New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series - 1st Test-4rd day full score

Sri Lanka 452 & 259/4d (49.0 ov)

New Zealand 299

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field

Match delayed by rain - Day 4

• New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series - 1st Test
• Test no. 1930 | 2009 season
• Played at Galle International Stadium
• 18,19,20,21,22 August 2009 (5-day match)

	Sri Lanka 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	NT Paranavitana	c †McCullum b Martin	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
	0.3 and there it is! Much better delivery that, pitched up to lure Paranavitana forward and then just gently swings away from the left-hander who pushes at it and gets a nick to McCullum and goes for a duck 0/1
	TM Dilshan	b O'Brien	92	108	72	12	1	127.77
	27.1 and he's chopped it onto his stumps! Not a good ball and not a good shot, its short and a bit wide outside off stump but Dilshan flashes a leaden-footed cut and succeeds only in dragging the ball onto the base of off stump, what agony for him after a splendid innings 134/3
	KC Sangakkara*	c Flynn b Martin	8	12	9	2	0	88.88
	2.6 good grief, Sangakkara's chipped a gift on the pads straight into midwicket's lap! Not a good ball at all, a half-volley on the legs but Sangakkara clips it very hard and picks out Flynn, who has little time to react and does well to gobble that up in his midriff 16/2
	DPMD Jayawardene	c Taylor b O'Brien	114	297	227	15	0	50.22
	79.6 and this time he's gone! Another short ball from O'Brien forces Jayawardene into a loose shot, he goes back cut but plays it feebly and the extra bounce proves fatal as he edges it flush to Taylor at first slip 300/4
	TT Samaraweera	c Patel b Vettori	159	346	277	24	1	57.40
	115.4 dances down the track to Vettori, making room to go inside out over extra cover, but he plays it straighter and picks out Patel running in and taking the catch low 444/7
	AD Mathews	c †McCullum b Vettori	39	89	60	4	1	65.00
	102.1 edged and gone! Vettori pushes through a short, faster arm ball that forces Mathews onto the back foot and flashing hard, resulting in a faint tickle as he goes hard and McCullum gobbles it up 386/5
	HAPW Jayawardene†	c Flynn b Vettori	7	16	15	1	0	46.66
	106.4 and he's taken another! Quicker ball from Vettori drifts onto the pads and Prasana turns it from way in front of his front leg and straight to Flynn at short leg 408/6
	KMDN Kulasekara	c †McCullum b Martin	18	39	34	2	1	52.94
	116.1 simple dismissal, just hits a good length and straightens it and Kulasekara is neither here nor there, pushing inside the line and the thin outer edge is taken 444/8
	T Thushara	c O'Brien b Vettori	0	12	6	0	0	0.00
	117.4 thats a simple catch for O'Brien at mid-off as Vettori tosses it up invitingly into the rough, gets some turn and bounce, and Thushara miscues an aerial drive, he was looking to go hard but the bite off the track drew a false shot high in the air 452/10
	M Muralitharan	c †McCullum b Martin	8	3	5	0	1	160.00
	116.6 smart catch! The fun ends for Murali, it was brief and not too painful, he flays the bat at a short ball that rises up and McCullum leaps up and does really well to hold onto the thick edge that was traveling high to his right 452/9
	BAW Mendis	not out	0	3	0	0	0	-
	Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 2, nb 2)	7
	Total	(all out; 117.4 overs; 468 mins)	452	(3.84 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Paranavitana, 0.3 ov), 2-16 (Sangakkara, 2.6 ov), 3-134 (Dilshan, 27.1 ov), 4-300 (DPMD Jayawardene, 79.6 ov), 5-386 (Mathews, 102.1 ov), 6-408 (HAPW Jayawardene, 106.4 ov), 7-444 (Samaraweera, 115.4 ov), 8-444 (Kulasekara, 116.1 ov), 9-452 (Muralitharan, 116.6 ov), 10-452 (Thushara, 117.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	CS Martin	23	5	77	4	3.34
	0.3 to Paranavitana, and there it is! Much better delivery that, pitched up to lure Paranavitana forward and then just gently swings away from the left-hander who pushes at it and gets a nick to McCullum and goes for a duck 0/1 2.6 to Sangakkara, good grief, Sangakkara's chipped a gift on the pads straight into midwicket's lap! Not a good ball at all, a half-volley on the legs but Sangakkara clips it very hard and picks out Flynn, who has little time to react and does well to gobble that up in his midriff 16/2 116.1 to Kulasekara, simple dismissal, just hits a good length and straightens it and Kulasekara is neither here nor there, pushing inside the line and the thin outer edge is taken 444/8 116.6 to Muralitharan, smart catch! The fun ends for Murali, it was brief and not too painful, he flays the bat at a short ball that rises up and McCullum leaps up and does really well to hold onto the thick edge that was traveling high to his right 452/9
	IE O'Brien	21	1	125	2	5.95	(2nb, 1w)
	27.1 to Dilshan, and he's chopped it onto his stumps! Not a good ball and not a good shot, its short and a bit wide outside off stump but Dilshan flashes a leaden-footed cut and succeeds only in dragging the ball onto the base of off stump, what agony for him after a splendid innings 134/3 79.6 to DPMD Jayawardene, and this time he's gone! Another short ball from O'Brien forces Jayawardene into a loose shot, he goes back cut but plays it feebly and the extra bounce proves fatal as he edges it flush to Taylor at first slip 300/4
	JDP Oram	7	1	25	0	3.57
	DL Vettori	37.4	9	78	4	2.07
	102.1 to Mathews, edged and gone! Vettori pushes through a short, faster arm ball that forces Mathews onto the back foot and flashing hard, resulting in a faint tickle as he goes hard and McCullum gobbles it up 386/5 106.4 to HAPW Jayawardene, and he's taken another! Quicker ball from Vettori drifts onto the pads and Prasana turns it from way in front of his front leg and straight to Flynn at short leg 408/6 115.4 to Samaraweera, dances down the track to Vettori, making room to go inside out over extra cover, but he plays it straighter and picks out Patel running in and taking the catch low 444/7 117.4 to Thushara, thats a simple catch for O'Brien at mid-off as Vettori tosses it up invitingly into the rough, gets some turn and bounce, and Thushara miscues an aerial drive, he was looking to go hard but the bite off the track drew a false shot high in the air 452/10
	JS Patel	24	3	120	0	5.00
	JD Ryder	5	1	24	0	4.80	(1w)

