Fixture 13 Feb at 10:00 PM  • Christchurch
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka  • 1st Match, Pool A (day)  • ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
  • New Zealand NZ
  • 331 / 6 ( 50 Ovs )
  • Sri Lanka SL
  • 233 / 10 ( 46.1 Ovs )
  • New Zealand won by 98 runs
    • Dot Ball
    Target 332
    Recent Balls
    • W101112002
    46.1
    W
    Anderson to Herath
    and Anderson completes the rout by getting Herath to spoon this length delivery straight to the cover fielder as the Hagley Oval erupts in approval
    46.1
    1
    Anderson to Herath
    tests the third umpire's patience with a shorter one, but Llong is having none of it
    45.6
    0
    Southee to Lakmal
    tries him from round the wicket now as he plays at this fuller one, but is late on it as it goes across
    45.5
    1
    Southee to Herath
    clipped away off the back foot through midwicket for one
    45.5
    1
    Southee to Herath
    goes for the shorter one which is penalised by the umpire
    45.4
    1
    Southee to Lakmal
    stands his ground to blaze away this length delivery through the covers
    45.3
    2
    Southee to Lakmal
    shorter one from Southee which is pulled away rather uppishly over midwicket
    45.2
    0
    Southee to Lakmal
    eased away off the back foot towards mid-on
    45.1
    0
    Southee to Lakmal
    starts off with a short of a length outside off which is defended off the back foot
    44.6
    2
    Milne to Herath
    goes round the wicket for the final ball as Herath utilises the angle to help this down to deep fine leg
    44.5
    0
    Milne to Herath
    able to negotiate this fuller one away towards the point region
    44.4
    0
    Milne to Herath
    and Herath gets his helmet tested as he is struck right on the grille as he fails to keep his eye on the ball. Straightaway Milne walks over to check on his welfare, with a number of other NZ fielders jogging up to Herath to make sure all is well. Struck him right on the emblem, just above the peak of the helmet. Herath, the champ, shows no distress
    44.3
    1
    Milne to Lakmal
    follows him a tick with this full, inswinging delivery on middle and leg
    44.2
    0
    Milne to Lakmal
    pitched up outside off as this one is driven straight to mid-off
    44.1
    0
    Milne to Lakmal
    Lakmal looking to get in some batting practice as he has another go at this Milne special outside off
    43.6
    0
    Southee to Herath
    finishes with a pearl of a bouncer which has Herath ducking for cover
    43.5
    0
    Southee to Herath
    short from the bowler as this is hooked straight to square-leg, who takes a shy at the striker's end after seeing the batsman off his line, which he nails down, but not before the batsman had made his ground
    43.4
    0
    Southee to Herath
    brings the bat down in the nick of time to this fuller length just outside off
    43.3
    4
    Southee to Herath
    gives the Sri Lankans fan something to cheer for as he slams Southee through backward point to find the boundary
    43.2
    1
    Southee to Lakmal
    this time dabbed away off the back foot through point to pickup the single

    Match Info

    MATCH NZ Vs SL
    DATE 13 Feb, 2015
    TIME 10:00 PM UTC | 11:00 AM LOCAL
    VENUE Hagley Oval, Christchurch
    TOSS
    UMPIRES Marais Erasmus
    REFEREE Nigel Llong

    New Zealand (Batting) : 331/6 (50 Ovs)

    Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
    MJ Guptill
    c †Sangakkara b Lakmal
    		 49 62 5 0 79.03
    BB McCullum
    c Mendis b Herath
    		 65 49 10 1 132.65
    KS Williamson
    c Karunaratne b Mendis
    		 57 65 5 1 87.69
    LRPL Taylor
    st †Sangakkara b Mendis
    		 14 28 0 0 50
    GD Elliott
    c Thirimanne b Lakmal
    		 29 34 2 0 85.29
    CJ Anderson
    c Lakmal b Kulasekara
    		 75 46 8 2 163.04
    L Ronchi
    not out
    		29 19 4 0 152.63
    DL Vettori
    TG Southee
    AF Milne
    TA Boult
    Total 331/6 (50 Ovs)      Extras: 13      ( b 0 , lb 2 , w 8 , nb 3 , p 0)

