Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rob Nicol	lbw b Eranga	1	12	27	0	0	8.33

Tom Latham	b Kulasekara	4	5	6	1	0	80.00

Brendon McCullum †	c Perera b Kulasekara	1	10	11	0	0	10.00

Ross Taylor (c)	c †Sangakkara b Perera	4	10	24	0	0	40.00

James Franklin	c †Sangakkara b Perera	2	7	7	0	0	28.57

BJ Watling	c Chandimal b Dananjaya	8	11	11	1	0	72.72

Andrew Ellis	c Thirimanne b Dananjaya	16	10	12	1	1	160.00

Jacob Oram	not out	10	9	19	1	0	111.11
Tim Southee	not out	21	10	10	4	0	210.00
Extras	(lb 3, w 4)	7
Total	14 Ov (RR: 5.28, 64 Mins)	74/7
Did not bat: Ronnie Hira, Kyle Mills
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Tom Latham, 1.5 ov), 2-10 (Brendon McCullum, 3.5 ov), 3-15 (Rob Nicol, 5.3 ov), 4-18 (James Franklin, 6.5 ov), 5-24 (Ross Taylor, 8.3 ov), 6-28 (BJ Watling, 9.3 ov), 7-51 (Andrew Ellis, 11.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Angelo Mathews	3	1	4	0	1.33	14	0	0	0	0
Nuwan Kulasekara	3	0	13	2	4.33	12	1	0	2	0
1.5 to TWM Latham, bowled him! Latham swung across the line and missed. Kulasekara's length as good and the ball pitched around middle and off and went straight on. 4/1 3.5 to BB McCullum, McCullum charges and slogs, trying to blast the ball seemingly anywhere. He succeeds in skiing it, really high. It's a swirler and Thisara Perera gets under it and judges it well. He ran in from mid-on and took it very close to the bowling crease, but on the off side. 10/2
Shaminda Eranga	3	0	23	1	7.66	11	5	0	1	0
5.3 to RJ Nicol, that's plumb lbw and after a while the umpire raises his finger! The ball was full and hit Nicol low on the pad as he swung across the line. That would have hit middle stump, I think.. 15/3
Thisara Perera	3	0	22	2	7.33	8	1	1	1	0
6.5 to JEC Franklin, caught down the leg side! A rather ordinary delivery outside leg stump, Franklin tried to whip it, he only managed a thick nick, though, and Sangakkara anticipated it well and moved to his right to take the catch. It would have been wide had Franklin let it go. 18/4 8.3 to LRPL Taylor, caught behind! A faint edge through to Sanga after Taylor went back to cut a short ball through point. It's all quite tame from New Zealand at the moment, folding without a fight. 24/5
Akila Dananjaya	2	0	9	2	4.50	6	1	0	0	0
9.3 to BJ Watling, caught at short fine leg! Watling tried to sweep and got a top edge that lobbed gently to Chandimal, New Zealand continue to slide after the break. Dananjaya got that ball to turn quite a bit in this damp conditions. 28/6 11.4 to AM Ellis, caught at deep midwicket! Ellis tries to clear the boundary once again but this time his slog is mis-timed. Thirimanne runs in from the boundary and takes the catch. 51/7

Sri Lanka (T: 72 runs from 14 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dilshan Munaweera	not out	4	4	7	0	0	100.00
Tillakaratne Dilshan	not out	2	8	7	0	0	25.00
Extras		0
Total	2 Ov (RR: 3.00, 7 Mins)	6/0
Did not bat: Kumar Sangakkara †, Angelo Mathews (c), Jeevan Mendis, Lahiru Thirimanne, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Akila Dananjaya, Dinesh Chandimal, Shaminda Eranga

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Kyle Mills	1	0	3	0	3.00	3	0	0	0	0
Jacob Oram	1	0	3	0	3.00	3	0	0	0	0

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Match Flow

New Zealand innings
Rain: New Zealand - 0/0
Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 16 runs, 3 wickets)
Rain: New Zealand - 24/5 in 8.4 overs (BJ Watling 5, AM Ellis 0)
New Zealand: 50 runs in 11.2 overs (68 balls), Extras 7
Innings Break: New Zealand - 74/7 in 14.0 overs (JDP Oram 10, TG Southee 21)

Sri Lanka innings
Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 4.0 (Mandatory)
Rain: Sri Lanka - 6/0 in 2.0 overs (EMDY Munaweera 4, TM Dilshan 2)

Match Details

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to field first
Series	New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka
Season	2012/13
Match number	T20I no. 290
Hours of play (local time)	19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.15, Interval 20.15-20.30, Second Session 20.30-21.45
Match days	30 October 2012 - day (20-over match)
Umpires	Ranmore Martinesz Ruchira Palliyaguruge
TV Umpire	Tyron Wijewardene
Reserve Umpire	Sena Nandiweera
Match Referee	Andy Pycroft