	New Zealand 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	TG McIntosh	lbw b Muralitharan	69	292	226	6	1	30.53
	74.1 pitches outside the off stump and spins in, McIntosh plays forward and the ball misses the bat and strikes the pad, marginally in line, loud appeal and given by the umpire. 188/5
	MJ Guptill	b Thushara	24	53	35	5	0	68.57
	9.6 well what do you know? After a lovely caress through midwicket Guptill perishes to a loose shot, looking to get up and pull a shorter ball in front of square but succeeding in only dragging it back onto the base of his stumps 45/1
	DR Flynn	b Mendis	14	54	44	1	0	31.81
	26.3 Mendis gets Flynn with one that turns back from outside off stump, he pushes forward but doesn't keep the bat close to pad and leaves a sizable gap which results in an inside edge onto off stump 80/2
	JS Patel	lbw b Muralitharan	26	79	57	2	0	45.61
	44.3 wrong ball to play back to! Its quicker and straighter and the lack of turn does Patel in as he moves back to try and turn the ball away, struck in front of the stumps and Patel goes for 26, one short of a Test best 129/3
	LRPL Taylor	c †HAPW Jayawardene b Thushara	35	90	81	3	1	43.20
	71.2 Thushara strikes, good length delivery angled across Taylor, who plays forward and gets an outside edge through to Jayawardene, a good bowling change. 180/4
	JD Ryder	b Kulasekara	42	112	95	4	0	44.21
	100.6 loose shot and Ryder pays the price! Lack of concentration does for him as he's late into a forward prod to a length ball nipping in, leaves a sizable gap between pad and bat and drags the inside edge onto the base of off stump 259/8
	BB McCullum†	b Thushara	1	14	8	0	0	12.50
	77.2 McCullum is cleaned up as he plays half forward to a delivery that came back in just a touch, inside edges and the middle stump is knocked back. 195/6
	JDP Oram	c sub (BSM Warnapura) b Muralitharan	12	29	26	1	0	46.15
	86.2 uh oh, that doesn't look out! Murali persists with the googly that pitches outside leg stump and hurries onto Oram who tries to turn it but misses the ball completely, the ball brushes his pad and pops up to Warnapura who gobbles it up, indeed replays don't show any bat or glove and Oram's disappointment is understandable, Harper has erred 223/7
	DL Vettori*	b Thushara	42	113	97	3	0	43.29
	115.6 middle stump is flattened! Thushara follows up two short-pitched deliveries with a good yorker on the stumps, Vettori exposes all three sticks to try and dab the ball wide but misses and the faint inside edge does the rest 299/10
	IE O'Brien	c †HAPW Jayawardene b Muralitharan	9	33	29	0	0	31.03
	108.6 wicket No. 100 in Galle for Murali! He strikes with the doosra that goes on, O'Brien is tentative with the footwork and pokes at it and Prasanna does very well to take the thin edge, he's such a smooth operator behind the stumps 290/9
	CS Martin	not out	2	24	9	0	0	22.22
	Extras	(b 6, lb 5, w 1, nb 11)	23
	Total	(all out; 116 overs; 451 mins)	299	(2.57 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-45 (Guptill, 9.6 ov), 2-80 (Flynn, 26.3 ov), 3-129 (Patel, 44.3 ov), 4-180 (Taylor, 71.2 ov), 5-188 (McIntosh, 74.1 ov), 6-195 (McCullum, 77.2 ov), 7-223 (Oram, 86.2 ov), 8-259 (Ryder, 100.6 ov), 9-290 (O'Brien, 108.6 ov), 10-299 (Vettori, 115.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	KMDN Kulasekara	10	2	41	1	4.10	(1nb)
	100.6 to Ryder, loose shot and Ryder pays the price! Lack of concentration does for him as he's late into a forward prod to a length ball nipping in, leaves a sizable gap between pad and bat and drags the inside edge onto the base of off stump 259/8
	T Thushara	23	2	81	4	3.52	(6nb, 1w)
	9.6 to Guptill, well what do you know? After a lovely caress through midwicket Guptill perishes to a loose shot, looking to get up and pull a shorter ball in front of square but succeeding in only dragging it back onto the base of his stumps 45/1 71.2 to Taylor, Thushara strikes, good length delivery angled across Taylor, who plays forward and gets an outside edge through to Jayawardene, a good bowling change. 180/4 77.2 to McCullum, McCullum is cleaned up as he plays half forward to a delivery that came back in just a touch, inside edges and the middle stump is knocked back. 195/6 115.6 to Vettori, middle stump is flattened! Thushara follows up two short-pitched deliveries with a good yorker on the stumps, Vettori exposes all three sticks to try and dab the ball wide but misses and the faint inside edge does the rest 299/10
	BAW Mendis	39	8	85	1	2.17	(4nb)
	26.3 to Flynn, Mendis gets Flynn with one that turns back from outside off stump, he pushes forward but doesn't keep the bat close to pad and leaves a sizable gap which results in an inside edge onto off stump 80/2
	M Muralitharan	42	10	73	4	1.73
	44.3 to Patel, wrong ball to play back to! Its quicker and straighter and the lack of turn does Patel in as he moves back to try and turn the ball away, struck in front of the stumps and Patel goes for 26, one short of a Test best 129/3 74.1 to McIntosh, pitches outside the off stump and spins in, McIntosh plays forward and the ball misses the bat and strikes the pad, marginally in line, loud appeal and given by the umpire. 188/5 86.2 to Oram, uh oh, that doesn't look out! Murali persists with the googly that pitches outside leg stump and hurries onto Oram who tries to turn it but misses the ball completely, the ball brushes his pad and pops up to Warnapura who gobbles it up, indeed replays don't show any bat or glove and Oram's disappointment is understandable, Harper has erred 223/7 108.6 to O'Brien, wicket No. 100 in Galle for Murali! He strikes with the doosra that goes on, O'Brien is tentative with the footwork and pokes at it and Prasanna does very well to take the thin edge, he's such a smooth operator behind the stumps 290/9
	NT Paranavitana	2	0	8	0	4.00

