New Zealand cricket team against Sri Lanka in USA in 2010

New Zealand cricket team against Sri Lanka in USA
		New Zealand		Sri Lanka
Dates		22 May – 23 May
Captains		Daniel Vettori		Kumar Sangakkara
Twenty20 series
Result		2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs		Nathan McCullum (54)		Tillakaratne Dilshan (33)
Most wickets		Scott Styris (3)		Ajantha Mendis (4) Nuwan Kulasekara (4) Lasith Malinga (4)
Player of the series		Daniel Vettori (NZ)

The New Zealand cricket team and the Sri Lanka cricket team toured the United States in May. This was the first time Full Members of the International Cricket Council met in an official match in the United States. All matches were played at Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida.^[1][2]

The tournament was scheduled to be of 3 Twenty20 Internationals between the teams but due to substandard lights in the stadium, the 1st match scheduled to be held on 20 May was cancelled as it was a Night game.^[3]

Background

Both teams came straight from the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies to Florida.

Squads

New Zealand Batsmen All-rounders Wicket-keepers Bowlers

Sri Lanka[4] Batsmen Tillakaratne Dilshan Mahela Jayawardene Dinesh Chandimal Chamara Kapugedera Chinthaka Jayasinghe All-rounders Angelo Mathews Sanath Jayasuriya Wicket-keepers Kumar Sangakkara (c) Bowlers Muttiah Muralitharan Thisara Perera Nuwan Kulasekara Ajantha Mendis Lasith Malinga Chanaka Welagedara Suraj Randiv

Twenty20 Series

1st T20I

22 May Scorecard	New Zealand  120/7 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 92/10 (19.4 overs)	New Zealand won by 28 runs Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill, Florida Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the match: Scott Styris (NZ)
	Ross Taylor 27 (30) Ajantha Mendis 2/18 (4 overs)		Angelo Mathews 27 (31) Scott Styris 3/10 (3 overs)
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat

2nd T20I

23 May Scorecard	New Zealand  81 (17.3 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 86/3 (15.3 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill, Florida Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Nuwan Kulasekara (SRI)
	Nathan McCullum 36* 53 Nuwan Kulasekara 3/4 (3 overs)		Tillakaratne Dilshan 33* (61) Nathan McCullum 2/15 (4 overs)
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat

Coverage

• Sky Sport – New Zealand
• Star Cricket – India
• ESPN – United Kingdom
• Supersport 2 – South Africa
• Caribbean Media Corporation – West Indies
• Star Cricket – Singapore
• Fox Sports – Australia
• Geo Super – Pakistan
• ESPN3 – USA

See also

• United States v Canada (1844)

References

1. ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/usa/content/story/448031.html
2. ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/456976.html?CMP=chrome
3. ^ First Florida Twenty20 cancelled ECB. Retrieved on 17 May 2010
4. ^ http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket/news.hspl?nid=13906&ntid=4

External links

• Tournament Page