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
Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 1st Match at Colombo, Sep 08 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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1st Match (D/N), Colombo (RPS), September 08, 2009, Compaq Cup
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What a comeback from the home team. After electing to bat first they were reduced to 69 for 5, but fought back through Samaraweera and Mathews to put up a decent total on a track that was slow and low.
And when it came to defending the total the bowlers were spot on with Malinga being the wrecker-in-chief with four wickets to his name. They never allowed the batsmen to settle down and kept on picking wickets at regular intervals and eventually ran through the New Zealand line-up in just 36.1 overs.
Sri Lanka will take home five points from this game including one bonus point . Man of the match award goes to Thilan Samaraweera for his brilliant innings.
At the presnetation, Vettori was asked, If he could change one thing what would it be - "Would have won the toss" was his reply. Hope you have enjoyed the coverage and be sure to join us for the second match on the 11th of September. Good bye and good luck.
36.1
W
Malinga to Butler, OUT
Ian Butler b Malinga 25 (38b 1x4 1x6 36m) SR: 65.78
end of over 363 runs • 1 wicket
NZ: 119/9CRR: 3.30 • RRR: 7.00
Shane Bond1 (2b)
Ian Butler25 (37b 1x4 1x6)
Ajantha Mendis 7-1-14-0
Sanath Jayasuriya 6-0-28-2
35.6
•
Mendis to Bond, no run
another googly, pitched outside the off stump and turning in - Bond fails to get bat on ball and is hit on the pad
35.6
1w
Mendis to Bond, 1 wide
googly down the leg side
35.5
1
Mendis to Butler, 1 run
worked away behind point for a single
35.4
1
Mendis to Bond, 1 run
pushed wide of the fielder at point
35.3
W
Mendis to Tuffey, OUT
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
Daryl Tuffey run out (†Sangakkara) 2 (7b 0x4 0x6 9m) SR: 28.57
35.2
•
Mendis to Tuffey, no run
goes for the sweep and gets beaten
35.1
•
Mendis to Tuffey, no run
defended straight back to the bowler, was in the air for sometime but fell short of Mendis
end of over 3512 runs
NZ: 116/8CRR: 3.31 • RRR: 6.73
Ian Butler24 (36b 1x4 1x6)
Daryl Tuffey2 (4b)
Sanath Jayasuriya 6-0-28-2
Ajantha Mendis 6-1-11-0
34.6
2
Jayasuriya to Butler, 2 runs
nudged away behind square leg
34.5
•
Jayasuriya to Butler, no run
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
34.4
6
Jayasuriya to Butler, SIX runs
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
34.3
1
Jayasuriya to Tuffey, 1 run
played away on the leg side
34.2
1
Jayasuriya to Butler, 1 run
fuller length delivery outside the off stump and Butler hammers it down to long-on
34.1
2
Jayasuriya to Butler, 2 runs
driven away through extra cover
end of over 341 run
NZ: 104/8CRR: 3.05 • RRR: 7.06
Ian Butler13 (31b 1x4)
Daryl Tuffey1 (3b)
Ajantha Mendis 6-1-11-0
Sanath Jayasuriya 5-0-16-2
33.6
1
Mendis to Butler, 1 run
cut away late to the short third man region
33.5
•
Mendis to Butler, no run
forced away off the back-foot to the point region
33.4
•
Mendis to Butler, no run
flat delivery outside the off stump, defended watchfully
33.3
•
Mendis to Butler, no run
defended stretching well forward, bat and pad held together
33.2
•
Mendis to Butler, no run
big swing and a miss outside the off stump
33.1
•
Mendis to Butler, no run
pitched wide outside the off stump and turning in but not enough to make Butler play at it
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