    Fall of Wickets

    Wkt # Player Runs Ovs
    1 BB McCullum
    c Mendis b Herath
    		 111 15.5
    2 MJ Guptill
    c †Sangakkara b Lakmal
    		 136 22.2
    3 KS Williamson
    c Karunaratne b Mendis
    		 193 33.3
    4 LRPL Taylor
    st †Sangakkara b Mendis
    		 193 33.4
    5 GD Elliott
    c Thirimanne b Lakmal
    		 258 43.5
    6 CJ Anderson
    c Lakmal b Kulasekara
    		 331 49.6

    Bowling

    Bowler O M R W WD NB ECO
    KMDN Kulasekara 8 0 78 1 3 0 9.75
    SL Malinga 10 0 84 0 3 3 8.4
    AD Mathews 6 0 28 0 0 0 4.66
    HMRKB Herath 9 0 37 1 1 0 4.11
    TM Dilshan 5 0 35 0 1 0 7
    RAS Lakmal 10 0 62 2 0 0 6.2
    BMAJ Mendis 2 0 5 2 0 0 2.5

    Sri Lanka (Batting) : 233/10 (46.1 Ovs)

    Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
    HDRL Thirimanne
    b Boult
    		 65 60 8 0 108.33
    TM Dilshan
    c & b Vettori
    		 24 41 2 0 58.53
    KC Sangakkara
    lbw b Boult
    		 39 38 5 0 102.63
    DPMD Jayawardene
    c †Ronchi b Vettori
    		 0 4 0 0 0
    FDM Karunaratne
    b Milne
    		 14 21 0 0 66.66
    AD Mathews
    c Vettori b Southee
    		 46 52 5 0 88.46
    BMAJ Mendis
    c †Ronchi b Milne
    		 4 4 1 0 100
    KMDN Kulasekara
    c Elliott b Anderson
    		 10 21 1 0 47.61
    HMRKB Herath
    c Milne b Anderson
    		 13 19 2 0 68.42
    SL Malinga
    c †Ronchi b Southee
    		 0 1 0 0 0
    RAS Lakmal
    not out
    		7 17 0 0 41.17
    Total 233/10 (46.1 Ovs)      Extras: 11      ( b 0 , lb 0 , w 10 , nb 1 , p 0)

    Fall of Wickets

    Wkt # Player Runs Ovs
    1 TM Dilshan
    c & b Vettori
    		 67 12.6
    2 HDRL Thirimanne
    b Boult
    		 124 21.6
    3 DPMD Jayawardene
    c †Ronchi b Vettori
    		 125 22.6
    4 KC Sangakkara
    lbw b Boult
    		 129 23.5
    5 FDM Karunaratne
    b Milne
    		 163 31.3
    6 BMAJ Mendis
    c †Ronchi b Milne
    		 168 31.6
    7 KMDN Kulasekara
    c Elliott b Anderson
    		 196 38.2
    8 AD Mathews
    c Vettori b Southee
    		 216 41.2
    9 SL Malinga
    c †Ronchi b Southee
    		 217 41.5
    10 HMRKB Herath
    c Milne b Anderson
    		 233 46.1

    Bowling

    Bowler O M R W WD NB ECO
    TG Southee 10 1 43 2 2 0 4.3
    TA Boult 10 0 64 2 0 0 6.4
    AF Milne 10 0 56 2 3 1 5.6
    DL Vettori 10 0 34 2 2 0 3.4
    GD Elliott 2 0 11 0 0 0 5.5
    KS Williamson 1 0 7 0 0 0 7
    CJ Anderson 3.1 0 18 2 3 0 5.68

    New Zealand Partnerships

    BB McCullum
    65 (49)     		111 (97)
    15.5 Ovs     		MJ Guptill
    39 (48)
    MJ Guptill
    10 (14)     		25 (39)
    6.3 Ovs     		KS Williamson
    15 (25)
    LRPL Taylor
    14 (27)     		57 (67)
    11.1 Ovs     		KS Williamson
    42 (40)
    GD Elliott
    0 (0)     		0 (1)
    0.1 Ovs     		LRPL Taylor
    0 (1)
    GD Elliott
    29 (34)     		65 (61)
    10.1 Ovs     		CJ Anderson
    32 (27)
    L Ronchi
    29 (19)     		73 (38)
    6.1 Ovs     		CJ Anderson
    43 (19)

