Sri Lanka win thanks to D/L method

New Zealand won the toss and started off very slowly but were very steady and accelerated towards the end just as it is supposed to be.I thought they did quite well and Ross Taylor was fantastic but the luck was not on their side today because the match was called off due to rain.New Zealand is a great team and i think even in the world cup twenty20 they deserved a lot more.Sri Lanka won via D/L method by 14 runs.Sometimes the D/L method looks so unfair.I'm sure New Zealand will come all guns blazing in the next match.Below is the full scorecard of the match.

Sri Lanka - 1st Innings

Batsman		Runs	Mins	6s	4s	Balls	SR
W U Tharanga	c Watling b Mills	6	19	0	1	11	54.55
T.M. Dilshan	c Williamson b McCullum	37	85	0	5	51	72.55
K C Sangakkara	c Nicol b Boult	11	14	0	2	13	84.62
D.P.M.D. Jayawardene	not out	43	66	0	5	49	87.76
A D Mathews	not out	7	17	0	0	13	53.85
B.M.A.J. Mendis		0	0	0	0	0	0
H.D.R.L. Thirimanne		0	0	0	0	0	0
N.L.T.C. Perera		0	0	0	0	0	0
K M D N Kulasekara		0	0	0	0	0	0
H.M.R.K.B. Herath		0	0	0	0	0	0
S.L. Malinga		0	0	0	0	0	0
Extras	(NB 0, W 6, B 0, LB 8 )	14
Total	3 wkts, 22.5 overs	118	(5.24 runs per over)
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Sangakkara), 2- (Tharanga), 3-39 (Jayawardene), 4-98 (Mathews)

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	E	W
K D Mills	5.0	0	33	6.60	1
T A Boult	6.0	0	26	4.33	1
T G Southee	4.0	0	16	4.00	0
J E C Franklin	3.0	0	16	5.33	0
N L McCullum	2.5	0	12	4.80	1
R.J. Nicol	2.0	0	7	3.50	0

New Zealand - 1st Innings

Batsman		Runs	Mins	6s	4s	Balls	SR
R.J. Nicol	c Sangakkara b Perera	46	107	0	3	74	62.16
T.W.M. Latham	b Malinga	2	33	0	0	18	11.11
B J Watling	c Jayawardene b Herath	55	100	0	6	86	63.95
L R P L Taylor	c Mathews b Kulasekara	72	88	2	7	62	116.13
J E C Franklin	not out	35	85	1	0	40	87.50
N L McCullum	c Perera b Mathews	16	15	0	2	16	100.00
A M Ellis	b Malinga	4	5	0	0	4	100.00
K S Williamson		0	0	0	0	0	0
T G Southee		0	0	0	0	0	0
K D Mills		0	0	0	0	0	0
T A Boult		0	0	0	0	0	0
Extras	(NB 0, W 11, B 1, LB 8 )	20
Total	6 wkts, 50.0 overs	250	(5.00 runs per over)
Fall of wickets: 1-130 (Watling), 2-221 (Taylor), 3-250 (Ellis), 4-17 (Nicol), 5-100 (Nicol), 6-242 (McCullum)

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	E	W
S.L. Malinga	10.0	0	39	3.90	2
K M D N Kulasekara	10.0	1	50	5.00	1
A D Mathews	7.0	0	38	5.43	1
N.L.T.C. Perera	7.0	0	52	7.43	1
H.M.R.K.B. Herath	10.0	0	28	2.80	1
B.M.A.J. Mendis	6.0	0	34	5.67