2007 Cricket World Cup: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka
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Thursday, April 12, 2007
Sri Lanka beat New Zealand in the Super 8 phase of the World Cup at the Cricket National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada.
Victory for New Zealand would have assured them of a semi final place, instead it leaves Sri Lanka tied for first place in the Super 8 table with New Zealand and Australia, but third on net run rate.
Toss: New Zealand won, and elected to bat first.
 New Zealand innings |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Peter Fulton | c Silva b Vaas | 28 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 51.85 | |
| Stephen Fleming | lbw b Vaas | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Ross Taylor | c Sangakkara b Vaas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Scott Styris | not out | 111 | 157 | 8 | 0 | 70.70 | |
| Craig McMillan | c Silva b Muralitharan | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |
| Jacob Oram | c Maharoof b Dilshan | 31 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 68.88 | |
| Brendon McCullum | lbw b Muralitharan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Daniel Vettori | c Silva b Muralitharan | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 71.42 | |
| James Franklin | not out | 25 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 92.59 | |
| Extras | (b 2; lb 1; w 8; nb 5) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (7 Wickets; 50 overs) | 219 | 12 | 2 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Fleming, 0.5 ov), 2-4 (Taylor, 2.1 ov), 3-71 (Fulton, 19.5 ov), 4-77 (McMillan, 22.2 ov), 5-141 (Oram, 37.3 ov), 6-145 (McCullum, 38.2 ov), 7-155 (Vettori, 40.5 ov)
Did not bat: Shane Bond, Mark Gillespie
 Sri Lanka bowling |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| Chaminda Vaas | 9 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 2.66 | |
| Dilhara Fernando | 7 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 4.42 | |
| Farveez Maharoof | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 5.16 | |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 3.20 | |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 4.40 | |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 8 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 5.50 | |
| Sri Lanka innings (Target: 220 runs from 50 overs) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Upal Tharanga | c Bond b Franklin | 11 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 52.38 | |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | c McCullum b Oram | 64 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 80.00 | |
| Kumar Sangakkara | not out | 69 | 104 | 3 | 0 | 66.34 | |
| Mahela Jayawardene | c sub (Marshall) b Vettori | 15 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 93.75 | |
| Chamara Silva | c Bond b Vettori | 23 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 67.64 | |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | not out | 14 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 58.33 | |
| Extras | (b 4; lb 7; w 7; nb 8) | 26 | 15 | 1 | |||
| Total | (4 Wickets; 45.1 overs) | 222 | |||||
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Tharanga, 4.4 ov), 2-130 (Jayasuriya, 25.3 ov), 3-152 (Jayawardene, 30.4 ov), 4-180 (de Silva, 37.5 ov)
Did not bat: Dilhara Fernando, Russel Arnold, Chaminda Vaas, Farveez Maharoof, Muttiah Muralitharan
| New Zealand bowling |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| James Franklin | 8 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 6.12 | |
| Shane Bond | 8 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3.25 | |
| Mark Gillespie | 6.1 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 6.81 | |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 3.50 | |
| Scott Styris | 7 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 4.00 | |
| Jacob Oram | 6 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 5.16 | |
New Zealand: P G Fulton, S P Fleming (capt), R L Taylor, S B Styris, J D P Oram, C D McMillan, B B McCullum (wkt), D L Vettori, J E C Franklin, S E Bond, M R Gillespie
Sri Lanka: W U Tharanga, S T Jayasuriya, K C Sangakkara (wkt), D P M D Jayawardene (capt), L P C Silva, T M Dilshan, C R D Fernando, R P Arnold, W P U J C Vaas, M F Maharoof, M Muralitharan
Player of the match: W P U J C Vaas (Sri Lanka)
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and B R Doctrove (West Indies)
TV umpire: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Match referee: M J Procter (South Africa)
Reserve umpire: M R Benson (England)
Sources
- "39th Match, Super Eights: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Grenada, Apr 12, 2007". Cricinfo, April 12, 2007
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