MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand – New Zealand staved off a rollicking 140 by Thisara Perera to wrap up the one-day series against Sri Lanka Saturday with a 21-run victory in the second ODI at Mount Maunganui.
Sri Lanka were 128 for seven chasing New Zealand’s 319, with Perera’s valiant maiden century keeping their hopes alive until the 47th over when he was the last wicket to fall.
New Zealand, who won the first match by 45 runs, take an unbeatable 2-0 lead into the final game of the series.
New Zealand v Sri Lanka 2nd ODI scoreboard
M. Guptill c Dickwella b Malinga 13
C. Munro run out (K.Perera/Sandakan) 87
K. Williamson c Sandakan b Pradeep 1
R. Taylor run out (Sandakan/Dickwella) 90
H. Nicholls c Dickwella b Malinga 32
J. Neesham run out (Pradeep) 64
T. Seifert run out (T.Perera) 22
T. Southee not out 1
Extras: (b 4, lb 2, wd 3) 9
Total: (for 7 wickets; 50 overs) 319
Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Guptill), 2-39 (Williamson), 3-151 (Munro), 4-208 (Nicholls), 5-262 (Taylor), 6-302 (Neesham), 7-319 (Siefert)
Bowling: Malinga 10-0-45-2, Pradeep 9-0-59-1, Gunathilaka 1-0-10-0, T. Perera 7-0-69-0 (2w), Sandakan 10-0-56-0 (1w), Prasanna 5-0-34-0, Gunaratne 8-0-40-0
Sri Lanka
N. Dickwella b Southee 9
D. Gunathilaka c Seifert b Neesham 71
K. Perera c Boult b Henry 4
K. Mendis c Seifert b Sodhi 20
D. Chandimal b Sodhi 3
D. Gunaratne run out (Neesham/Siefert)6
T. Perera c Boult b Henry 140
S. Prasanna b Sodhi 0
L. Malinga b Boult 17
L. Sandakan c Taylor b Neesham 6
N. Pradeep not out 3
Extras: (lb 6, wd 13) 19
Total: (all out; 46.2 overs) 298
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Dickwella), 2-63 (K. Perera), 3-112 (Mendis), 4-116 (Gunathilaka), 5-121 (Chandimal), 6-128 (Gunaratne), 7-128 (Prasanna), 8-203 (Malinga), 9-254 (Sandakan), 10-298 (T. Perera)
Bowling: Boult 10-1-61-1 (3w), Southee 8-0-68-1 (4w), Henry 9.2-1-52-2 (2w), Williamson 2-0-8-0, Sodhi 10-1-55-3 (2w), Neesham 7-0-48-2 (2w)
Toss: New Zealand
Result: New Zealand won by 21 runs
Series: New Zealand lead 2-0
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (ENG), Shaun Haig (NZL)
TV Umpire: Paul Wilson (AUS)
Match Referee: Richie Richardson (WIS)
