Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 112 runs

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 112 runs in the teams’ last World Cup Group A match at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday.

Skipper Kumar Sangakkara scored a century to help Sri Lanka recover from the early loss of both openers and reach 265-9 against New Zealand.

Sangakkara (111) and Mahela Jayawardene (66) put on 145 for the third wicket after Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upal Tharanga departed to leave Sri Lanka on 19-2.

Sangakkara eventually played on to Nathan McCullum in the 42nd over after hitting 12 fours and two sixes for his first World Cup hundred.

New Zealand rued a contentious decision in the 24th over when Nathan McCullum appeared to take a wonderful diving catch to dismiss Jayawardene — only for third umpire Amiesh Saheba to decide that replays did not prove conclusively that the catch was taken cleanly.

FIRST INNINGS SCOREBOARD

Sri Lanka:

U. Tharanga run out 3

T. Dilshan c Oram b Southee 3

K. Sangakkara b N. McCullum 111

M. Jayawardene lbw b Southee 66

A. Mathews not out 41

T. Samaraweera c B.McCullum b Styris 5

C. Silva c and b N. McCullum 3

N. Kulasekara c Guptill b Southee 1

L. Malinga c B. McCullum b Oram 6

M. Muralitharan run out 7

A. Mendis not out 0

Extras (lb4, w12, nb3) 19

Total (for nine wickets; 50 overs) 265

Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Tharanga), 2-19 (Dilshan), 3-164 (Jayawardene), 4-210 (Sangakkara), 5-219 (Samaraweera), 6-224 (Silva), 7-232 (Kulasekara), 8-239 (Malinga), 9-260 (Muralitharan).

Bowling: Southee 10-0-63-3 (w5), Oram 10-1-57-1 (nb1, w1), Bennett 4.1-0-16-0 (nb1, w1), Ryder 3.5-0-18-0 (nb1, w5), Franklin 3-0-11-0, Styris 8-0-44-1, N.McCullum 10-0-48-2, Williamson 1-0-4-0.

Note: Jesse Ryder bowled the last five balls of Hamish Bennett’s fourth over after the bowler suffered an injury and left the field

Toss: Sri Lanka

Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (ENG) and Asad Rauf (PAK)

TV umpire: Amish Saheba (IND)

Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)

Teams:

Sri Lanka - Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara (captain), Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Silva, Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan.

New Zealand - Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor (captain), Kane Williamson, Scott Styris, James Franklin, Nathan McCullum, Jacob Oram, Hamish Bennett, Tim Southee.