New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 1st Match, Pool A, ICC Cricket World Cup, 2015

ICC Cricket World Cup 1st Match, Pool A: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, February 13, 2015

New Zealand

331/6 (50)

Sri Lanka

233/10 (46.1)

Finished

NZ won by 98 runs

New Zealand inningNZ inn.331/6 (50 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Martin Guptill	c K Sangakkara b S Lakmal	49	62	5	0	79.03
c K Sangakkara b S Lakmal
Brendon McCullum(C)	c J Mendis b R Herath	65	49	10	1	132.65
c J Mendis b R Herath
Kane Williamson	c D Karunaratne b J Mendis	57	65	5	1	87.69
c D Karunaratne b J Mendis
Ross Taylor	st K Sangakkara b J Mendis	14	28	0	0	50.00
st K Sangakkara b J Mendis
Grant Elliott	c L Thirimanne b S Lakmal	29	34	2	0	85.29
c L Thirimanne b S Lakmal
Corey Anderson	c S Lakmal b N Kulasekara	75	46	8	2	163.04
c S Lakmal b N Kulasekara
Luke Ronchi(WK)	Not out	29	19	4	0	152.63
Not out
Extra	13 (b 0, w 8, nb 3, lb 2)
Total	331/6 (50)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Nuwan Kulasekara	8	78	1	9.75
Lasith Malinga	10	84	0	8.40
Angelo Mathews	6	28	0	4.66
Rangana Herath	9	37	1	4.11
Tillakaratne Dilshan	5	35	0	7.00
Suranga Lakmal	10	62	2	6.20
Jeevan Mendis	2	5	2	2.50

Fall of wickets: 1-111 (B McCullum - 15.5 ov), 2-136 (M Guptill - 22.2 ov), 3-193 (K Williamson - 33.3 ov), 4-193 (R Taylor - 33.4 ov), 5-258 (G Elliott - 43.5 ov), 6-331 (C Anderson - 49.6 ov)

Sri Lanka inningSL inn.233/10 (46.1 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Lahiru Thirimanne	b T Boult	65	60	8	0	108.33
b T Boult
Tillakaratne Dilshan	c & b D Vettori	24	41	2	0	58.53
c & b D Vettori
Kumar Sangakkara(WK)	lbw b T Boult	39	38	5	0	102.63
lbw b T Boult
Mahela Jayawardene	c L Ronchi b D Vettori	0	4	0	0	0.00
c L Ronchi b D Vettori
Dimuth Karunaratne	b A Milne	14	21	0	0	66.66
b A Milne
Angelo Mathews(C)	c D Vettori b T Southee	46	52	5	0	88.46
c D Vettori b T Southee
Jeevan Mendis	c L Ronchi b A Milne	4	4	1	0	100.00
c L Ronchi b A Milne
Nuwan Kulasekara	c G Elliott b C Anderson	10	21	1	0	47.61
c G Elliott b C Anderson
Rangana Herath	c A Milne b C Anderson	13	19	2	0	68.42
c A Milne b C Anderson
Lasith Malinga	c L Ronchi b T Southee	0	1	0	0	0.00
c L Ronchi b T Southee
Suranga Lakmal	Not out	7	17	0	0	41.17
Not out
Extra	11 (b 0, w 10, nb 1, lb 0)
Total	233/10 (46.1)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Tim Southee	10	1	43	2	4.30
Trent Boult	10	0	64	2	6.40
Adam Milne	10	0	56	2	5.60
Daniel Vettori	10	0	34	2	3.40
Grant Elliott	2	0	11	0	5.50
Kane Williamson	1	0	7	0	7.00
Corey Anderson	3.1	0	18	2	5.68

Fall of wickets: 1-67 (T Dilshan - 12.6 ov), 2-124 (L Thirimanne - 21.6 ov), 3-125 (M Jayawardene - 22.6 ov), 4-129 (K Sangakkara - 23.5 ov), 5-163 (D Karunaratne - 31.3 ov), 6-168 (J Mendis - 31.6 ov), 7-196 (N Kulasekara - 38.2 ov), 8-216 (A Mathews - 41.2 ov), 9-217 (L Malinga - 41.5 ov), 10-233 (R Herath - 46.1 ov)

Man of the Match

Corey Anderson

Date

2015-02-14 03:30 AM

Venue

Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Toss

Sri Lanka elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee