Sri Lanka losing their wickets at regular intervals after New Zealand gave them a target of 142 runs. Sanath Jayasuriya edged a delivery from Kyle Mills towards short fine leg and Shane Bond took an easy catch to send the Lankan packing.A good piece of fielding from Jesse Ryder then saw Mahela Jayawardene getting run out.Skipper Kumar Sangakkara lost his wicket to counterpart Daniel Vettori as McCullum took the catch.
Earlier, thanks to a half-century by Ross Taylor, New Zealand manage to put 141/8 on the board against Sri Lanka after winning the toss and electing to bat.New Zealand Brendon McCullum was the first one to depart after he was run out.Nuwan Kulasekara then accounted for Jesse Ryder, Malinga Bandara taking the catch at mid-off.Then Chamara Kapugedera took an easy catch at deep-midwicket off Bandara to send Martin Guptill back to the pavillion.
Kulasekara caught Jacob Oram off Ajantha Mendis to dismiss the fourth Kiwi wicket.Ross Taylor lost his wicket to Angelo Mathews. Kulasekara gain made no mistake in taking the catch.McGlashan was quick to follow as he got run out.Lasith Malinga claimed Kyle Mills and skipper Daniel Vettori in the same over.
The Teams:Sri Lanka: ST Jayasuriya, TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara*†, DPMD Jayawardene, CK Kapugedera, AD Mathews, RGMJM Rupasinghe, KMDN Kulasekara, CM Bandara, SL Malinga, BAW Mendis.New Zealand: Bb McCullum, JD Ryder, MJ Guptill, LRPL Taylor, NT Broom, PD McGlashan†, JDP Oram, DL Vettori*, KD Mills, IG Butler, SE Bond.
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