New Zealand v Sri Lanka ICC World Cup full Highlights Video, Match Report, Scorecard

ICC World Cup 2011, 38th Match, Group A: New Zealand v Sri Lanka Played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumba 18th March 2011 full Highlights Video, Match Report and Scorecard.

Kumar Sangakkara’s century and Muttiah Muralitharan’s wizardry saw to it that Sri Lanka climbed to the helm of Group A with an easy 112-run victory over New Zealand in Friday’s World Cup clash in Mumbai.

New Zealand v Sri Lanka Cricket World Cup Match Report
Sangakkara, with half-centurion Mahela Jayawardene along for the ride, started what Muralitharan finished with four wickets as the Kiwis fell to a mere 153 all out in pursuit of 266 for triumph.

The Black Caps were never in the hunt, with the relatively early departures of Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill for 14 and 13 respectively more than enough to promptly undo their hopes of upstaging the tourney co-hosts.

Jesse Ryder (19), Ross Taylor (33) and James Franklin (20) all failed to convert decent starts, while Kane Williamson and Scott Styris would like to soon forget their single-figure contributions.

Jacob Oram (20 not out) farmed the strike away from the tail-enders for as long as possible, but with a plethora of Muralitharan doosras and varied flight having already done the damage, Ajantha Mendis was left seal the deal with figures of two for 24 and a win with all of 15 overs to spare.

It was an altogether dismal performance from the Kiwis, who fell to their former disjointed ways after impressing at every turn in the limited-overs showpiece thus far.

Earlier the old guard of Sangakkara and Jayawardene afforded their side a solid recovery from the cheap losses of Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga. 145 runs between the veteran duo at close to five an over on a tricky pitch took the wind entirely out of New Zealand’s sails, only for the middle-order’s ineptitude to allow the Kiwis back into the contest.

With Sangakkara and Jayawardene out for 111 and 66 respectively, a 290-plus score was very much on the cards provided the likes of Thilan Samaraweera and Chamara Silva kicked in for the good.

They didn’t, with Angelo Mathews’ cameo 41 not out and a couple of lusty blows down the order from Lasith Malinga and Muralitharan left to take the pseudo hosts to 265 for nine.

The encounter was marred by some shaky umpiring decisions, including third official Amiesh Saheba’s incorrect call in not giving Jayawardene out when Nathan McCullum had clearly held onto a sharp return catch before it hit the deck.

Sri Lanka won’t stay atop Group A for more than 24 hours, with Saturday’s clash of the big guns - Australia versus Pakistan - certain to bring a new leader of the pack.

Sangakkara beat off Muralitharan’s four for 25 to bag the Man of the Match Award for his 128-ball vigil.

