WC cricket match 38: Sri Lanka register big win over NZ

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Mumbai, 18 March 2011: Muttiah Muralitharan grabbed four wickets as the stalwart skittled out New Zealand with his magical spin to script a 112-run win for Sri Lanka in their Group A game at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday. Murali and Ajantha Mendis broke New Zealand’s back as they snapped up six wickets between them.

 

Earlier, stand-in skipper Ross Taylor, along with Jesse Ryder, took the New Zealand innings forward before the latter got out on 19. New Zealand got off to a bad start chasing 266 put up by Sri Lanka as they lost openers - Brendon McCulllum and Martin Guptill - inside the first powerplay. In the first half, skipper Kumar Sangakkara scored a century to help Sri Lanka recover from the early loss of both openers and reach 265-9.

 

Sangakkara (111) and Mahela Jayawardene (66) put on 145 for the third wicket after Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upal Tharanga departed to leave Sri Lanka on 19-2. Sangakkara eventually played on to Nathan McCullum in the 42nd over after hitting 12 fours and two sixes for his first World Cup hundred.

 

New Zealand rued a contentious decision in the 24th over when Nathan McCullum appeared to take a wonderful diving catch to dismiss Jayawardene — only for third umpire Amiesh Saheba to decide that replays did not prove conclusively that the catch was taken cleanly. And New Zealand’s injury toll mounted when Hamish Bennett limp off the field after turning his ankle while bowling in the 31st over. New Zealand is already missing captain Daniel Vettori and paceman Kyle Mills.

 

 

 

Bennett had only come into the team as a replacement for Mills, who injured his leg against Canada, while Vettori has been sidelined for two matches with a knee problem. New Zealand made light of those problems early on against a Sri Lanka side playing away from home for the first time in the tournament, as Tim Southee and Jacob Oram caused havoc with the new ball.

 

Dilshan and Tharanga had put on an opening stand of 282 against Zimbabwe in their last match but could manage only 13 on Friday — and eight of those were extras. Tharanga’s departure was down to a slice of luck for New Zealand in the third over. Tharanga (3) was caught out of his crease at the non-striker’s end when Southee got a hand to Dilshan’s straight drive and deflected the ball onto the stumps.

 

Sangakkara survived a runout attempt in the next over and in the fifth, Dilshan, making his 200th appearance for Sri Lanka, was caught at third man off a leading edge to give Southee the first of his three wickets. But it has been the top four who have inspired Sri Lanka’s batting efforts at this tournament, and Sangakkara and Jayawardene duly came to rescue.

 

 

 

Sri Lanka had reached 87-2 in the 24th over when Jayawardene looked certain to go. Nathan McCullum took a stunning return catch off his own bowling, diving full length to his right to get his fingers to the ball just before it hit the ground. The on-field umpires weren’t sure the ball hadn’t grounded and sent the decision to review, and McCullum was clearly furious when Saheba’s decision was relayed, despite one replay showing the bowler appearing to take the catch cleanly.

 

Stand-in captain Ross Taylor had to step in to prevent an aggrieved McCullum talking himself into trouble with the umpire at the end of the over. Jayawardene and Sangakkara made the most of the letoff as both reached their half-centuries, with the captain joining a list of 13 other players to score 9,000th ODI runs.

 

Jayawardene fell to Southee before Sangakkara’s 11th one-day century — and first since 2008 — arrived in the 40th over, but his departure two overs later sparked a late flurry of wickets. Angelo Mathews was not for 41 at the end as a succession of partners came and went, with six wickets falling for 40 runs. Southee moved on to 14 wickets for the tournament with his 3-63, but he also proved expensive and conceded five wides.

 

Match Summary

ICC World Cup 2011 Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 38th Match, Group A Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, March 18, 2011

Match Information Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (Eng) & Asad Rauf (Pak) Third Umpire: Amiesh Saheba (Ind) Match Referee: Andy Pycroft (Zim) Toss: Sri Lanka (Elected to bat) Match Status: Sri Lanka won by 112 runs

Batting: Sri Lanka Innings

Batsmen Sri Lanka (265/9 in 50 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Upul Tharanga run out (T Southee) 3 7 0 0 42.86 Tillakaratne Dilshan c J Oram b T Southee 3 15 0 0 20.00 Kumar Sangakkara (c) (wk) b N McCullum 111 128 12 2 86.72 Mahela Jayawardene lbw b T Southee 66 90 6 0 73.33 Angelo Mathews not out 41 35 4 0 117.14 Thilan Samaraweera c B McCullum b S Styris 5 8 0 0 62.50 Chamara Silva c & b N McCullum 3 5 0 0 60.00 Nuwan Kulasekara c M Guptill b T Southee 1 6 0 0 16.67 Lasith Malinga c B McCullum b J Oram 6 4 0 1 150.00 Muttiah Muralitharan run out (N McCullum/M Guptill/J Oram) 7 3 0 1 233.33 Ajantha Mendis not out 0 2 0 0 0.00 Extras: b - 0, w - 12, nb - 3, lb - 4 19   Total:(265 for 9 in 50 overs) 265 Run Rate: 5.30

