an immaculate final delivery confirms New Zealand's victory, sticks to the full and outside off formula, the batsman misses and the ball goes through to the keeper
Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 2nd T20I at Colombo, Sep 04 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
2nd T20I (N), Colombo (RPS), September 04, 2009, New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka
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end of over 205 runs • 1 wicket
SL: 148/8CRR: 7.40
Malinga Bandara4 (4b)
Lasith Malinga0 (0b)
Shane Bond 4-0-18-3
Jacob Oram 3-0-27-1
A professional performance from New Zealand, there were a few hiccups in the first game, today there were the frontrunners from the beginning to the end. Brendon McCullum and Jesse Ryder gave a cracking start, and the batting built on that to set a tall target. Their new-ball bowlers gave the early breakthroughs, and Nathan McCullum's double-strike almost ended Sri Lanka's chances. Sangakkara resisted with an innings packed with innovation but even his 69 wasn't enough to prevent defeat.
Vettori had been pleased with the death bowling on Wednesday, today they were just as good, firing in the yorkers at will. It was well planned bowling effort as well, illustrated by the bowling to Jayasuriya to whom they hardly bowled any length balls. New Zealand's fielding was world-class as well in both games.
Post-match presentation: Sangakkara: "We gave them a few too many runs in the field, and it was not the greatest of starts, apart form that we gave it our all, I have to say they outplayed us. A lot of things to work on going into the one-day series. Our bowling has been very good in the recent past, but they had one off day today. Our batting unit needs to start firing."
The Man of the Match is Jesse Ryder: "Yeah, it was good to hit a few off the middle. I've struggled a bit since I got here, so it was good. Baz got the team off to a good start, and our bowlers backed it up after that." Ryder is also the Man of the Series.
Vettori: "It's been a nice turnaround after the Tests series." He praises the openers for their great start. "Shane Bond and Mills also gave us a superb start with the ball, but Sri Lanka put us under a bit of pressure with that Sangakkara and Jayawardene partnership." He is also happy with Nathan McCullum's performance, the two wickets in McCullum's over put New Zealand in charge of the game again.
The New Zealand team are posing with trophy, deserving victors of the series. That's it from us at Cricinfo, thanks for all the mails and the company, do join us on September 8 for the first match of the Compaq Cup ODI tri-series.
19.6
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Bond to Bandara, no run
19.5
W
Bond to Kulasekara, OUT
this time the length is slightly shorter, Kulasekara can get underneath one finally, but he hits it too high with nowhere-near enough distance, the ball swirls towards Taylor at cover
Nuwan Kulasekara c Taylor b Bond 2 (4b 0x4 0x6 10m) SR: 50
19.4
1
Bond to Bandara, 1 run
Bond is on target again, a yorker outside off, Kulasekara bottom edges it towards point
19.3
1
Bond to Kulasekara, 1 run
overpitched outside off, Kulasekara's powerful drive doesn't beat the man at extra cover
19.2
1
Bond to Bandara, 1 run
slow full toss on middle and leg, 118kmh, Bandara gives himself room and flays that towards midwicket
19.1
2
Bond to Bandara, 2 runs
a bouncer on offstump, the batsman flat bats it over the bowler's head, timing isn't enough to get a boundary
end of over 1912 runs • 1 wicket
SL: 143/7CRR: 7.52 • RRR: 28.00
Nuwan Kulasekara1 (2b)
Jacob Oram 3-0-27-1
Shane Bond 3-0-13-2
18.6
W
Oram to Sangakkara, OUT
a great innings from Sangakkara comes to an end, he top-edges a pull back to the bowler, a killer blow from Oram, not to forget that's a dot ball as well, the crowd starts to head for the exit
Kumar Sangakkara c & b Oram 69 (50b 7x4 0x6 71m) SR: 138
18.5
4
Oram to Sangakkara, FOUR runs
Sangakkara shaped as if to go for the reverse-sweep but doesn't, Oram follows the batsman down the leg side, can;t stop Sangakkara from launching that towards the midwicket boundary
18.4
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Oram to Sangakkara, no run
Sangakkara goes for the fine reverse-sweep again, misses the ball, he's annoyed with himself
18.3
2
Oram to Sangakkara, 2 runs
full ball again, Sangakkara reaches his highest Twenty20 score by punching the ball wide of mid-on, great running from Kulasekara to come back for the second
18.2
4
Oram to Sangakkara, FOUR runs
innovation from Sangakkara, his previous reverse-sweep was very square, this one is only a few yards to the left of the keeper
18.1
2
Oram to Sangakkara, 2 runs
Like the rest of New Zealand's bowlers, Oram keeps it full outside off, Sangakkara paddles it to fine leg
end of over 184 runs • 1 wicket
SL: 131/6CRR: 7.27 • RRR: 20.00
Kumar Sangakkara57 (44b 5x4)
Nuwan Kulasekara1 (2b)
Shane Bond 3-0-13-2
Daniel Vettori 3-0-27-0
17.6
1
Bond to Sangakkara, 1 run
keeps it full, chopped towards point for a sngle, Sangakkara keeps the strike, brilliant over from Bond, he was on-target at the death in the previous game as well
17.5
1
Bond to Kulasekara, 1 run
a yorker outside off, slower ball as well, Kulasekara walks across and flicks it towards short fine leg
17.4
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Bond to Kulasekara, no run
that's a superb bouncer, the umpires thought whether to call that a wide for height but decided it was okay, another dot ball
Kulasekara is the new batsman
17.3
W
Bond to Rupasinghe, OUT
low full toss does the trick for Bond, Rupasinghe gets it very low on his bat and can only lob it towards cover, Vettori completes a simple catch
Gihan Rupasinghe c Vettori b Bond 18 (18b 1x4 0x6 26m) SR: 100
17.2
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Bond to Rupasinghe, no run
full ball outside off, Rupasinghe was backing away so much that he can't reach it, dot ball
17.1
2
Bond to Rupasinghe, 2 runs
starts with a sharp bouncer, Rupasinghe top edges a pull over the keeper's head
A small hold-up as Sangakkara has some drinks. Bond is back
end of over 178 runs
SL: 127/5CRR: 7.47 • RRR: 14.66
Gihan Rupasinghe16 (15b 1x4)
Kumar Sangakkara56 (43b 5x4)
Daniel Vettori 3-0-27-0
Ian Butler 4-0-34-0
16.6
1
Vettori to Rupasinghe, 1 run
Rupasinghe stays on the back foot and pushes it towards mid-on for an easy single
16.5
1
Vettori to Sangakkara, 1 run
flighted delivery outside the off stump, Sangakkara lashes it towards sweeper cover
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