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New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 2 wickets with one ball to spare in the opening match of the 2010 ICC World Twenty20. Winning the toss, Kumar Sangakkara chose to bat first. Sri Lanka managed to score 135/6 in their twenty overs. Mahela Jayawardene scored a brilliant 81 from 51 deliveries. In reply, New Zealand lost eight wickets and won the match in the last over. Nathan McCullum who took 3 catches and a wicket is the man of the match.
1st Match, Group B - New Zealand v Sri Lanka
Providence Stadium, Guyana
April 30, 2010
Result: New Zealand won by 2 wickets
Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first.
Player of the match: Nathan McCullum
| Sri Lanka Innings | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahela Jayawardene | c Nathan McCullum b Tim Southee | 81 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 158.82 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | b Jacob Oram | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 15.78 |
| Kumar Sangakkara (captain, wk) | b Scott Styris | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 |
| Dinesh Chandimal | c Ross Taylor b Nathan McCullum | 29 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 126.08 |
| Chamara Kapugedera | c Nathan McCullum b Shane Bond | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 110.00 |
| Angelo Mathews | c Nathan McCullum b Shane Bond | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lasith Malinga | ||||||
| Muttiah Muralitharan | ||||||
| Ajantha Mendis | ||||||
| Chanaka Welegedara | ||||||
| Extras | lb 3, w 1 | 4 | ||||
| 135 / 6 (20.0 overs) | ||||||
| Fall of Wickets | |
|---|---|
| 1-35 (Dilshan, 5.4 ov) | 2-44 (Sangakkara, 8.2 ov) |
| 3-103 (Chandimal, 15.4 ov) | 4-124 (Jayawardene, 18.1 ov) |
| 5-135 (Kapugedera, 19.4 ov) | 6-135 (Mathews, 19.6 ov) |
| Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy | Extras | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan McCullum | 3.0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 5.66 | 1w | |
| Shane Bond | 4.0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 8.75 | ||
| Tim Southee | 4.0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 5.25 | ||
| Jacob Oram | 3.0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 7.66 | ||
| Daniel Vettori | 4.0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 | ||
| Scott Styris | 2.0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 6.50 | ||
| New Zealand Innings | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendon McCullum | c Lasith Malinga b Angelo Mathews | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jesse Ryder | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 42 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 155.55 |
| Martin Guptill | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 19 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 79.16 |
| Ross Taylor | c Angelo Mathews b Muttiah Muralitharan | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 |
| Scott Styris | b Ajantha Mendis | 17 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 80.95 |
| Daniel Vettori (captain) | run out (sub (Suraj Randiv) / Lasith Malinga) | 17 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 113.33 |
| Jacob Oram | b Chanaka Welegedara | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 250.00 |
| Gareth Hopkins (wk) | run out (Tillakaratne Dilshan / Kumar Sangakkara) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Nathan McCullum | not out | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 266.66 |
| Tim Southee | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Shane Bond | ||||||
| Extras | b 2, w 1 | 3 | ||||
| 139 / 8 (19.5 overs) | ||||||
| Fall of Wickets | |
|---|---|
| 1-0 (BB McCullum, 0.4 ov) | 2-62 (Ryder, 8.3 ov) |
| 3-66 (Guptill, 9.5 ov) | 4-86 (Taylor, 14.2 ov) |
| 5-96 (Styris, 16.2 ov) | 6-116 (Oram, 18.1 ov) |
| 7-117 (Hopkins, 18.2 ov) | 8-133 (Vettori, 19.4 ov) |
| Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy | Extras | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angelo Mathews | 2.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3.50 | ||
| Chanaka Welegedara | 2.0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 10.50 | 1w | |
| Ajantha Mendis | 4.0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 8.50 | ||
| Lasith Malinga | 3.5 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 8.60 | ||
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 4.0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 6.25 | ||
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 4.0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 4.25 | ||
| Umpires | Steve Davis, Rudi Koertzen |
|---|---|
| TV Umpire | Billy Doctrove |
| Match Referee | Alan Hurst |
| Reserve Umpire | Ian Gould |
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