Twenty20 World Championship 2007

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand

Jayasuriya blasts Sri Lanka to victory

Sanath Jayasuriya smashed 61 to steer Sri Lanka to a seven-wicket win over New Zealand who had made 164-7 in their World Twenty20 match in Johannesburg. Jayasuriya tore into the Kiwis, adding 82 with Upul Tharanga (37) and 50 with Mahela Jayawardene (35 not out) before he holed out with the game nearly won.
Opener Upul Tharanga made 37 while skipper Mahela Jayawardene made an unbeaten 18-ball 35.

Earlier, the 23-year-old Ross Taylor spurred New Zealand to a competitive 164 scoring 62 off 43 balls, with three fours and three sixes. Taylor came to the crease after New Zealand, who chose to bat first, had lost two early wickets and he shared a 70-run stand for the third wicket with Peter Fulton (25).
Sri Lanka maintained their 100% record in the group stage and continued to look the strongest team so far in the competition. Both teams have already qualified for the Super Eights round from group C at the expense of Kenya and will not carry points earned in this match into the next round.

New Zealand meet India in their first Super Eights match at Johannesburg on Sunday, while Sri Lanka face Asian rivals Pakistan at the same venue on Monday.

Twenty20 World Championship 2007

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand

Scorecard

New Zealand Innings 164 for 7 (20.0 overs)

Sri Lanka Innings 168 for 3 (18.5 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Vincent	c Silva	b D Fernando	14	16	1	0
McCullum	c Malinga	b D Fernando	10	12	0	0
Fulton	c Malinga	b Wijekoon	25	19	1	2
Taylor	c Sangakkara	b Malinga	62	43	3	3
Styris	lbw	b Jayasuriya	2	3	0	0
McMillan	run out		2	5	0	0
Oram	not out		33	19	2	2
Vettori	run out		3	3	0	0
Extras		10w 1b 2lb	13
Total		for 7	164	(20.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Vaas 4.0 0 27 0 D Fernando 4.0 0 30 2 Jayasuriya 4.0 0 25 1 Wijekoon 4.0 0 50 1 Malinga 4.0 0 29 1

Fall of wicket   22 McCullum 25 Vincent 95 Fulton 97 Styris 102 McMillan 153 Taylor 164 Vettori

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			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Tharanga	c Martin	b Vettori	37	25	2	2
Jayasuriya	c Fulton	b Vettori	61	44	6	3
Sangakkara	c Taylor	b Styris	14	19	1	0
M Jayawardene	not out		35	18	4	1
Silva	not out		9	7	1	0
Extras		1w 3b 8lb	12
Total		for 3	168	(18.5 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Bond 4.0 0 45 0 Martin 3.0 0 23 0 Gillespie 2.5 0 29 0 Vettori 4.0 0 23 2 Styris 3.0 0 16 1 Oram 2.0 0 21 0

Fall of wicket   82 Tharanga 108 Sangakkara 158 Jayasuriya

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Umpires: M R Benson, D J Harper

Twenty20 Schedule, South Africa

World Twenty20 2007

Group A:

11 September: South Africa vs West Indies at Johannesburg
13 September: West Indies vs Bangladesh at Johannesburg
15 September: South Africa vs Bangladesh at Cape Town

Group B:

12 September: Australia vs Zimbabwe at Cape Town
13 September: Zimbabwe vs England at Cape Town
14 September: Australia vs England at Cape Town

Group C:

12 September: New Zealand vs Kenya at Durban
14 September: Sri Lanka vs Kenya at Johannesburg
15 September: Sri Lanka vs New Zealand at Johannesburg

Group D:

12 September: Pakistan vs Scotland at Durban
13 September: India vs Scotland at Durban
14 September: India vs Pakistan at Durban

Super Eight phase:

16 September: New Zealand vs India at Johannesburg
16 September: Australia vs Bangladesh at Cape Town
16 September: South Africa vs England at Cape Town
17 September: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka at Johannesburg
18 September: New Zealand vs England at Durban
18 September: Australia vs Pakistan at Johannesburg
18 September: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka at Johannesburg
19 September: South Africa vs New Zealand at Durban
19 September: England vs India at Durban
20 September: Australia vs Sri Lanka at Cape Town
20 September: Bangladesh vs Pakistan at Cape Town
20 September: South Africa vs India at Durban

Semi-finals:

22 September: New Zealand vs Pakistan at Cape Town
22 September: India vs Australia at Durban

Final:

24 September at Johannesburg