2010 ICC World Twenty20, West Indies
ICC World Twenty20 West Indies 2010
The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 was the third ICC World Twenty20 competition, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament that was held in the West Indies between 30 April and 16 May 2010. It was won by England, who defeated Australia in the final. Kevin Pietersen was named as player of the tournament.
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2010 ICC World Twenty20, The West Indies
Match 1
Group Stage match 1: New Zealand defeat Sri Lanka by two wickets
April 30, 2010
New Zealand edged out last year's finalists Sri Lanka by 2 wickets in a sensational opening game at the 2010 World Twenty20 in Guyana. Nathan McCullum hit a breezy 16 of six balls including a six off Malinga when New Zealand were requiring three runs from the last two balls. For Sri Lanka, Mahela Jayawardena scored a quickfire 81 runs of 51 balls to take them to 139 runs of 20 overs after captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat.
New Zealand: Brendon McCullum, JD Ryder, MJ Guptill, LRPL Taylor, SB Styris, GJ Hopkins (Wicket Keeper), JDP Oram, DL Vettori, NL McCullum, SE Bond, TG Southee
Sri Lanka: TM Dilshan, DPMD Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara (Captain & WK), ST Jayasuriya, CK Kapugedera, AD Mathews, LD Chandimal, SL Malinga, M Muralitharan, BAW Mendis, UWMBCA Welegedara