New Zealand v Sri Lanka Cricket World Cup Scores

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 112 runs

	Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	WU Tharanga	run out (Southee)	3	13	7	0	0	42.85
	2.6 Southee to Dilshan, Tharanga is run out. It was driven right down the track, Tharanga backed up too far, and Southee got a hand on the ball as he dived to stop it and the ball rolled on to hit the stumps. Accidental run out but NZ will take it. Tharanga back to hut 13/1
	TM Dilshan	c Oram b Southee	3	22	15	0	0	20.00
	4.3 133.2 kph, Caught at third man! he was not slashing or upper cutting but actually trying to whip it to the on side. he chose the wrong length for it. It landed short in length on the middle and leg and straightened. Dilshan got a leading edge and the ball swirled away to Oram at third man 19/2
	KC Sangakkara	b NL McCullum	111	186	128	12	2	86.71
	41.4 92.1 kph, Nathan can finally smile. He has picked a wicket. Full and straight, Sanga goes for the big slog sweep but makes no contact. Clatter! Sanga has ended the ton-drought and Sri Lanka would be so glad that the skipper is in great form just ahead of the knockouts 210/4
	DPMD Jayawardene	lbw b Southee	66	149	90	6	0	73.33
	36.1 Mahela goes for DRS after being given lbw. It lands full in length on the middle stump line and slid towards the leg stump. Mahela played all around it, trying to flick it away. It would have crashed into the leg stump 164/3
	AD Mathews	not out	41	67	35	4	0	117.14
	TT Samaraweera	c †BB McCullum b Styris	5	8	8	0	0	62.50
	44.1 111.6 kph, Samaraweera tries to back away and cut but gets a thick edge and Baz does well to take the catch. He was standing up to the stumps, moved his hands quickly to right to pouch that 219/5
	LPC Silva	c & b NL McCullum	3	5	5	0	0	60.00
	45.4 99.2 kph, Nathan nearly spills this one but gets it on the rebound. Silva scooped a tame return catch but Nathan doesn't take it cleanly but lunges to catch it on the rebound. And he sports a big smile! 224/6
	KMDN Kulasekara	c Guptill b Southee	1	7	6	0	0	16.66
	46.6 130.1 kph, Shortish delivery, Kula pulls, Guptill nearly lost it at deep midwicket. he almost over ran to his right even as the ball seemed to have swerved to his left. Somehow, he managed to stop, tilt back and held on to the catch! 232/7
	SL Malinga	c †BB McCullum b Oram	6	4	4	0	1	150.00
	47.5 107.9 kph, Brendon has taken a smart catch. It was a top-edged pull and Brendon rushed back and to his left. He hared down and lunged out to take a good catch 239/8
	M Muralitharan	run out (Oram/Guptill/NL McCullum)	7	7	3	0	1	233.33
	49.2 Oram to Mathews, Murali is run out Angelo drills this to left of long-on where Guptill makes a fine save and fires a superbly accurate throw to Oram, who collects and breaks the stumps. Murali is short of the crease. 260/9
	BAW Mendis	not out	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 4, w 12, nb 3)	19
	Total	(9 wickets; 50 overs; 235 mins)	265	(5.30 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-13 (Tharanga, 2.6 ov), 2-19 (Dilshan, 4.3 ov), 3-164 (Jayawardene, 36.1 ov), 4-210 (Sangakkara, 41.4 ov), 5-219 (Samaraweera, 44.1 ov), 6-224 (Silva, 45.4 ov), 7-232 (Kulasekara, 46.6 ov), 8-239 (Malinga, 47.5 ov), 9-260 (Muralitharan, 49.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	TG Southee	10	0	63	3	6.30	(5w)
	4.3 to Dilshan, 133.2 kph, Caught at third man! he was not slashing or upper cutting but actually trying to whip it to the on side. he chose the wrong length for it. It landed short in length on the middle and leg and straightened. Dilshan got a leading edge and the ball swirled away to Oram at third man 19/2 36.1 to Jayawardene, Mahela goes for DRS after being given lbw. It lands full in length on the middle stump line and slid towards the leg stump. Mahela played all around it, trying to flick it away. It would have crashed into the leg stump 164/3 46.6 to Kulasekara, 130.1 kph, Shortish delivery, Kula pulls, Guptill nearly lost it at deep midwicket. he almost over ran to his right even as the ball seemed to have swerved to his left. Somehow, he managed to stop, tilt back and held on to the catch! 232/7
	JDP Oram	10	1	57	1	5.70	(1nb, 1w)
	47.5 to Malinga, 107.9 kph, Brendon has taken a smart catch. It was a top-edged pull and Brendon rushed back and to his left. He hared down and lunged out to take a good catch 239/8
	HK Bennett	4.1	0	16	0	3.84	(1nb, 1w)
	JD Ryder	3.5	0	18	0	4.69	(1nb, 1w)
	JEC Franklin	3	0	11	0	3.66
	SB Styris	8	0	44	1	5.50
	44.1 to Samaraweera, 111.6 kph, Samaraweera tries to back away and cut but gets a thick edge and Baz does well to take the catch. He was standing up to the stumps, moved his hands quickly to right to pouch that 219/5
	NL McCullum	10	0	48	2	4.80
	41.4 to Sangakkara, 92.1 kph, Nathan can finally smile. He has picked a wicket. Full and straight, Sanga goes for the big slog sweep but makes no contact. Clatter! Sanga has ended the ton-drought and Sri Lanka would be so glad that the skipper is in great form just ahead of the knockouts 210/4 45.4 to Silva, 99.2 kph, Nathan nearly spills this one but gets it on the rebound. Silva scooped a tame return catch but Nathan doesn't take it cleanly but lunges to catch it on the rebound. And he sports a big smile! 224/6
	KS Williamson	1	0	4	0	4.00

