3rd ODI: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Jan 2, 2007 | Cricket Scorecard

Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand, 3rd ODI: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Jan 2, 2007

Sri Lanka in New Zealand ODI Series - 3rd ODI

New Zealand v Sri Lanka

New Zealand won by 4 wickets (with 129 balls remaining) (D/L method)

ODI no. 2470 | 2006/07 season

Played at Jade Stadium, Christchurch

2 January 2007 (50-over match)

Sri Lanka innings (46 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
WU Tharanga	c †McCullum b Mason	11	59	34	1	0	32.35
13.5 What a acrobatic catch by McCullum! New Zealand are right on top here. IT was banged in short, down the legside, Tharanga goes for a pull and the ball runs off the face of the bat and it could well have been a four if not for McCullum. He flung himself to his right, like a goalkeeper, to pull off a stunner. Super catch that. And Sri Lanka slip into further trouble. 55/4
ST Jayasuriya	c †McCullum b Bond	0	6	2	0	0	0.00
1.2 Bond nails Jayasuriya! What a start for NZ! Excellent delivery. It landed on a length, around the offstump line, sucking Jayasuriya into a forward prod. He had to play at it and he did. The ball shaped away, took a bit of outside edge and flew to left of McCullum who took off in the air to take a smart catch. 0/1
MS Atapattu	c Taylor b Mason	28	23	26	5	0	107.69
7.2 Revenge! Atapattu falls after promising much more than 28. Soft dismissal. Fullish, on the legs, Atapattu flicks, in the air, and straight to the man standing behind square-leg. He fell over a touch while trying to balance on his front foot and as a result he skewed it in the air. Atapattu is quite distraught with himself. He was looking so good out there but that's that. Sri Lanka lose their second wicket. Kumar Sangakkara is the new man in. 32/2
KC Sangakkara†	c Taylor b Mason	15	19	18	3	0	83.33
11.6 Very sharp catch by Taylor. Huge wicket. Man-in-form Sangkkara falls. Short and on the middle and leg, Sangakkara leans back and pulls. It flew low towards Taylor, at square-leg, who bent low in front of him to scoop the ball inches above the ground. 50/3
DPMD Jayawardene*	run out (Vettori)	1	32	16	0	0	6.25
18.1 Gillespie to Dilshan, Sri Lanka sink into deeper crisis. Jayawardene is run out. Vettori is the man with the throw. Dilshan dabs a length-delivery towards midwicket and sets off for a single. Vettori moved to his right at midwicket, got down swiftly on to the ball and released it quickly. It was bang on the target and Jayawardene was just caught short of the crease 68/6
LPC Silva	c & b Mason	4	10	7	1	0	57.14
15.6 Mason nails another victim! He is on fire here. Cons the batsman with slight change of pace. Short of length and Chamara de Silva just went through the line, on the up but only ended up patting it back to Mason who bent low, in front, to take a simple catch. New Zealand are all over Sri Lanka like a rash. Especially Mason. 61/5
TM Dilshan	run out (JAH Marshall/†McCullum)	18	57	41	2	0	43.90
29.2 from Vettori, Dilshan has ran him self out. What a blow. New Zealand continue to dazzle on the field. Pushed to cover, Dilshan wants a run, sets off but there is no response from Maharoof. James Marshall, at cover, throws himself to hisleft to make a great stop and then sends in a quick throw to McCullum who flicks it on to the stumps 92/7
MF Maharoof	c †McCullum b Vettori	13	65	47	1	0	27.65
33.5 Another one bites the dust. Loopy delivery, well outside the offstump and Maharoof tries to fetch it from there and attempts a sweep shot. nicks it behind. Bad shot selection. 99/8
CRD Fernando	not out	8	29	19	1	0	42.10

