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Sri Lanka, New Zealand share T20 int'ls in US
By Simon Evans
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 24 - 05 - 2010

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by seven wickets, with more than four overs to spare, in a low-scoring Twenty20 international in Florida Sunday.
The tied two-match series was the first time that two Test-playing nations had met in an official game in the United States.
Hopes of introducing the American public to a format of cricket that usually brings big hitting and non-stop action were dashed, however, by a slow and low surface that made scoring difficult.
Nevertheless, the Sri Lankan supporters who had travelled from across North America to the only purpose-built cricket stadium in the States for the game enjoyed a rare chance to see their favorites perform.
Nuwan Kulasekara ripped through the New Zealand top order as he took three wickets in the second over, removing openers Brendon McCullum and Aaron Redmond and Rob Nicol with some excellent swing bowling.
“This wicket really was ideally suited to Kulasekera, there was a little bit of something in it early on and he took full advantage of it with some magical bowling,” said Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara.
As in Saturday's game, New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori got to grips with conditions, making a stabilising 27.
Nathan McCullum's unbeaten 36 took New Zealand to 81 before it was bowled out in the 18th over.
Vettori, who was full of praise for the weekend's event, said the wicket was “not too far away” from what he would expect for an international but refused to blame it for his team's performance. “I think it was just very good bowling. Sri Lanka adapted to the conditions and bowled very straight and took wickets with some very good balls. Thirteen for five was always going to be difficult to come back from,” he said.
Sri Lanka, who had lost Saturday's opening game of the series, were never in trouble, with Tillakaratne Dilshan's unbeaten 33 guiding his team to a comfortable victory.
With the smell of Jamaican chicken and Indian biryani wafting through stands, New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 28 runs Saturday.
The match provided an unusual sporting atmosphere for the suburbs of Fort Lauderdale, the flags and shirts in the crowd revealing supporters from Indian, Pakistani, English, South African and Caribbean backgrounds.
New Zealand made 120 with Ross Taylor striking 27 and Vettori a crucial 21 not out.
Sri Lanka never really got going in reply with New Zealand seamer Kyle Mills removing openers Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan cheaply.
Angelo Mathews top scored with 27 as it stumbled to 92 all out with two balls remaining, Scott Styris taking three wickets 10 ten runs in three overs.


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