Compaq Cup: Match 3: SL v. Ind:

In a match where the result does not impact both the teams, Sri Lanka beat India by a huge margin 139 runs and grabbed additional point. Sri Lanka leads the table with 10 points from 2 matches followed by India with 4 and in the last New Zealand with 0.

Jayasuriya played with usual style and rocked the crowd. He smashed all the bowlers but missed two runs to add another century to his records. His 98 came in 79 balls which had 13 boundaries.

Kandamby made unbeaten 91 in 73 balls. He turned the match in favor of Sri Lanka through his wonderful batting display. He ensured that SL cross 300 mark in the final overs. SL added 48 runs in the 4 overs and ended their innings at 307. Nehra was costly giving away 62 in his 9 overs. Harbhajan was the most economical bowler ending with 10-1-37-1.

Chasing 308 is not an easy task under lights. Dravid was the only batsman to have crossed 40. He managed to get 47 in 56 balls. The second top scorer was Sachin with 27. India could not bat all the 50 overs alloted to them as they were bundled for 168 in just 37.2 overs. Mathews was the pick of the bowlers with 6 wickets, his best figures in ODI.

Match: Compaq Cup: # 3
Date: September 12, 2009
Teams: India v. Sri Lanka
Captains: Dhoni and Sangakkara
Toss: Sri Lanka, decided to bat
Venue: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Result: Sri Lanka won by 139 runs
Points: Sri Lanka 5; India 0
Man of the Match: A Mathews off Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
T Dilshan	c Dhoni b Sharma	23	27	4	0
Jayasuriya	lbw b Nehra	98	79	13	0
D Jayawardene	st Dhoni b Y Pathan	17	24	2	0
Sangakkara	lbw b Harbhajan	5	14	0	0
A Mathews	st Dhoni b S Raina	19	37	1	0
S Kandamby	not out	91	73	11	0
C Kapugedera	run out (RP Singh)	36	43	2	0
K Kulasekara	not out	3	4	0	0
Extras	(lb 4, w 10, nb 1)	15	-	-	-
Total	for 6 wkts in 50 overs	307	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-57 (Dilshan, 8.4 ov), 2-94 (Jayawardene, 14.5 ov), 3-102 (Sangakkara, 17.4 ov), 4-172 (Jayasuriya, 29.1 ov), 5-176 (Mathews, 30.5 ov), 6-259 (Kapugedera, 46.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
A Nehra	9	0	62	1
RP Singh	8	0	58	0
I Sharma	10	0	67	1
Harbhajan	10	1	37	1
Y Pathan	7	0	45	1
Yuvaraj	3	0	20	0
S Raina	3	0	14	1

India Innings: (target 308 runs)

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
D Karthik	c Sangakkara b Thushara	16	23	2	0
Tendulkar	c Mendis b Kulasekara	27	33	5	0
Dravid	b Mathews	47	56	3	1
Yuvaraj	c Sangakkara b Malinga	16	22	2	0
S Raina	c Sangakkara b Mathews	0	1	0	0
Dhoni	b Mathews	8	18	0	0
Y Pathan	c Sangakkara b Mathews	1	5	0	0
Harbhajan	b Mathews	4	10	0	0
RP Singh	not out	19	25	2	0
A Nehra	b Mathews	1	4	0	0
I Sharma	c sub (Tharanga) b Mendis	13	27	2	0
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, w 14)	16	-	-	-
Total	all out in 37.2 overs	168	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-32 (Karthik, 5.4 ov), 2-67 (Tendulkar, 14.1 ov), 3-105 (Yuvraj Singh, 19.6 ov), 4-108 (Raina, 20.4 ov), 5-126 (Dravid, 24.5 ov), 6-129 (Dhoni, 26.1 ov), 7-130 (Pathan, 26.3 ov), 8-135 (Harbhajan Singh, 28.6 ov), 9-139 (Nehra, 30.2 ov), 10-168 (Sharma, 37.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
K Kulasekara	8	1	35	1
T Thushara	6	0	34	1
Malinga	8	0	33	1
T Dilshan	2	0	17	0
A Mathews	6	0	20	6
Jayasuriya	2	0	5	0
Mendis	5.2	0	22	1