    Sri Lanka Partnerships

    TM Dilshan
    24 (41)     		67 (78)
    13 Ovs     		HDRL Thirimanne
    43 (37)
    KC Sangakkara
    34 (31)     		57 (54)
    9 Ovs     		HDRL Thirimanne
    22 (23)
    DPMD Jayawardene
    0 (4)     		1 (6)
    1 Ovs     		KC Sangakkara
    1 (2)
    KC Sangakkara
    4 (5)     		4 (5)
    0.5 Ovs     		FDM Karunaratne
    0 (0)
    AD Mathews
    19 (25)     		34 (46)
    7.4 Ovs     		FDM Karunaratne
    14 (21)
    BMAJ Mendis
    4 (4)     		5 (3)
    0.3 Ovs     		AD Mathews
    0 (0)
    KMDN Kulasekara
    10 (21)     		28 (38)
    6.2 Ovs     		AD Mathews
    15 (17)
    HMRKB Herath
    5 (8)     		20 (18)
    3 Ovs     		AD Mathews
    12 (10)
    HMRKB Herath
    1 (2)     		1 (3)
    0.3 Ovs     		SL Malinga
    0 (1)
    HMRKB Herath
    7 (9)     		16 (26)
    4.2 Ovs     		RAS Lakmal
    7 (17)

    New Zealand (Batting) Overs

    # Bowler Runs W B TR TW ORR
    1 Nuwan Kulasekara
    0 0 1 0 0 1 4     		6 0 6 6 0 6
    2 Lasith Malinga
    		9 0 12 15 0 7.5
    3 Nuwan Kulasekara
    		5 0 18 20 0 6.66
    4 Lasith Malinga
    		5 0 24 25 0 6.25
    5 Nuwan Kulasekara
    		13 0 30 38 0 7.6
    6 Lasith Malinga
    		6 0 36 44 0 7.33
    7 Angelo Mathews
    		1 0 42 45 0 6.42
    8 Lasith Malinga
    		23 0 48 68 0 8.5
    9 Angelo Mathews
    		6 0 54 74 0 8.22
    10 Rangana Herath
    		3 0 60 77 0 7.7
    11 Angelo Mathews
    		1 0 66 78 0 7.09
    12 Rangana Herath
    		9 0 72 87 0 7.25
    13 Angelo Mathews
    		10 0 78 97 0 7.46
    14 Rangana Herath
    		7 0 84 104 0 7.42
    15 Tillakaratne Dilshan
    		6 0 90 110 0 7.33
    16 Rangana Herath
    		1 1 96 111 1 6.93
    17 Suranga Lakmal
    		1 0 102 112 1 6.58
    18 Rangana Herath
    		2 0 108 114 1 6.33
    19 Suranga Lakmal
    		8 0 114 122 1 6.42
    20 Rangana Herath
    		5 0 120 127 1 6.35
    21 Suranga Lakmal
    		1 0 126 128 1 6.09
    22 Jeevan Mendis
    		4 0 132 132 1 6
    23 Suranga Lakmal
    		5 1 138 137 2 5.95
    24 Rangana Herath
    		5 0 144 142 2 5.91
    25 Suranga Lakmal
    		3 0 150 145 2 5.8
    26 Rangana Herath
    		4 0 156 149 2 5.73
    27 Suranga Lakmal
    		2 0 162 151 2 5.59
    28 Angelo Mathews
    		2 0 168 153 2 5.46
    29 Nuwan Kulasekara
    		5 0 174 158 2 5.44
    30 Angelo Mathews
    		8 0 180 166 2 5.53
    31 Tillakaratne Dilshan
    		4 0 186 170 2 5.48
    32 Nuwan Kulasekara
    		13 0 192 183 2 5.71
    33 Tillakaratne Dilshan
    		9 0 198 192 2 5.81
    34 Jeevan Mendis
    		1 2 204 193 4 5.67
    35 Tillakaratne Dilshan
    		3 0 210 196 4 5.6
    36 Rangana Herath
    		1 0 216 197 4 5.47
    37 Tillakaratne Dilshan
    		13 0 222 210 4 5.67
    38 Lasith Malinga
    		7 0 228 217 4 5.71
    39 Suranga Lakmal
    		8 0 234 225 4 5.76
    40 Lasith Malinga
    		4 0 240 229 4 5.72
    41 Suranga Lakmal
    		9 0 246 238 4 5.8
    42 Lasith Malinga
    		4 0 252 242 4 5.76
    43 Nuwan Kulasekara
    		10 0 258 252 4 5.86
    44 Suranga Lakmal
    		8 1 264 260 5 5.9
    45 Lasith Malinga
    		10 0 270 270 5 6
    46 Suranga Lakmal
    		17 0 276 287 5 6.23
    47 Lasith Malinga
    		7 0 282 294 5 6.25
    48 Nuwan Kulasekara
    		15 0 288 309 5 6.43
    49 Lasith Malinga
    		10 0 294 319 5 6.51
    50 Nuwan Kulasekara
    		12 1 300 331 6 6.62

