New Zealand chose to bat v Sri Lanka
Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details
However, New Zealand had a host of spinners lining up to bowl against
them, including Akila Dananjaya, who after impressing Mahela Jayawardene
in a training session was fast-tracked to play the SLPL and now finds
himself with an international cap at the age of 18. Ajantha Mendis was
"90% fit", according to Jayawardene, but he was picked to play,
replacing Rangana Herath.
Dilshan Munaweera made way for Dananjaya. That left Sri Lanka with four specialist batsmen followed by three allrounders.
New Zealand 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Rob Nicol, 3 Brendon McCullum
(wk), 4 Kane Williamson, 5 Ross Taylor (capt), 6 Jacob Oram, 7 James
Franklin, 8 Daniel Vettori, 9 Nathan McCullum, 10 Tim Southee, 11 Kyle
Mills.
Sri Lanka 1 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 2 Mahela Jayawardene (capt), 3
Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Dinesh Chandimal, 5 Jeevan Mendis, 6 Angelo
Mathews, 7 Thisara Perera, 8 Nuwan Kulasekara, 9 Lasith Malinga, 10
Ajantha Mendis, 11 Akila Dananjaya.
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