	New Zealand innings (target: 266 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MJ Guptill	lbw b Kulasekara	13	36	23	1	0	56.52
	7.1 125.8 kph, lbw, hook, like and sinker. Guptill asks if he should review it, but Ryder wisely says no chance, mate. Kulasekara's inducker strikes, this is a special skill in a world full of outswing bowlers. He lands it outside off, back of a length. Guptill reaches across for a routine defensive stroke. Then the ball lands and moves in, accentuated further by the subtle angle Kula generated when he bowled from slightly wide of the crease. Guptill knows he's in trouble, but its too late to do anything other than a meek attempt to play round the pad. Hits the pad in front of off, Hawkeye says top of leg is on the way. Gone. 33/2
	BB McCullum†	c Jayawardene b Mathews	14	30	16	2	0	87.50
	6.2 126.3 kph, Aha, Mahela takes a low catch it seems. Baz is not leaving! The third umpire has to check. First things first. An absolute peach of a legcutter from mathews, he lands this outside off and gets it to jag away off the seam. Baz was advancing into the steer, then saw it go away and tried to pull away, but the momentum was too far into the shot. It takes the edge even as he opens the face and dies away to the right of a diving Mahela ... who has taken it cleanly. The McCullums 0 - Mahela 2. What a ball, from Mathews, seam pointing away and the ball just follows suit after landing. This man's a superstar allrounder. 29/1
	JD Ryder	c †Sangakkara b Mendis	19	55	23	2	0	82.60
	16.5 83.5 kph, the stock market is looking up. Ryder's scrip is falling through. Mendis has nailed him with a straight carrom ball wafter than lands outside off and shoots through without deviation. Ryder doesn't get fully across and has a typically lazy feel for it, he was playing for the leggie. He ends up edging into Sanga's gloves. 82/3
	LRPL Taylor	lbw b Muralitharan	33	72	55	3	1	60.00
	21.1 75.6 kph, Murali is eating away at the NZ line up. Given lbw, but Taylor has refered it. Looked plumb. Did it land outside leg? The mat is awaited. Offie lands around leg stump, the mat is in, and the ball lands just inside the mat and the offie straightens enough to hit middle. Taylor was prodding forward, but he wasn't 2.5 m ahead. Gone. Murali on two legs is lethal. Murali, one on leg with a strained hammie seems to be even more lethal. 93/5
	KS Williamson	st †Sangakkara b Muralitharan	5	12	8	0	0	62.50
	19.2 74.0 kph, Sanga has done him in! Murali has done him in! Williamson looks completely foxed, Sanga jumps in joy, Murali's eyes smile more than his lips! This is top notch stuff from the old firm. Murali lands a doosra full and just outside off, Williamson leans out for the defensive, but it doesn't turn in. It goes away, and Williamson did not even know he was being lulled into a trap. He blindly dragged the backfoot out. Sanga collected, and removed the bails before you could say "Stumped" Gone! 88/4
	SB Styris	c & b Muralitharan	6	21	10	0	0	60.00
	23.5 74.9 kph, Muralitharan. Gazillion wickets in the international game. Still, as joyful as a school kid who got candy, every time he gets a wicket. He slows up the offie in the air and flights it generously on off and middle. Styris is a goner even before he knew it as he came forward into the drive. Fooled by the flight, foxed by the pace. He just scoops the drive back a foot and a half above Murali. The rest happens in slow motion. Murali jumps up, Murali collects. Mural lands. Murali jumps up again in joy, with the eyes popping and the lips widening into a smile. Two lovely jumps, one after the other. The ball is tossed up in the air, he collects it as it comes down and breaks into a joyous guffaw. Boy, cricket will miss Murali after this World Cup. 102/6
	JEC Franklin	c Dilshan b Muralitharan	20	44	29	2	0	68.96
