Srilanka won the 1st match of the Triangular Series(India, New Zealand & Srilanka) by 97 runs against New Zealand at R.Premadasa Stadium(Khettarama), Colombo, Srilanka.srilanka won the Toss and choose to bat first.this was the outstanding decision by Kumar Sangakkara because in srilanka,Team is in profit which is take batting first. Srilanka took batting and scored 216/7 in limited 50 overs.after some wicket fallen of Srilanka, Thilan Samaraweera takes place and he scored 104 runs in 124 balls with 10 fours.Srilankan all-rounder Angelo Mathews scored 51 runs in 60 balls with 4 fours.Shane Bond take 3 wickets of Srilanka.
In the answer of Srilankan’s target,New Zealand team all out at just 119 runs.Srilanka’s faster bowler Lasith Malinga take 4 wickets.Grant Elliot scored 41 runs in 76 balls but this was not enough to avoid loss.next match of the Compaq cup is India VS Srilanka. let’s see Srilanka is better than India or not.
Score Card
Srilanka’s batting(216/7)
| NO. | BATSMAN | RUNS | BALLS | 4’S | 6’S |
| 1 | Thilan Samaraweera | 104 | 124 | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Angelo Mathews | 51 | 60 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Kumar Sangakkara | 18 | 47 | 1 | 0 |
New Zealand’s bowling
| NO. | BOWLER | O | M | R | W |
| 1 | Shane Bond | 10 | 2 | 43 | 3 |
| 2 | Ian Butler | 10 | 1 | 55 | 2 |
| 3 | Daniel Vettori | 8 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| NO. | BATSMAN | RUNS | BALLS | 4’S | 6’S |
| 1 | Grant Elliot | 41 | 76 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Ian Butler | 25 | 38 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Brendon Mccullum | 14 | 52 | 1 | 0 |
| NO. | BOWLER | O | M | R | W |
| 1 | Lasith Malinga | 6.1 | 0 | 28 | 4 |
| 2 | Nuwan Kulashekhra | 6 | 1 | 18 | 2 |
| 3 | Sanath Jayasuriya | 6 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
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