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00:00of the day.
00:16Hagley Park in Christchurch is
00:19the scene in the venue for the
00:21very first one day
00:22international between New
00:24Zealand and Sri Lanka in this
00:26series of seven matches to be
00:29played in Afghanistan and it
00:31was Angelo Matthews, the
00:34Sri Lankan skipper who won the
00:36toss earlier this morning. He
00:40was out in the middle with
00:41Brendan McCallum and Mark
00:42Richardson said, we want to bat
00:43first. Looked like a good
00:45surface. The New Zealand
00:47bowlers were outstanding.
00:48Barring Mahela who was
00:51exceptional once again, 104
00:53from 107 deliveries. There was
00:55not a lot of help around them.
00:56Very minimal contributions from
00:58the New Zealand bowlers.
01:00They were able to get the
01:02ball away.
01:04It meant the 218 was the lot
01:07for Sri Lanka.
01:09New Zealand struck early with
01:11Adam Milne.
01:14They just struggled to get
01:15going, didn't they?
01:17The Sri Lankans, that one was
01:19pretty adjacent. They went for
01:20the review on that one. It was
01:22bouncing quite high. I think
01:24the height of the bounce is a
01:26bit too high.
01:28That was the very good
01:30Sengagara taken by a very good
01:31catch by Williamson.
01:33His catching was outstanding.
01:35Mahela was really the only
01:39Sri Lankan player to get a
01:41handle for the pace of the
01:42wicket.
01:43Nearly got himself run out
01:44there.
01:45Mitchell McClennan just failed
01:47to get the ball onto the
01:49wickets.
01:50Instead it was Mitchell
01:51McClennan onto the wickets.
01:54He might have been threatening
01:55and then he just ran past one.
01:58It was a disappointing wicket,
01:59that one, I feel, for the
02:00Sri Lankans.
02:03Russell Arnold, do you agree
02:05with me that the Sri Lankans
02:06just struggled with the pace and
02:08yet the high bounce of the
02:09surface?
02:11It was more the bounce.
02:14The single options are
02:15different and that's what Sri
02:16Lanka struggled with.
02:19When the big shot was required,
02:22you find a way.
02:26Rotating the strike was the
02:27real issue.
02:31Even Javadana right through that
02:33innings.
02:34Even his ball percentage was
02:35slightly higher than what he is
02:37used to.
02:40Batting power play.
02:42The only wicket to fall.
02:44Only 24 runs scored.
02:48Javadana to the left.
02:50That's tremendous.
02:54A couple of boundaries away.
02:59Including a 6.
03:02Javadana to the left.
03:05Top player, isn't he?
03:08Back of the length was what
03:09worked towards the end of the
03:10innings for the New Zealanders
03:11as well.
03:15That's two in a row.
03:16Another line.
03:19He was too early to get the
03:20ball away on the onside.
03:22Once again, got through it too
03:23soon.
03:24And skied it.
03:28That was the two in a row there.
03:30The first ball he faced.
03:32Clinton was on a hat trick
03:33after that.
03:37But too much for the tail to do
03:38really.
03:41Yes, 218 was their lot.
03:44And excellent from New Zealand.
03:46McLennigan came back very strongly.
03:48Anderson a little expensive.
03:50Milne good.
03:52Bolt economical.
03:54And Nathan McCullum very, very good
03:56with his right arm off spin.
03:58McLennigan I think did a great job there.
04:00His first two overs went for 15.
04:02And he came back to pick up four wickets
04:04for very few runs
04:06post those first two overs.
04:08So that means that New Zealand
04:10will chase 219 to win it.
04:12Just 4.38.