Fall Of Wickets

1/13 (Upul Tharanga, 3 ov.), 2/19 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 4.3 ov.), 3/164 (Mahela Jayawardene, 36.1 ov.), 4/210 (Kumar Sangakkara, 41.4 ov.), 5/219 (Thilan Samaraweera, 44.1 ov.), 6/224 (Chamara Silva, 45.4 ov.), 7/232 (Nuwan Kulasekara, 46.6 ov.), 8/239 (Lasith Malinga, 47.5 ov.), 9/260 (Muttiah Muralitharan, 49.2 ov.)

Bowling: New Zealand

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Tim Southee 10 0 63 3 0 5 6.3 Jacob Oram 10 1 57 1 1 1 5.7 Hamish Bennett 4.1 0 16 0 1 1 3.8 Jesse Ryder 3.5 0 18 0 1 1 4.7 James Franklin 3 0 11 0 0 0 3.7 Scott Styris 8 0 44 1 0 0 5.5 Nathan McCullum 10 0 48 2 0 0 4.8 Kane Williamson 1 0 4 0 0 0 4.0

Batting: New Zealand Innings

Batsmen New Zealand (153/10 in 35 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Martin Guptill lbw b N Kulasekara 13 23 1 0 56.52 Brendon McCullum (wk) c M Jayawardene b A Mathews 14 16 2 0 87.50 Jesse Ryder c K Sangakkara b A Mendis 19 23 2 0 82.61 Ross Taylor (c) lbw b M Muralitharan 33 55 3 1 60.00 Kane Williamson st K Sangakkara b M Muralitharan 5 8 0 0 62.50 Scott Styris c & b M Muralitharan 6 10 0 0 60.00 James Franklin c T Dilshan b M Muralitharan 20 29 2 0 68.97 Nathan McCullum c M Jayawardene b T Dilshan 4 8 0 0 50.00 Jacob Oram not out 20 27 2 0 74.07 Tim Southee lbw b A Mendis 8 8 1 0 100.00 Hamish Bennett b L Malinga 0 4 0 0 0.00 Extras: b - 0, w - 6, nb - 1, lb - 4 11   Total:(153 for 10 in 35 overs) 153 Run Rate: 4.37

Fall Of Wickets

1/29 (Brendon McCullum, 6.2 ov.), 2/33 (Martin Guptill, 7.1 ov.), 3/82 (Jesse Ryder, 16.5 ov.), 4/88 (Kane Williamson, 19.2 ov.), 5/93 (Ross Taylor, 21.1 ov.), 6/102 (Scott Styris, 23.5 ov.), 7/115 (Nathan McCullum, 26.5 ov.), 8/129 (James Franklin, 31.3 ov.), 9/144 (Tim Southee, 33.4 ov.), 10/153 (Hamish Bennett, 34.6 ov.)

Bowling: Sri Lanka

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Lasith Malinga 5 0 38 1 0 3 7.6 Nuwan Kulasekara 7 0 19 1 0 2 2.7 Angelo Mathews 3 0 19 1 0 0 6.3 Ajantha Mendis 6 0 24 2 0 1 4.0 Tillakaratne Dilshan 6 0 24 1 0 0 4.0 Muttiah Muralitharan 8 0 25 4 1 0 3.1

 

Points Table

 

 

Schedule of Future Matches

Match 39: 19 March (14.30) – Australia vs Pakistan – R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Match 40: 19 March (09.30) – Bangladesh vs South Africa – Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka

Match 41: 20 March (09:30) – Zimbabwe vs Kenya – Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Match 42: 20 March (14.30) – India vs West Indies – M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Match 43: 23 March (14.30) – First Quarterfinal (Group A1 vs Group B4) – Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka

Match 44: 24 March (14.30) – Second Quarterfinal (Group A2 vs Group B3) – R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Match 45: 25 March (14.30) – Third Quarterfinal (Group A3 vs Group B2) – Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka

Match 46: 26 March (14.30) – Fourth Quarterfinal (Group A4 vs Group B1) – Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad

Match 47: 29 March (14.30) – First Semifinal (Winner of Match 43 vs Winner of Match 45) – R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Match 48: 30 March (14.30) – Second Semifinal (Winner of Match 44 vs Winner of Match 46) – Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

Match 49: 02 April (14.30) – Final (Winner of Match 47 vs Winner of Match 48) – Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai