treva
ICC Chairman
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka @ New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Sri Lanka cruise to a 6 wicket win over group rivals New Zealand. Jayasuriya scored his 2nd 50 in succession and Jayawardene hit an unbeaten 54* to seal the win.
New Zealand lost the toss and were made to bat on a hard track. After just 2.3 overs the first wicket was down, that of Lou Vincent. A complete mix-up between batsmen saw them both at the same end and it was Vincent who had to go for 5. Sangakkara then dropped a difficult chance off Fulton from Dilhara Fernando. But very next ball Fulton did go, thanks to a superb 1 handed diving catch from Chaminda Vaas. Fulton went for 4 and Taylor (8) joined him edging to slip where Tharanga held on to a good catch. Fernando got rid of McCullum who was caught by Malinga for 12, leaving New Zealand reeling on 41-4. A quick fire fight back from Styris was ended after he skied one to Jayasuriya from an expensive Malinga, going for 25 (13). McMillan was next to go with Tharanga taking a good catch at slip from Jayasuriya, giving McMillan a 3 ball duck. And when Oram was run out a low score was inevitable. Oram went for a stupid 2nd and was out by a mile for 19 (18). Nobody resisted the Sri Lankan attack apart from Vettori who finished 17 not out. Jayasuriya took a wicket and Vaas 2 to seel off a fine bowling performance. New Zealand could only manage 115, being bowled out on the last ball of the innings.
Things started nervously for Sri Lanka as they lost 2 wickets in the first 13 balls. First to go was Upul Tharanga ran out by keeper McCullum after having no idea where the ball was. He stepped out his crease and McCullum picked up the ball and took off the bails. Sangakkara followed Tharanga's 1 with 5 hitting one straight down mid off's throat. Fulton took the catch with Bond being the bowler. In the 8th over a crucial incident in the match occured with McCullum droping an edge from Jayasuriya on 22. Oram was the unlucky bowler and New Zealand were left to rue that chance. Jayasuriya smashed 51* in 33 balls and at the crease for 41 minutes. He had hit 4 fours and a six on the way to his fifty before he was trapped plumb LBW to Mark Gillespie a ball later. This brought Silva to the crease who stayed just the one ball. Playing a full blooded drive which caught the edge and flew into McCullum's gloves. Dilshan came in and made his intent known by hitting a straight four off the hattrick ball. Dilshan took just singles to give Jayawardene a chance to get his 50. The skipper didn't dissapoint hitting 54* and bringing up his fifty in 31 balls. Jayawardene hit the very next ball to the boundary topping off a very fine win for Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka cruise to a 6 wicket win over group rivals New Zealand. Jayasuriya scored his 2nd 50 in succession and Jayawardene hit an unbeaten 54* to seal the win.
New Zealand lost the toss and were made to bat on a hard track. After just 2.3 overs the first wicket was down, that of Lou Vincent. A complete mix-up between batsmen saw them both at the same end and it was Vincent who had to go for 5. Sangakkara then dropped a difficult chance off Fulton from Dilhara Fernando. But very next ball Fulton did go, thanks to a superb 1 handed diving catch from Chaminda Vaas. Fulton went for 4 and Taylor (8) joined him edging to slip where Tharanga held on to a good catch. Fernando got rid of McCullum who was caught by Malinga for 12, leaving New Zealand reeling on 41-4. A quick fire fight back from Styris was ended after he skied one to Jayasuriya from an expensive Malinga, going for 25 (13). McMillan was next to go with Tharanga taking a good catch at slip from Jayasuriya, giving McMillan a 3 ball duck. And when Oram was run out a low score was inevitable. Oram went for a stupid 2nd and was out by a mile for 19 (18). Nobody resisted the Sri Lankan attack apart from Vettori who finished 17 not out. Jayasuriya took a wicket and Vaas 2 to seel off a fine bowling performance. New Zealand could only manage 115, being bowled out on the last ball of the innings.
Things started nervously for Sri Lanka as they lost 2 wickets in the first 13 balls. First to go was Upul Tharanga ran out by keeper McCullum after having no idea where the ball was. He stepped out his crease and McCullum picked up the ball and took off the bails. Sangakkara followed Tharanga's 1 with 5 hitting one straight down mid off's throat. Fulton took the catch with Bond being the bowler. In the 8th over a crucial incident in the match occured with McCullum droping an edge from Jayasuriya on 22. Oram was the unlucky bowler and New Zealand were left to rue that chance. Jayasuriya smashed 51* in 33 balls and at the crease for 41 minutes. He had hit 4 fours and a six on the way to his fifty before he was trapped plumb LBW to Mark Gillespie a ball later. This brought Silva to the crease who stayed just the one ball. Playing a full blooded drive which caught the edge and flew into McCullum's gloves. Dilshan came in and made his intent known by hitting a straight four off the hattrick ball. Dilshan took just singles to give Jayawardene a chance to get his 50. The skipper didn't dissapoint hitting 54* and bringing up his fifty in 31 balls. Jayawardene hit the very next ball to the boundary topping off a very fine win for Sri Lanka.
Nice story btw! No hanging around with the matches which is good! KUTGW! 
And good captain's knock from Mahela too. Keep up the good works, Trev! 
