Sri Lanka slumped to 106-4 but Kamindu's fourth Test hundred ensured the hosts breached the 300-mark
Scoreboard after Sri Lanka’s innings against New Zealand in a Group B match in the World Twnety20 here on Friday:
Sri Lanka
M Jayawardene c N McCullum b Southee 81
T Dilshan b Oram 3
K Sangakkara b Styris 4
L Chandimal c Taylor b NL McCullum 29
C Kapugedera c N McCullum b Bond 11
A Mathews c N McCullum b Bond 3
S Jayasuriya not out 0
Extras (lb3, w1) 4
Total (6 wickets; 20 overs) 135
Did not bat: L Malinga, M Muralitharan, A Mendis, U Welegedara
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Dilshan), 2-44 (Sangakkara), 3-103 (Chandimal), 4-124 (Jayawardene), 5-135 (Kapugedera), 6-135 (Mathews)
Bowling: N McCullum 3-0-17-1 (1w), S Bond 4-0-35-2, T Southee 4-0-21-1, J Oram 3-0-23-1, D Vettori 4-0-23-0, S Styris 2-0-13-1
New Zealand: Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Gareth Hopkins (wkt), Jacob Oram, Daniel Vettori (capt), Nathan McCullum, Shane Bond, Tim Southee
Umpires: Steve Davis (AUS) and Rudi Koertzen (RSA)
TV umpire: Billy Doctrove (WIS)
Match referee: Alan Hurst (AUS)
Sri Lanka slumped to 106-4 but Kamindu's fourth Test hundred ensured the hosts breached the 300-mark
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