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Compaq CupMatch 1 · ODI

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 97 runs - Commentary

R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, . Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.

Sri Lanka216/750 ov
New Zealand11936.1 ov
Sri Lanka won by 97 runs
India won the tournament
End of innings: NZ 119 (36.1 ov)
36.1W
SL Malinga to IG Butler, OUT
IG Butler b SL Malinga 25(38) [4s-1 6s-1] · FoW 119/10 (36.1 ov)
End of over 363 runs, 1 wktNZ 119/900W11Wd0
SE Bond 1(2)IG Butler 25(37)BAW Mendis 7-1-14-0
35.60
BAW Mendis to SE Bond, no run
35.6Wd
BAW Mendis to SE Bond, wide
35.51
BAW Mendis to IG Butler, 1 run
35.41
BAW Mendis to SE Bond, 1 run
35.3W
BAW Mendis to DR Tuffey, OUT
DR Tuffey run out (†KC Sangakkara) 2(7) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 116/9 (35.3 ov)
35.20
BAW Mendis to DR Tuffey, no run
35.10
BAW Mendis to DR Tuffey, no run
End of over 3512 runsNZ 116/8211602
IG Butler 24(36)DR Tuffey 2(4)ST Jayasuriya 6-0-28-2
34.62
ST Jayasuriya to IG Butler, 2 runs
34.50
ST Jayasuriya to IG Butler, no run
34.46
ST Jayasuriya to IG Butler, SIX
34.31
ST Jayasuriya to DR Tuffey, 1 run
34.21
ST Jayasuriya to IG Butler, 1 run
34.12
ST Jayasuriya to IG Butler, 2 runs
End of over 341 runNZ 104/8000001
IG Butler 13(31)DR Tuffey 1(3)BAW Mendis 6-1-11-0
33.61
BAW Mendis to IG Butler, 1 run
33.50
BAW Mendis to IG Butler, no run
33.40
BAW Mendis to IG Butler, no run
33.30
BAW Mendis to IG Butler, no run
33.20
BAW Mendis to IG Butler, no run
33.10
BAW Mendis to IG Butler, no run
End of over 332 runs, 1 wktNZ 103/8W10100
DR Tuffey 1(3)IG Butler 12(25)ST Jayasuriya 5-0-16-2
32.60
ST Jayasuriya to DR Tuffey, no run
32.50
ST Jayasuriya to DR Tuffey, no run
32.41
ST Jayasuriya to IG Butler, 1 run
32.30
ST Jayasuriya to IG Butler, no run
32.21
ST Jayasuriya to DR Tuffey, 1 run
32.1W
ST Jayasuriya to GD Elliott, OUT
GD Elliott b ST Jayasuriya 41(76) [4s-2 6s-0] · FoW 101/8 (32.1 ov)
End of over 326 runsNZ 101/72b1b1011
GD Elliott 41(75)IG Butler 11(23)BAW Mendis 5-1-10-0
31.61
BAW Mendis to GD Elliott, 1 run
31.51
BAW Mendis to IG Butler, 1 run
31.40
BAW Mendis to IG Butler, no run
31.31
BAW Mendis to GD Elliott, 1 run
31.21b
BAW Mendis to IG Butler, 1 bye
31.12b
BAW Mendis to IG Butler, 2 byes
End of over 314 runsNZ 95/7111001
IG Butler 10(19)GD Elliott 39(73)ST Jayasuriya 4-0-14-1
30.61
ST Jayasuriya to IG Butler, 1 run
30.50
ST Jayasuriya to IG Butler, no run
30.40
ST Jayasuriya to IG Butler, no run
30.31
ST Jayasuriya to GD Elliott, 1 run
30.21
ST Jayasuriya to IG Butler, 1 run
30.11
ST Jayasuriya to GD Elliott, 1 run
End of over 301 runNZ 91/7010000
IG Butler 8(15)GD Elliott 37(71)BAW Mendis 4-1-7-0
29.60
BAW Mendis to IG Butler, no run
29.50
BAW Mendis to IG Butler, no run
29.40
BAW Mendis to IG Butler, no run
29.30
BAW Mendis to IG Butler, no run
29.21
BAW Mendis to GD Elliott, 1 run
29.10
BAW Mendis to GD Elliott, no run
End of over 293 runsNZ 90/7101100
IG Butler 8(11)GD Elliott 36(69)ST Jayasuriya 3-0-10-1
28.60
ST Jayasuriya to IG Butler, no run
28.50
ST Jayasuriya to IG Butler, no run
28.41
ST Jayasuriya to GD Elliott, 1 run
28.31
ST Jayasuriya to IG Butler, 1 run
28.20
ST Jayasuriya to IG Butler, no run
28.11
ST Jayasuriya to GD Elliott, 1 run
End of over 287 runsNZ 87/71013b02
IG Butler 7(7)GD Elliott 34(67)BAW Mendis 3-1-6-0