M Muralitharan	c Taylor b Franklin	8	5	4	2	0	200.00
34.6 Murali tries to stand and deliver but Taylor, at deep midwicket, dives and delivers. Another swing across the line but Taylor takes his third catch. And then there were just one. 112/9
PDRL Perera	c Franklin b Vettori	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
35.2 Sri Lanka have collapsed for 112. Tossed up, outside off, sliced straight to backward point. That caps up a dismal show. This is Sri Lanka's lowest total ever against New Zealand. Home and away. 112/10
Extras	(w 2, nb 4)	6
Total	(all out; 35.2 overs; 158 mins)	112	(3.16 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-0 (Jayasuriya, 1.2 ov), 2-32 (Atapattu, 7.2 ov), 3-50 (Sangakkara, 11.6 ov), 4-55 (Tharanga, 13.5 ov), 5-61 (Silva, 15.6 ov), 6-68 (Jayawardene, 18.1 ov), 7-92 (Dilshan, 29.2 ov), 8-99 (Maharoof, 33.5 ov), 9-112 (Muralitharan, 34.6 ov), 10-112 (Perera, 35.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
MJ Mason	9	1	24	4	2.66	44	3	0	(2nb, 1w)
7.2 to Atapattu, Revenge! Atapattu falls after promising much more than 28. Soft dismissal. Fullish, on the legs, Atapattu flicks, in the air, and straight to the man standing behind square-leg. He fell over a touch while trying to balance on his front foot and as a result he skewed it in the air. Atapattu is quite distraught with himself. He was looking so good out there but that's that. Sri Lanka lose their second wicket. Kumar Sangakkara is the new man in. 32/2 11.6 to Sangakkara, Very sharp catch by Taylor. Huge wicket. Man-in-form Sangkkara falls. Short and on the middle and leg, Sangakkara leans back and pulls. It flew low towards Taylor, at square-leg, who bent low in front of him to scoop the ball inches above the ground. 50/3 13.5 to Tharanga, What a acrobatic catch by McCullum! New Zealand are right on top here. IT was banged in short, down the legside, Tharanga goes for a pull and the ball runs off the face of the bat and it could well have been a four if not for McCullum. He flung himself to his right, like a goalkeeper, to pull off a stunner. Super catch that. And Sri Lanka slip into further trouble. 55/4 15.6 to Silva, Mason nails another victim! He is on fire here. Cons the batsman with slight change of pace. Short of length and Chamara de Silva just went through the line, on the up but only ended up patting it back to Mason who bent low, in front, to take a simple catch. New Zealand are all over Sri Lanka like a rash. Especially Mason. 61/5
SE Bond	8	1	37	1	4.62	35	6	0	(1nb)
1.2 to Jayasuriya, Bond nails Jayasuriya! What a start for NZ! Excellent delivery. It landed on a length, around the offstump line, sucking Jayasuriya into a forward prod. He had to play at it and he did. The ball shaped away, took a bit of outside edge and flew to left of McCullum who took off in the air to take a smart catch. 0/1
JEC Franklin	7	1	32	1	4.57	27	5	0	(1nb)
34.6 to Muralitharan, Murali tries to stand and deliver but Taylor, at deep midwicket, dives and delivers. Another swing across the line but Taylor takes his third catch. And then there were just one. 112/9
MR Gillespie	6	3	12	0	2.00	32	2	0	(1w)

DL Vettori	5.2	2	7	2	1.31	25	0	0
33.5 to Maharoof, Another one bites the dust. Loopy delivery, well outside the offstump and Maharoof tries to fetch it from there and attempts a sweep shot. nicks it behind. Bad shot selection. 99/8 35.2 to Perera, Sri Lanka have collapsed for 112. Tossed up, outside off, sliced straight to backward point. That caps up a dismal show. This is Sri Lanka's lowest total ever against New Zealand. Home and away. 112/10

New Zealand innings (target: 110 runs from 46 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
BB McCullum†	c Silva b Perera	22	19	16	1	2	137.50
3.6 Gone! Got im! McCullum perishes, trying to attack. Full and wide, McCullum, doesn't quite lean on to the shot, drives and sends it straight to Chamara Silva at cover. Silva timed his jump perfectly to take a neat catch. NZ three down and game on! We have another 10 minutes before the lunch break 27/3
NJ Astle	b Maharoof	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
0.3 Early strike! good length ball outside off stump, nipping in off the wicket, Astle moves forward and tries to square-drive, gets a big inside edge onto the stumps 1/1
LRPL Taylor	c Dilshan b Perera	0	6	4	0	0	0.00
1.4 What a catch! Dilshan takes a beauty at backward point. Or does he? Taylor is squared-up pushing forward in defence at a delivery slanted away from him. The ball flies off the outer edge and to left of Dilshan who dives to low to his left, scoops up the ball on his left-hand,. it bobs up and Dilshan, now lying on his back, grabs it off the second attempt. Umpires have a chat and give it out. Replays tell a different story. When the ball bobbed up from the left palm, it touched the grass when Dilshan tried to grab it! Hmm........ The umpires didn't refer it upstairs and that's that 8/2
PG Fulton	not out	43	94	57	5	2	75.43