	31.3 69.8 kph, catching practice for the man who has come up to short cover. Murali has given NZ a lesson on playing offspin here. He's used spin, flight, dip, bounce - all elements of a spinner's guile to bamboozle a bunch that had no idea which one was turning which way. Slow and looped up on off, Franklin is late getting forward, doesn't quite get there and scoops a defensive push straight into Dilshan's lap. Easy as they come. 129/8
	NL McCullum	c Jayawardene b Dilshan	4	13	8	0	0	50.00
	26.5 88.7 kph, Consider the irony. Natha McCullum has been caught by Mahela Jayawardene. And there's NO DOUBT about this one. Mahela pouches the tick edge that came straight at him at slip and hops away in glee. Nathan must be disappointed that he's out. He seems absolutely gutted to see who caught him. Dilshan is pleased to join the fun. Full delivery outside off, Nathan looks to play a forcing drive through the covers and gets an outside edge. It flies into Mahela and he consumes it with those safe hands. Irony. 115/7
	JDP Oram	not out	20	38	27	2	0	74.07
	TG Southee	lbw b Mendis	8	9	8	1	0	100.00
	33.4 83.4 kph, I think it's going to be referred, but Southee is a goner for sure. Rauf has given him out lbw and it has been refered. Carom ball, lands on middle, straightens enough to be hitting leg, around 4/5ths of the way up. Hits Southee's pad as he prods forward below the roll. All over bar the shouting. 144/9
	HK Bennett	b Malinga	0	8	4	0	0	0.00
	34.6 oh yes. Malinga has straightened off stump with a scorcher than landed near the toes and thundered past Bennett's pointless poke. All over. The Lions have mauled the Kiwis today. This is a thumping win. And to think SL under-achieved with the bat, and had to contend with dew while bowling. Black Caps down. 153/10
	Extras	(lb 4, w 6, nb 1)	11
	Total	(all out; 35 overs; 173 mins)	153	(4.37 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-29 (BB McCullum, 6.2 ov), 2-33 (Guptill, 7.1 ov), 3-82 (Ryder, 16.5 ov), 4-88 (Williamson, 19.2 ov), 5-93 (Taylor, 21.1 ov), 6-102 (Styris, 23.5 ov), 7-115 (NL McCullum, 26.5 ov), 8-129 (Franklin, 31.3 ov), 9-144 (Southee, 33.4 ov), 10-153 (Bennett, 34.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	SL Malinga	5	0	38	1	7.60	(3w)
	34.6 to Bennett, oh yes. Malinga has straightened off stump with a scorcher than landed near the toes and thundered past Bennett's pointless poke. All over. The Lions have mauled the Kiwis today. This is a thumping win. And to think SL under-achieved with the bat, and had to contend with dew while bowling. Black Caps down. 153/10
	KMDN Kulasekara	7	0	19	1	2.71	(2w)
	7.1 to Guptill, 125.8 kph, lbw, hook, like and sinker. Guptill asks if he should review it, but Ryder wisely says no chance, mate. Kulasekara's inducker strikes, this is a special skill in a world full of outswing bowlers. He lands it outside off, back of a length. Guptill reaches across for a routine defensive stroke. Then the ball lands and moves in, accentuated further by the subtle angle Kula generated when he bowled from slightly wide of the crease. Guptill knows he's in trouble, but its too late to do anything other than a meek attempt to play round the pad. Hits the pad in front of off, Hawkeye says top of leg is on the way. Gone. 33/2
	AD Mathews	3	0	19	1	6.33
	6.2 to BB McCullum, 126.3 kph, Aha, Mahela takes a low catch it seems. Baz is not leaving! The third umpire has to check. First things first. An absolute peach of a legcutter from mathews, he lands this outside off and gets it to jag away off the seam. Baz was advancing into the steer, then saw it go away and tried to pull away, but the momentum was too far into the shot. It takes the edge even as he opens the face and dies away to the right of a diving Mahela ... who has taken it cleanly. The McCullums 0 - Mahela 2. What a ball, from Mathews, seam pointing away and the ball just follows suit after landing. This man's a superstar allrounder. 29/1
