Christchurch, Feb 14 (IANS) Scoreboard of the opening and Pool A match of the ICC World Cup between co-hosts New Zealand and Sri Lanka at the Hagley Oval here Saturday.
New Zealand
Martin Guptill c Sangakkara b Lakmal 49
Brendon McCullum c Mendis b Herath 65
Kane Williamson c Karunaratne b Mendis 57
Ross Taylor st Sangakkara b Mendis 14
Grant Elliott c Thirimanne b Lakmal 29
Corey Anderson c Lakmal b Kulasekara 75
Luke Ronchi not out 29
Extras (lb 2, w 8, nb 3) 13
Total (for six wickets in 50 overs) 331
Fall of wickets: 1-111 (McCullum, 15.5 overs), 2-136 (Guptill, 22.2), 3-193 (Williamson, 33.3), 4-193 (Taylor, 33.4), 5-258 (Elliott, 43.5), 6-331 (Anderson, 49.6)
Bowling
Nuwan Kulasekara 8-0-78-1
Lasith Malinga 10-0-84-0
Angelo Mathews 6-0-28-0
Rangana Herath 9-0-37-1
Tillakaratne Dilshan 5-0-35-0
Suranga Lakmal 10-0-62-2
Jeevan Mendis 2-0-5-2
Sri Lanka
Lahiru Thirimanne b Boult 65
Tillakaratne Dilshan c & b Vettori 24
Kumar Sangakkara lbw b Boult 39
Mahela Jayawardene c Ronchi b Vettori 0
Dimuth Karunaratne b Milne 14
Angelo Mathews c Vettori b Southee 46
Jeevan Mendis c Ronchi b Milne 4
Nuwan Kulasekara c Elliott b Anderson 10
Rangana Herath c Milne b Anderson 13
Lasith Malinga c Ronchi b Southee 0
Suranga Lakmal not out 7
Extras (w 10, nb 1) 11
Total (all out in 46.1 overs) 233
Fall of wickets: 1-67 (Dilshan, 12.6 overs), 2-124 (Thirimanne, 21.6), 3-125 (Jayawardene, 22.6), 4-129 (Sangakkara, 23.5), 5-163 (Karunaratne, 31.3), 6-168 (Mendis, 31.6), 7-196 (Kulasekara, 38.2), 8-216 (Mathews, 41.2), 9-217 (Malinga, 41.5), 10-233 (Herath, 46.1)
Bowling
Tim Southee 10-1-43-2
Trent Boult 10-0-64-2
Adam Milne 10-0-56-2
Daniel Vettori 10-0-34-2
Grant Elliott 2-0-11-0
Kane Williamson 1-0-7-0
Corey Anderson 3.1-0-18-2
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