DL Vettori*	c †Sangakkara b Fernando	11	20	15	2	0	73.33
8.3 Another wicket! The drama continues at the Jade stadium. Vettori goes for a pull shot, top-edges it over and behind Sangakkara who runs back, waits for the swirling ball to come down and holds a tumbling catch. Another 64 runs, another 6 wickets! 51/4
JAH Marshall	c Dilshan b Muralitharan	5	17	16	0	0	31.25
13.4 The drama continues! New Zealand lose their fifth wicket. Tossed up on the off and middle stump line, Marshall leans forward, sweeps but fails to keep it down and sends it straight to Dilshan at square-leg. The rollercoaster ride at the Jade stadium is on full swing. Game on still. 65/5
HJH Marshall	b Fernando	4	4	4	1	0	100.00
14.3 Would you believe it? Another wicket has gone down on this strange strange day of cricket. And then there were four. Dragged back to the stumps. Short of length, outside off, Marshall stabs at it and ends up killing himself. The ball goes on the top of the middle stump. He tries desperately to prevent the mishap but the ball beats him. What drama here! 70/6
JEC Franklin	not out	15	38	33	3	0	45.45

Extras	(b 1, lb 7, w 2)	10
Total	(6 wickets; 24.3 overs; 103 mins)	110	(4.48 runs per over)

Did not batMR Gillespie, MJ Mason, SE Bond

Fall of wickets 1-1 (Astle, 0.3 ov), 2-8 (Taylor, 1.4 ov), 3-27 (McCullum, 3.6 ov), 4-51 (Vettori, 8.3 ov), 5-65 (JAH Marshall, 13.4 ov), 6-70 (HJH Marshall, 14.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
MF Maharoof	4	1	13	1	3.25	19	2	0
0.3 to Astle, Early strike! good length ball outside off stump, nipping in off the wicket, Astle moves forward and tries to square-drive, gets a big inside edge onto the stumps 1/1
PDRL Perera	5	0	37	2	7.40	19	3	3	(1w)
1.4 to Taylor, What a catch! Dilshan takes a beauty at backward point. Or does he? Taylor is squared-up pushing forward in defence at a delivery slanted away from him. The ball flies off the outer edge and to left of Dilshan who dives to low to his left, scoops up the ball on his left-hand,. it bobs up and Dilshan, now lying on his back, grabs it off the second attempt. Umpires have a chat and give it out. Replays tell a different story. When the ball bobbed up from the left palm, it touched the grass when Dilshan tried to grab it! Hmm........ The umpires didn't refer it upstairs and that's that 8/2 3.6 to McCullum, Gone! Got im! McCullum perishes, trying to attack. Full and wide, McCullum, doesn't quite lean on to the shot, drives and sends it straight to Chamara Silva at cover. Silva timed his jump perfectly to take a neat catch. NZ three down and game on! We have another 10 minutes before the lunch break 27/3
M Muralitharan	9	2	18	1	2.00	43	1	0	(1w)
13.4 to JAH Marshall, The drama continues! New Zealand lose their fifth wicket. Tossed up on the off and middle stump line, Marshall leans forward, sweeps but fails to keep it down and sends it straight to Dilshan at square-leg. The rollercoaster ride at the Jade stadium is on full swing. Game on still. 65/5
CRD Fernando	6.3	0	34	2	5.23	28	6	1
8.3 to Vettori, Another wicket! The drama continues at the Jade stadium. Vettori goes for a pull shot, top-edges it over and behind Sangakkara who runs back, waits for the swirling ball to come down and holds a tumbling catch. Another 64 runs, another 6 wickets! 51/4 14.3 to HJH Marshall, Would you believe it? Another wicket has gone down on this strange strange day of cricket. And then there were four. Dragged back to the stumps. Short of length, outside off, Marshall stabs at it and ends up killing himself. The ball goes on the top of the middle stump. He tries desperately to prevent the mishap but the ball beats him. What drama here! 70/6