Compaq Cup: Match 1: SL v. NZ: Lankans Thrash Kiwis!

In the first match of the Compaq Cup, host Sri Lanka beat the touring New Zealanders by a margin of 97 runs and grabbed bonus point. Samaraweera's century gave home team to cross the 200 run mark. He scored 104 in 124 balls which included 10 boundaries. Shane Bond, who returned to the international cricket after a long time bowled really well and grabbed 3 wickets giving away 43 runs in his 10 over spell which had 2 maiden overs.

Chasing 217, Kiwis batting failed except for Elliot who made 41. Malinga with his firing spell picked 4 wickets which restricted New Zealand to 119.

Match: Compaq Cup: # 1
Date: September 8, 2009
Teams: Sri Lanka v. New Zealand
Captains: Sangakkara and Vettori
Toss: Sri Lanka, decided to bat
Venue: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Result: Sri Lanka won by 97 runs
Points: Sri Lanka 5; New Zealand 0
Man of the Match: T Samaraweera off Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
T Dilshan	b Tuffey	4	6	1	0
Jayasuriya	c Butler b Bond	7	20	0	0
D Jayawardene	c Taylor b Bond	0	2	0	0
Sangakkara	c Oram b Butler	18	47	1	0
T Samaraweera	b Butler	104	124	10	0
S Kandamby	c Taylor b Vettori	15	31	0	0
A Mathews	b Bond	51	60	4	0
K Kulasekara	not out	6	5	1	0
T Thushara	not out	6	5	0	0
Extras	(lb 3, w 2)	5	-	-	-
Total	for 7 wkts in 50 overs	216	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-4 (Dilshan, 0.6 ov), 2-5 (Jayawardene, 1.4 ov), 3-22 (Jayasuriya, 7.4 ov), 4-38 (Sangakkara, 15.5 ov), 5-69 (Kandamby, 25.3 ov), 6-196 (Mathews, 47.5 ov), 7-204 (Samaraweera, 48.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
D Tuffey	9	0	35	1
S Bond	10	2	43	3
I Butler	10	1	55	2
J Oram	6	0	22	0
D Vettori	8	0	31	1
N McCullum	7	1	27	0

New Zealand Innings: (target 217 runs)

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
B McCullum	b Malinga	14	52	1	0
J Ryder	lbw b Thushara	0	2	0	0
M Guptill	c Sangakkara b Kulasekara	3	13	0	0
LRPL Taylor	lbw b Kulasekara	2	4	0	0
G Elliott	b Jayasuriya	41	76	2	0
J Oram	c Sangakkara b Malinga	4	3	1	0
N McCullum	b Malinga	0	1	0	0
D Vettori	lbw b Jayasuriya	10	19	0	0
I Butler	b Malinga	25	38	1	1
D Tuffey	run out (Sangakkara)	2	7	0	0
S Bond	not out	1	2	0	0
Extras	(b 6, lb 1, w 10)	17	-	-	-
Total	all out in 36.1 overs	119	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-2 (Ryder, 1.2 ov), 2-5 (Guptill, 4.1 ov), 3-7 (Taylor, 4.5 ov), 4-37 (BB McCullum, 18.2 ov), 5-41 (Oram, 18.5 ov), 6-41 (NL McCullum, 18.6 ov), 7-76 (Vettori, 26.3 ov), 8-101 (Elliott, 32.1 ov), 9-116 (Tuffey, 35.3 ov), 10-119 (Butler, 36.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
K Kulasekara	6	1	18	2
T Thushara	6	1	5	1
Mendis	7	1	14	0
Malinga	6.1	0	28	4
A Mathews	5	0	19	0
Jayasuriya	6	0	28	2