New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by just three runs in a thrilling Twenty20 encounter at Colombo.
New Zealand bowlers did a fine job to keep Sri Lanka from getting the 142-run target. Jacob Oram's fine display in the end helped the visiotors seal the victory by three runs.
Sanath Jayasuriya edged a delivery from Kyle Mills towards short fine leg and Shane Bond took an easy catch to send the Lankan opener packing.
A good piece of fielding from Jesse Ryder then saw Mahela Jayawardene getting run out.
Skipper Kumar Sangakkara lost his wicket to counterpart Daniel Vettori as McCullum took the catch.
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Tillakaratne Dilshan made a quick half-century before losing his wicket to Ian Butler, with Ryder taking the catch.
Butler struck again to claim Chamara Kapugedera's wicket.
Gihan Rupasinghe then fell to Vettori.
Jacob Oram caught Angelo Mathews off his own delivery to account for the seventh Lankan wicket.
In his following over, Oram dismissed Malinga Bandara and Nuwan Kulasekara on the first two deliveries respectively.
Earlier, thanks to a half-century by Ross Taylor, New Zealand manage to put 141/8 on the board against Sri Lanka after winning the toss and electing to bat.
New Zealand's Brendon McCullum was the first one to depart after he was run out.
Kulasekara then accounted for Jesse Ryder, Bandara taking the catch at mid-off.
Then Chamara Kapugedera took an easy catch at deep-midwicket off Bandara to send Martin Guptill back to the pavillion.
Kulasekara caught Jacob Oram off Ajantha Mendis to dismiss the fourth Kiwi wicket.
Ross Taylor lost his wicket to Angelo Mathews. Kulasekara again made no mistake in taking the catch.
McGlashan was quick to follow as he got run out.
Lasith Malinga then claimed Kyle Mills and skipper Daniel Vettori in the same over.
The Teams:
Sri Lanka: ST Jayasuriya, TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara*†, DPMD Jayawardene, CK Kapugedera, AD Mathews, RGMJM Rupasinghe, KMDN Kulasekara, CM Bandara, SL Malinga, BAW Mendis.
New Zealand: Bb McCullum, JD Ryder, MJ Guptill, LRPL Taylor, NT Broom, PD McGlashan†, JDP Oram, DL Vettori*, KD Mills, IG Butler, SE Bond.
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