	Sri Lanka 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	NT Paranavitana	c Taylor b O'Brien	5	19	16	1	0	31.25
	3.5 edged and taken! Paranavitana's poor match continues against a gem of a ball that pitches just about back of a length from around the stumps, then leaves him as he pushes at it off the back foot and the thick edge is taken by Taylor to his right at first slip 19/1
	TM Dilshan	not out	123	208	131	12	1	93.89
	KC Sangakkara*	run out (Vettori)	46	85	65	7	0	70.76
	23.1 Vettori to Dilshan, tossed up invitingly into the rough outside the pads, Dilshan makes room and looks to on-drive but ends up pushing the ball much straighter to Vettori's left, he gets a hand on the ball which ricochets onto the stumps with Sangakkara not inside his crease and he is run out 120/2
	DPMD Jayawardene	c & b Patel	27	52	41	1	0	65.85
	36.6 gone! Patel gets his first wicket of the match as Jayawardene reaches out in front his pad and turns the ball across the drift and gives the bowler catching practice 174/3
	TT Samaraweera	c Taylor b Vettori	20	17	15	1	2	133.33
	41.3 clears the front leg and swings across the line, having to fetch the ball from against the spin and that does him in, the ball balloons up with the top edge and Taylor follows it from slip and takes the catch near short fine leg, actually more to Young's left side 205/4
	HAPW Jayawardene†	not out	30	31	26	5	0	115.38
	Extras	(b 5, lb 3)	8
	Total	(4 wickets dec; 49 overs; 208 mins)	259	(5.28 runs per over)

To bat AD Mathews, T Thushara, KMDN Kulasekara, BAW Mendis, M Muralitharan

Fall of wickets1-19 (Paranavitana, 3.5 ov), 2-120 (Sangakkara, 23.1 ov), 3-174 (DPMD Jayawardene, 36.6 ov), 4-205 (Samaraweera, 41.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	CS Martin	5	1	25	0	5.00
	IE O'Brien	8	1	45	1	5.62
	3.5 to Paranavitana, edged and taken! Paranavitana's poor match continues against a gem of a ball that pitches just about back of a length from around the stumps, then leaves him as he pushes at it off the back foot and the thick edge is taken by Taylor to his right at first slip 19/1
	JDP Oram	5	0	31	0	6.20
	DL Vettori	19	3	81	1	4.26
	41.3 to Samaraweera, clears the front leg and swings across the line, having to fetch the ball from against the spin and that does him in, the ball balloons up with the top edge and Taylor follows it from slip and takes the catch near short fine leg, actually more to Young's left side 205/4
	JS Patel	12	0	69	1	5.75