	BAW Mendis	6	0	24	2	4.00	(1w)
	16.5 to Ryder, 83.5 kph, the stock market is looking up. Ryder's scrip is falling through. Mendis has nailed him with a straight carrom ball wafter than lands outside off and shoots through without deviation. Ryder doesn't get fully across and has a typically lazy feel for it, he was playing for the leggie. He ends up edging into Sanga's gloves. 82/3 33.4 to Southee, 83.4 kph, I think it's going to be referred, but Southee is a goner for sure. Rauf has given him out lbw and it has been refered. Carom ball, lands on middle, straightens enough to be hitting leg, around 4/5ths of the way up. Hits Southee's pad as he prods forward below the roll. All over bar the shouting. 144/9
	TM Dilshan	6	0	24	1	4.00
	26.5 to NL McCullum, 88.7 kph, Consider the irony. Natha McCullum has been caught by Mahela Jayawardene. And there's NO DOUBT about this one. Mahela pouches the tick edge that came straight at him at slip and hops away in glee. Nathan must be disappointed that he's out. He seems absolutely gutted to see who caught him. Dilshan is pleased to join the fun. Full delivery outside off, Nathan looks to play a forcing drive through the covers and gets an outside edge. It flies into Mahela and he consumes it with those safe hands. Irony. 115/7
	M Muralitharan	8	0	25	4	3.12	(1nb)
	19.2 to Williamson, 74.0 kph, Sanga has done him in! Murali has done him in! Williamson looks completely foxed, Sanga jumps in joy, Murali's eyes smile more than his lips! This is top notch stuff from the old firm. Murali lands a doosra full and just outside off, Williamson leans out for the defensive, but it doesn't turn in. It goes away, and Williamson did not even know he was being lulled into a trap. He blindly dragged the backfoot out. Sanga collected, and removed the bails before you could say "Stumped" Gone! 88/4 21.1 to Taylor, 75.6 kph, Murali is eating away at the NZ line up. Given lbw, but Taylor has refered it. Looked plumb. Did it land outside leg? The mat is awaited. Offie lands around leg stump, the mat is in, and the ball lands just inside the mat and the offie straightens enough to hit middle. Taylor was prodding forward, but he wasn't 2.5 m ahead. Gone. Murali on two legs is lethal. Murali, one on leg with a strained hammie seems to be even more lethal. 93/5 23.5 to Styris, 74.9 kph, Muralitharan. Gazillion wickets in the international game. Still, as joyful as a school kid who got candy, every time he gets a wicket. He slows up the offie in the air and flights it generously on off and middle. Styris is a goner even before he knew it as he came forward into the drive. Fooled by the flight, foxed by the pace. He just scoops the drive back a foot and a half above Murali. The rest happens in slow motion. Murali jumps up, Murali collects. Mural lands. Murali jumps up again in joy, with the eyes popping and the lips widening into a smile. Two lovely jumps, one after the other. The ball is tossed up in the air, he collects it as it comes down and breaks into a joyous guffaw. Boy, cricket will miss Murali after this World Cup. 102/6 31.3 to Franklin, 69.8 kph, catching practice for the man who has come up to short cover. Murali has given NZ a lesson on playing offspin here. He's used spin, flight, dip, bounce - all elements of a spinner's guile to bamboozle a bunch that had no idea which one was turning which way. Slow and looped up on off, Franklin is late getting forward, doesn't quite get there and scoops a defensive push straight into Dilshan's lap. Easy as they come. 129/8

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
Points Sri Lanka 2, New Zealand 0
Player of the match KC Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

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