2015 ICC Cricket World Cup Match 1 Pool A - New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka @Hagley Oval Christchurch,NZ Saturday Feb 14,2015

 

   

Squads

NZ 15-member squad

1. Brendon McCullum (Captain)
2. Trent Boult
3. Grant Elliott
4. Tom Latham
5. Martin Guptill
6. Mitch McClenaghan
7. Nathan McCullum
8. Kyle Mills
9. Adam Milne
10. Daniel Vettori
11. Kane Williamson
12. Corey Anderson
13. Tim Southee
14. Luke Ronchi (Wicket-keeper)
15. Ross Taylor

 Sri Lanka  15-member squad

1.Angelo Mathews (capt)
2.Dimuth Karunaratne
3.Tillakaratne Dilshan
4.Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
5.Mahela Jayawardene
6.Lahiru Thirimanne
7.Dinesh Chandimal (wk)
8.Thisara Perera
9.Jeevan Mendis
10.Suranga Lakmal
11.Lasith Malinga
12.Dhammika Prasad
13.Nuwan Kulasekara
14.Rangana Herath
15.Sachithra Senanayake.


Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field

New Zealand produced a strong batting show to score 331 /6 in 50 Overs against Sri Lanka in the opening match of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup

New Zealand gave a rollicking start to the showpiece event with McCullum (65) and Martin Guptill (49) putting on 111 runs from 15.5 overs for the opening wicket before a useful knock of 57 from Kane Williamson and a blistering innings by Anderson (75) took the home side to an imposing total on a batting track at Hagley Park.
New Zealand plundered 77 in their first 10 overs and 102 in their last 10 overs


Facing an uphill task, the Sri Lankan opening pair of Lahiru Thirimanne and Tillakaratne Dilshan did not set the stage on fire in chase as the duo only managed to score 46 runs in the first 10 overs

Kumar Sangakkara, with scores of 76, 9, 81 and 113* in his last four innings against the same attack only last month, was batting with the same sort of fluency when Boult cut his innings short at 39

Thirimanne had put on 67 with Tillakaratne Dilshan for the first wicket, and his second-wicket stand with Sangakkara had taken Sri Lanka to 124 for 1 in the 22nd over

When Boult dismissed Sangakkara, Sri Lanka were 129 for 4 and sinking.

Scorecard
New Zealand 331 for 6 in 50 Overs (Corey Anderson 75, Brendon McCullum 65,Kane  Williamson 57)

Sri Lanka 233/10 in 46.1 Overs(Lahiru Thirimanne 65,Kumar Sangakkara 39,Angelo Mathews 46 )

Match Result NZ won  by 98 runs

MOM -Corey Anderson(NZ)