New Zealand won by 2 wickets

New Zealand won by defeating Sri Lanka by 2 wickets in the 10.30 pm match of the ICC World Cup Twenty20 2010 at Providence Stadium, Guyana, WI.

The scores:

Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene c Nathan McCullum b Tim Southee 81, Tillakaratne Dilshan b Jacob Oram 3, Kumar Sangakkara b Scott Styris 4, Dinesh Chandimal c Ross Taylor b Nathan McCullum 29, Chamara Kapugedara c Nathan McCullum b Shane Bond 11, Angelo Mathews c Nathan McCullum b Shane Bond 3, Sanath Jayasuriya not out 0; Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 1, nb 0): 4.

Total Score = 135-6 in 20 Overs

Fall of Wickets: 1-35 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 5.4 Over) 2-44 (Kumar Sangakkara, 8.2 Over) 3-103 (Dinesh Chandimal, 15.4 Over) 4-124 (Mahela Jayawardene, 18.1 Over) 5-135 (Chamara Kapugedara, 19.4 Over) 6-135 (Angelo Mathews, 20 Over).

New Zealand Bowling: Nathan McCullum 3-0-17-1, Shane Bond 4-0-35-2, Tim Southee 4-0-21-1, Jacob Oram 3-0-23-1, Daniel Vettori 4-0-23-0, Scott Styris 2-0-13-1.

New Zealand: Brendon McCullum c Lasith Malinga b Angelo Mathews 0, Jesse Ryder b Muttiah Muralidaran 42, Martin Guptill b Sanath Jayasuriya 19, Ross Taylor c Angelo Mathews b Muttiah Muralidaran 9, Scott Styris b Ajantha Mendis 17, Daniel Vettori run out (sub) 17, Jacob Oram b Chanaka Welegedara 15, Gareth Hopkins run out (Tillakaratne Dilshan) 1, Nathan McCullum not out 16, Tim Southee not out 0; Extras (b 2, lb 0, w 1, nb 0): 3.

Total Score = 139-8 in 19.5 Overs

Fall of Wickets: 1-0 (Brendon McCullum, 0.4 Over) 2-62 (Jesse Ryder, 8.3 Over) 3-66 (Martin Guptill, 9.5 Over) 4-86 (Ross Taylor, 14.2 Over) 5-96 (Scott Styris, 16.2 Over) 6-116 (Jacob Oram, 18.1 Over) 7-117 (Gareth Hopkins, 18.2 Over) 8-133 (Daniel Vettori, 19.4 Over).

Sri Lanka Bowling: Angelo Mathews 2-1-7-1, Chanaka Welegedara 2-0-21-1, Ajantha Mendis 4-0-34-1, Lasith Malinga 3.5-0-33-0, Muttiah Muralidaran 4-0-25-2, Sanath Jayasuriya 4-0-17-1.

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WORLD HOCKEY RANKINGS

Here are the rankings of the countries which took part in the Hockey World cup. Australia will be in cloud nine after their win in the world cup.

RANK                 COUNTRIES

1.                           AUSTRALIA

2.                          GERMANY

3.                         THE  NETHERLANDS

4.                         ENGLAND

5.                         SPAIN

6.                         KOREA

7.                         ARGENTINA

8.                         INDIA

9.                         NEW ZEALAND

10.                       SOUTH AFRICA

11.                         CANADA

12.                        PAKISTAN

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New Zealand reaches 9th place

New Zealand beats South Africa at 15:35 match by one goal in the Hockey World Cup for the 9-10 place match at New Delhi’s Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium.

Total points = 9-8

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Germany tosses New Zealand

Germany throws away New Zealand at 16:35 match by three goals in the Hockey World Cup pool A match at New Delhi’s Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium. 

Total points = 5-2

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