6.5 ov), 2-95 (Marvan Atapattu, 21.1 ov), 3-124 (Mahela Jayawardene, 28.1 ov), 4-145 (Russel Arnold, 32.3 ov), 5-170 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 37.2 ov), 6-187 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 41.5 ov), 7-187 (Kumar Dharmasena, 42.2 ov), 8-197 (Chaminda Vaas, 44.2 ov), 9-217 (Muttiah Muralitharan, 47.6 ov), 10-220 (Suresh Perera, 48.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DR Tuffey 8 1 40 1 5.00 2 4 KD Mills 10 1 41 1 4.10 1 1 JDP Oram 9 0 41 1 4.55 1 1 DL Vettori 10 0 42 2 4.20 1 4 CZ Harris 10 0 42 2 4.20 0 1 NJ Astle 1 0 4 0 4.00 0 0 CD McMillan 0.5 0 2 1 2.40 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.1 pitched on line of the off stump, angling in to the bat, plays across the line, rapped on the pads, big shout for lbw, the umpire doesnt hesitate to give him out lbw! 3/21 outside the off stump, oh ho Astle drags the ball back onto his stumps, an early setback for the Kiwis 3/17.5 short and quick, beaten by pace, goes for the pull stroke, manages to send the ball in the air towards mid-off, Perera makes no mstake. new Zealand in a lot of trouble here 43/312 short and outside the off stump, goes for a big cut, gets the inside edge and through to the keeper, kalu takes the catch, big shout, McMillan is indeed out! 61/422.1 well flighted and outside the off, Vincent lunges down the track and drives leaving a huge gap between bat and pad, bowled through the gate in classical off spinner's fashion 100/540.4 outside th eleg stump, goes for the biggie, plays it towards mid-wicket in the air, straight to Perera, takes a good catch 157/645 driven down the ground to long off, Murali fields and sends in a good return to the bowler 170/645.4 goes for the big shot, manages to send the ball high in the air, little Kalu gets underneath it, takes the catch 174/847 plays all over it, goes for the wild swing, beaten and bowled 186/9Extras19 (lb 10, nb 3, w 6)TOTAL204/9 (49 Overs, RR: 4.16)Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Nathan Astle, 0.6 ov), 2-3 (Mathew Sinclair, 1.1 ov), 3-43 (Stephen Fleming, 7.5 ov), 4-61 (Craig McMillan, 11.6 ov), 5-100 (Lou Vincent, 22.1 ov), 6-157 (Chris Harris, 40.4 ov), 7-170 (Jacob Oram, 44.6 ov), 8-174 (Daniel Vettori, 45.4 ov), 9-186 (Kyle Mills, 46.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB WPUJC Vaas 7 0 37 1 5.28 0 1 ASA Perera 3 1 18 1 6.00 4 0 CRD Fernando 6 0 28 2 4.66 1 2 M Muralitharan 10 1 36 2 3.60 1 0 HDPK Dharmasena 10 1 29 1 2.90 0 0 ST Jayasuriya 10 0 32 1 3.20 0 0 RP Arnold 3 0 14 0 4.66 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
18 July 2001 - day/night match (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Sri Lanka 2, New Zealand 0
Match Notes
- Sri Lanka innings: 1x5 ball over (22nd over - Vettori's 5th over, called by umpire Pathirana)
- Sri Lanka 100 in 22.5 overs, 104 mins
- ST Jayasuriya 50 off 82 balls, 111 mins, 6x4
- Sri Lanka 150 in 33.5 overs, 148 mins
- Sri Lanka 200 in 44.4 overs, 196 mins
- New Zealand were fined 1 over for a slow over rate
- New Zealand 50 runs in 9.3 overs, 49 mins
- New Zealand 100 runs in 22 overs, 96 mins
Match Coverage
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