New Zealand won by 2 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)

Sri Lanka 135/6 (20/20 ov)

New Zealand 139/8 (19.5/20 ov)

New Zealand won by 2 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)

• ICC World Twenty20 - 1st match, Group B
• T20I no. 151 | 2010 season
• Played at Providence Stadium, Guyana (neutral venue)
• 30 April 2010 (20-over match)

	Sri Lanka innings (20 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	DPMD Jayawardene	c NL McCullum b Southee	81	51	8	2	158.82
	TM Dilshan	b Oram	3	19	0	0	15.78
	KC Sangakkara*†	b Styris	4	11	0	0	36.36
	LD Chandimal	c Taylor b NL McCullum	29	23	1	1	126.08
	CK Kapugedera	c NL McCullum b Bond	11	10	0	1	110.00
	AD Mathews	c NL McCullum b Bond	3	6	0	0	50.00
	ST Jayasuriya	not out	0	0	0	0	-
	Extras	(lb 3, w 1)	4
	Total	(6 wickets; 20 overs)	135	(6.75 runs per over)

Did not bat SL Malinga, M Muralitharan, BAW Mendis, UWMBCA Welegedara

Fall of wickets1-35 (Dilshan, 5.4 ov), 2-44 (Sangakkara, 8.2 ov), 3-103 (Chandimal, 15.4 ov),4-124 (Jayawardene, 18.1 ov), 5-135 (Kapugedera, 19.4 ov), 6-135 (Mathews, 19.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	NL McCullum	3	0	17	1	5.66	(1w)
	SE Bond	4	0	35	2	8.75
	TG Southee	4	0	21	1	5.25
	JDP Oram	3	0	23	1	7.66
	DL Vettori	4	0	23	0	5.75
	SB Styris	2	0	13	1	6.50

	New Zealand innings (target: 136 runs from 20 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	BB McCullum	c Malinga b Mathews	0	4	0	0	0.00
	JD Ryder	b Muralitharan	42	27	3	2	155.55
	MJ Guptill	b Jayasuriya	19	24	1	1	79.16
	LRPL Taylor	c Mathews b Muralitharan	9	15	0	0	60.00
	SB Styris	b Mendis	17	21	1	0	80.95
	DL Vettori*	run out (sub [S Randiv]/Malinga)	17	15	1	0	113.33
	JDP Oram	b Welegedara	15	6	0	2	250.00
	GJ Hopkins†	run out (Dilshan/†Sangakkara)	1	1	0	0	100.00
	NL McCullum	not out	16	6	1	1	266.66
	TG Southee	not out	0	0	0	0	-
	Extras	(b 2, w 1)	3
	Total	(8 wickets; 19.5 overs)	139	(7.00 runs per over)

Did not bat SE Bond

Fall of wickets1-0 (BB McCullum, 0.4 ov), 2-62 (Ryder, 8.3 ov), 3-66 (Guptill, 9.5 ov), 4-86 (Taylor, 14.2 ov),5-96 (Styris, 16.2 ov), 6-116 (Oram, 18.1 ov), 7-117 (Hopkins, 18.2 ov), 8-133 (Vettori, 19.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	AD Mathews	2	1	7	1	3.50
	UWMBCA Welegedara	2	0	21	1	10.50	(1w)
	BAW Mendis	4	0	34	1	8.50
	SL Malinga	3.5	0	33	0	8.60
	M Muralitharan	4	0	25	2	6.25
	ST Jayasuriya	4	0	17	1	4.25

Match details

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat Points New Zealand 2, Sri Lanka 0

T20I debuts LD Chandimal and UWMBCA Welegedara (Sri Lanka) Player of the match NL McCullum (New Zealand)

Umpires SJ Davis (Australia) and RE Koertzen (South Africa) TV umpire BR Doctrove Match referee AG Hurst (Australia) Reserve umpire IJ Gould (England)