    Sri Lanka (Batting) Overs

    # Bowler Runs W B TR TW ORR
    1 Tim Southee
    0 0 0 1 2 0     		3 0 6 3 0 3
    2 Trent Boult
    		10 0 12 13 0 6.5
    3 Tim Southee
    		0 0 18 13 0 4.33
    4 Trent Boult
    		2 0 24 15 0 3.75
    5 Tim Southee
    		2 0 30 17 0 3.4
    6 Trent Boult
    		7 0 36 24 0 4
    7 Tim Southee
    		5 0 42 29 0 4.14
    8 Trent Boult
    		8 0 48 37 0 4.62
    9 Tim Southee
    		5 0 54 42 0 4.66
    10 Adam Milne
    		4 0 60 46 0 4.6
    11 Daniel Vettori
    		6 0 66 52 0 4.72
    12 Adam Milne
    		12 0 72 64 0 5.33
    13 Daniel Vettori
    		3 1 78 67 1 5.15
    14 Adam Milne
    		2 0 84 69 1 4.92
    15 Daniel Vettori
    		5 0 90 74 1 4.93
    16 Adam Milne
    		12 0 96 86 1 5.37
    17 Grant Elliott
    		5 0 102 91 1 5.35
    18 Trent Boult
    		6 0 108 97 1 5.38
    19 Grant Elliott
    		6 0 114 103 1 5.42
    20 Trent Boult
    		9 0 120 112 1 5.6
    21 Kane Williamson
    		7 0 126 119 1 5.66
    22 Trent Boult
    		5 1 132 124 2 5.63
    23 Daniel Vettori
    		1 1 138 125 3 5.43
    24 Trent Boult
    		8 1 144 133 4 5.54
    25 Daniel Vettori
    		3 0 150 136 4 5.44
    26 Trent Boult
    		6 0 156 142 4 5.46
    27 Daniel Vettori
    		5 0 162 147 4 5.44
    28 Trent Boult
    		3 0 168 150 4 5.35
    29 Daniel Vettori
    		1 0 174 151 4 5.2
    30 Adam Milne
    		4 0 180 155 4 5.16
    31 Daniel Vettori
    		6 0 186 161 4 5.19
    32 Adam Milne
    		7 2 192 168 6 5.25
    33 Daniel Vettori
    		2 0 198 170 6 5.15
    34 Adam Milne
    		7 0 204 177 6 5.2
    35 Daniel Vettori
    		2 0 210 179 6 5.11
    36 Adam Milne
    		4 0 216 183 6 5.08
    37 Corey Anderson
    		4 0 222 187 6 5.05
    38 Tim Southee
    		8 0 228 195 6 5.13
    39 Corey Anderson
    		6 1 234 201 7 5.15
    40 Tim Southee
    		8 0 240 209 7 5.22
    41 Corey Anderson
    		7 0 246 216 7 5.26
    42 Tim Southee
    		2 2 252 218 9 5.19
    43 Adam Milne
    		1 0 258 219 9 5.09
    44 Tim Southee
    		5 0 264 224 9 5.09
    45 Adam Milne
    		3 0 270 227 9 5.04
    46 Tim Southee
    		5 0 276 232 9 5.04
    47 Corey Anderson
    		1 1 276 233 10 5.06
    4
    Sixes
    58
    Fours
    16
    Wickets
    463
    Sixes
    2170
    Fours
    676
    Wickets
    49
    Matches

    Player of the Match

    Corey Anderson Corey Anderson (NZ) 75 (46)
    Team M W T L PT NRR
    NZ 6 6 0 0 12 2.564
    AUS 6 4 0 1 9 2.257
    SL 6 4 0 2 8 0.371
    BAN 6 3 0 2 7 0.136
    ENG 6 2 0 4 4 -0.753
    AFG 6 1 0 5 2 -1.853
    SCOT 6 0 0 6 0 -2.218

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