NZ won against Sri Lanka

[King]

There you go much hyped Sri Lanka beaten in the end in conditions that really should have suited them. Muralitharan went for lot of runs and Sri Lanka lost the game. It isn't just a mere coincidence. This says something. If Murali is decimated the Sri Lanka bowling is pretty much falls apart. Of course Vaas wasn't playing but you have to look at Maling's figures. NZ bowling is not great but there is always an upshot with Bondy and Vettori playing. Vettori didn't play today though. As long as Jayasuriya, Sangakkara are picked up early on the rest of the batting is not in great form barring Tharanga of course. Wonder why SL batted 50.2 overs as per the crickinfo scorecard [code:84b62b41d8]World Cup Warm-up Matches New Zealand v Sri Lanka 2006/07 season Played at Three Ws Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados (neutral venue), on 9 March 2007 (50-over match) Result New Zealand won by 18 runs New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR L Vincent run out 70 0 0 0 0 - captain SP Fleming c Maharoof b Kulasekara 65 0 0 0 0 - RL Taylor c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 30 0 0 0 0 - SB Styris c wicket-keeperSangakkara b Bandara 0 0 0 0 0 - PG Fulton c Jayawardene b Malinga 59 0 0 0 0 - JDP Oram c Tharanga b Maharoof 16 0 0 0 0 - CD McMillan b Malinga 3 0 0 0 0 - wicket-keeper BB McCullum not out 7 0 0 0 0 - JEC Franklin run out 1 0 0 0 0 - DR Tuffey not out 1 0 0 0 0 - Extras (b 3, lb 4, w 17, nb 9) 33 Total (8 wickets; 50 overs) 285 Did not bat SE Bond, MJ Mason, JS Patel Fall of wickets1-131 (Fleming), 2-175 (Vincent), 3-175 (Styris), 4-204 (Taylor), 5-258 (Oram), 6-272 (McMillan), 7-277 (Fulton), 8-278 (Franklin) Bowling O M R W Econ MF Maharoof 6 0 23 1 3.83 CRD Fernando 10 0 61 0 6.10 KMDN Kulasekara 8 0 41 1 5.12 M Muralitharan 10 0 64 1 6.40 CM Bandara 6 0 37 1 6.16 TM Dilshan 6 1 26 0 4.33 SL Malinga 4 0 26 2 6.50 Sri Lanka innings (target: 286 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR MS Atapattu c wicket-keeperMcCullum b Bond 24 0 0 0 0 - WU Tharanga c wicket-keeperMcCullum b Oram 106 0 0 0 0 - captain DPMD Jayawardene c McMillan b Styris 2 0 0 0 0 - wicket-keeper KC Sangakkara c Fulton b Styris 13 0 0 0 0 - LPC Silva lbw b Patel 40 0 0 0 0 - MF Maharoof run out 2 0 0 0 0 - TM Dilshan b Bond 5 0 0 0 0 - RP Arnold not out 32 0 0 0 0 - CM Bandara c Bond b Oram 6 0 0 0 0 - KMDN Kulasekara run out 5 0 0 0 0 - SL Malinga run out 1 0 0 0 0 - Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 13, nb 9) 31 Total (all out; 50.2 overs) 267 Did not bat M Muralitharan, CRD Fernando Fall of wickets1-115 (Atapattu), 2-121 (Jayawardene), 3-153 (Sangakkara), 4-180 (Tharanga), 5-182 (Maharoof), 6-200 (Dilshan), 7-244 (Silva), 8-253 (Bandara), 9-258 (Kulasekara), 10-267 (Malinga) Bowling O M R W Econ MJ Mason 7 0 31 0 4.42 (1w) SE Bond 9.2 2 50 2 5.35 (2nb) DR Tuffey 10 0 52 0 5.20 (2w) SB Styris 10 0 44 2 4.40 (1w) JS Patel 10 0 55 1 5.50 (1w) JDP Oram 4 0 26 2 6.50 [/code:1:84b62b41d8]

[Holysmoke]

Re: NZ won against Sri Lanka let the games begin :hic: